Model Risk Management Lead - Financial Crimes Technology

The Financial Crimes Technology team at Block finds and reports financial crimes activity across Block products like Cash App and our Seller tools. They work globally with partners in engineering and counsel to guarantee we’re meeting our regulatory requirements, customer experience, and agent experience expectations.

As the Model Risk Management Lead you’ll work closely with the Financial Crimes Modeling teams as well as the Compliance organization at Block to manage our risk around regulatory monitoring. You’ll help shape our direction around model lifecycle management, the model control framework, model risk assessments, model governance, and model risk technology. Strong compliance domain experience and technical skills will position you for success.

You will:

• Manage 5 areas of responsibility around model risk.
• Work with the financial crimes engineering and machine learning teams to manage model risk
• Communicate important developments, updates, and problems to Compliance stakeholders
• Shape processes for efficiency and scale within the Compliance organization.

You have:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience
• 4 years of experience in compliance model risk at a fintech or bank
• Ability to work with technical and non-technical, cross-teams
• A passion for pushing boundaries and questioning the status quo
• Bonus: Desire to work in Fintech, Regtech, and Blockchain technology

We’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.

We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we’re doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I D page.

Additionally, we consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Perks

We want you to be well and thrive. Our global benefits package includes:

• Healthcare coverage
• Retirement Plans
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Wellness perks
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off
• Learning and Development resources

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD, we build tools to help more people access the economy. Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services. With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects. Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.