Risk Program Manager

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams - People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more - provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.
The Role
We are looking for a Risk Program Manager to serve as the risk champion within the Square Compliance org, supporting a geographically diverse set of regulatory regimes and partner expectations.
Our mission is to help build compliant and empowering products, assess and manage regulatory risk, and guide the evolution of compliance practices. You will have direct exposure to executive leadership across the organization, especially within our Counsel and Compliance teams. You will own and execute key risk management and assessment initiatives while also continuing to enhance our processes to make them more effective and efficient. You will be supported in these efforts by policy, operations and risk personnel as well as a strong central enterprise risk team. This is a high visibility role with exposure to multiple areas of the business, and an opportunity to drive risk principles in many compliance related projects. You will report directly to the Global Regulatory Oversight lead within Square Compliance.
This is a remote position.
You Will be responsible for 5 key Square compliance initiatives

• Annual Financial Crimes Risk Assessments
  
  • Drafting Updating the Risk Assessments per a predefined cadence and in the event of any significant product / feature changes
  • Working with Regional Compliance Officers to understand local regulatory expectations and creating a map back to the central guidance provided by Block's enterprise risk management team
  • Defining risk appetites and Key Risk Indicators
• Product Risk Assessments
  
  • Drafting / Updating Product Risk Assessments per a predefined cadence and in the event of any significant product / feature changes
  • Drafting Product Risk Assessments for all new products
• Risk Governance
  
  • Drafting a Risk Management Program that satisfies regional regulatory requirements while aligning with Block centralized guidance
  • This would include work on Risk Scales, KRIs, Quantitative Risk Indicators, etc.
• Risk & Controls Inventory
  
  • Owning the Risk & Controls inventory update exercise for some geographies
  • Introducing additional Quantitative metrics to the process
• Liaison with the ERA team
  
  • Assisting with executing the ERA
  • Working with the Block ERA team to identify key data and risk indicators that can further enhance the process that's currently being built out.

You Have

• 10+ years experience in compliance, risk management, or a related field within the payments industry
• Strong technical knowledge of risk management principles
• Ability to conduct and implement risk assessments, including identifying compliance and partner obligations
• Strong project management skills, including organizing and managing technical and business projects, gathering requirements, developing and tracking project milestones, and estimating work efforts
• Ability to manage the life cycle of a risk assessment, including execution, creation of policies and procedures, and reporting to senior management

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 an equal opportunity employer evaluating all employees and job applicants without regard to identity or any legally protected class. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, and always assess candidates on an individualized basis.
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 .
Block will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and "fair chance" ordinances.
Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.
To find a location's zone designation, please refer to this resource . If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information.
Zone A:
$142,000 - $213,000 USD
Zone B:
$132,100 - $198,100 USD
Zone C:
$124,900 - $187,300 USD
Zone D:
$113,600 - $170,400 USD
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.