Senior Analyst, Payment Compliance

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe.

About Airbnb Capability Center: Airbnb Capability Centre was set up in 2017 in Gurgaon.

The Community you will join:

Our small and extremely capable team of Gurgaon-based colleagues strive to make the impossible happen for our inbound and outbound travelers within this big and diverse market.

The Payments (Payments Risk and Compliance Team) team’s mission is to keep the online payment ecosystem safe and optimized to enable anyone, anywhere to pay and be paid with confidence, create a world-class compliance organization and have a data driven approach to building an innovation friendly, scalable compliance program.

The Difference You Will Make:

Sr. Analyst supports Airbnb’s payments compliance activities.

A Typical Day:

• Review and investigate alerts or cases escalated from various sources to provide supporting documentation and narratives to aid with determining if activities are unusual or out of character.
• Manage large volumes of incoming cases and execute decisions under pressure of tight deadlines and regulatory time frames for TMIR.
• Leverage open and closed source systems to decide potential matches in the relating queues.
• Compile appropriate case notes and other documentation to support review, completed steps, recommended determinations, etc.
• Gather relevant and applicable on and off-platform data and objective information to support a subjective determination to support a case through its lifecycle.
• Prepare detailed reporting to support independent decisions & justification for escalations and de-escalations including extensive supporting documentation and comprehensive narratives.
• Assist in the assessment of potential risks, patterns and trends based on case review and investigations completed.
• Assist and support leadership with procedure and workflow changes that may impact multiple teams and/or regions with the support of your manager.
• Identify accurately and escalate compliance risks and opportunities to the Compliance Management.

Your Expertise:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Technical Equivalent.
• 3-5 years compliance operations experience in payments, banking, or e-commerce with 1+ years working in Sanctions and PEP screening/decisioning.
• Fundamental knowledge of counter terrorist financing, anti-money laundering and anti-fraud, and anti-bribery and corruption typologies related to the payments and e-commerce space.
• Strong systems thinker.
• Superior communication skills both written and verbal.
• Strong ability to think clearly and rationally in order to understand logical connections between various data points.
• Strong problem solving skills with an emphasis in adaptability and resilience.
• Ability to clearly articulate complex case patterns.
• Ability to gather objective information and make a subjective determination and be able to defend that determination both verbally and textually.
• Ability to work closely and build trust with your team and other teams.
• Exceptional organization and process management ability.
• High level of personal integrity, interest in payments as evidenced by related work experience, proven dedication to excellence, leadership qualities and a flexible, creative, innovative approach to problem solving.
• Ability and desire to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Familiarity with SQL, excel and data querying skills is a huge preference.

Hybrid Work Requirements & Expectations:

• Workspace: A dedicated, quiet, and private workspace free from interruptions and external noise
• Internet Connectivity: During the working hours, maintain a minimum and consistent internet speed of 10 Mbps on your official devices to ensure reliability for work-related tasks, including calls and virtual meetings
• Professionalism: Employees must remain fully engaged, respectful, and maintain a professional presence during virtual meetings, with video participation required unless otherwise approved.
• Confidentiality & Security: Employees are responsible for protecting Airbnb’s Intellectual Property and Confidential Information.

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging:

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible.