Internal Audit Lead, Stablecoins & Digital Assets

Stripe • Seattle, WA

9h

About The Position

Stripe is seeking a world-class Internal Audit (IA) team to strengthen the organization's ability to create, protect, and sustain value. The IA team provides independent, risk-based assurance, advice, insight, and foresight to the board and management. The team is focused on moving as fast as the business, being powered by technology, and increasing the maturity of Stripe's controls where it matters most. The IA team is responsible for providing objective assurance on the design and operational effectiveness of Stripe's internal controls and business processes, its compliance with laws and regulations, its risk management framework, and other governance processes. The team operates globally under a unified methodology, set of policies, and governance model, with specialized leads bringing deep domain expertise. This role is for a leader with extensive finance, operations, fiduciary, and regulatory compliance audit experience to help build and scale a global audit program.

As the IA Lead for Stablecoins and Digital Assets, you will be the primary architect of the internal oversight framework for stablecoin and digital asset activities. You will serve as a subject matter expert and embedded specialist within the global Internal Audit team, reporting to Bridge National Trust Bank's Audit Committee as its Chief Audit Executive. You will design and lead a comprehensive, risk-based internal audit strategy tailored to the unique demands of an OCC-regulated national trust bank and the dynamic, highly regulated frontier of payments and treasury—stablecoins. This role moves beyond traditional auditing, assessing control design and remediation across on-chain and off-chain systems, smart contract integrations, liquidity management, fiduciary frameworks, and partner networks. You will serve as a critical independent voice, producing assessments that enable the Board, Audit Committee, and senior leadership to make informed decisions about operational resilience, custody and treasury, counterparty and ledger risk, fiduciary obligations, and regulatory compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, Information Security, or related field
• 8+ years of experience in internal audit, risk management, or compliance with significant exposure to payments, treasury, or stablecoin products, and at least 3 years in a senior leadership role
• Deep understanding of blockchain concepts (public/private ledgers, consensus, smart contracts) and stablecoin mechanics, plus treasury and reserve accounting implications
• Strong experience in risk-based audit planning, execution, and reporting across governance, compliance, financial reporting, fiduciary, custodial, and operational controls
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to present complex technical and regulatory issues to non-technical senior stakeholders
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional remediation efforts and track closure of corrective actions
• High degree of integrity, independence, and professional skepticism

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree, MBA, or advanced technical degree
• Professional certification such as CIA, CPA, CISSP, CISA, or equivalent (or active pursuit)
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks and supervisory expectations for banks, payments, and stablecoin programs
• Experience using blockchain analytics, transaction tracing tools, and data analytics platforms to audit stablecoins, crypto custody, smart contract security, or blockchain infrastructure
• Experience designing continuous monitoring for on-chain risks, treasury exposures, and liquidity stress testing
• Demonstrated track record of building audit programs and control frameworks for new products and emerging technology domains

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute a risk-based internal audit strategy providing end-to-end coverage for stablecoin activities—including issuance and redemption flows, treasury and reserve management, custody and key management, on-ramps and off-ramps, and interoperability with payment rails and banking partners—in full compliance with OCC 12 CFR Part 30 (Heightened Standards).
• Audit key fiduciary frameworks applicable to trust and custodial products (including those subject to Regulation 9), assessing and testing governance, compliance, treasury, financial reporting, reconciliation, technology, risk management, and operational controls unique to stablecoin programs and trust banking to ensure design and operating effectiveness.
• Coordinate audits that integrate on-chain evidence, blockchain analytics, and transaction tracing with traditional financial audit techniques to produce objective findings and recommendations.
• Present independent, objective reports directly to the Audit Committee and Board on the effectiveness of internal controls, risk management, and governance processes, communicating complex technical and regulatory risks to senior stakeholders in clear, actionable terms.
• Serve as the primary IA point of contact for regulators (e.g., OCC, state banking agencies, FinCEN), industry-standard bodies, and network partners—managing submission of materials, responding to Supervisory Letters and exam findings such as MRIAs and MRAs, and presenting audit evidence and findings to enhance confidence in oversight of stablecoin programs.
• Partner with senior management and cross-functional teams—including engineering, product, treasury, legal, compliance, and operations—to translate audit findings into durable, structured remediation plans with control enhancements, tracking all corrective actions to verified closure.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior