Senior CDD Risk Analyst, Direct Customer Onboarding

Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition. 

For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

Our Direct Customer Onboarding (CDD) team is seeking an experienced Senior CDD Risk Analyst with a strong compliance background and deep CDD expertise. In this role, your core focus centers on two key pillars: leading quality improvements (and quality control processes sign-offs) and directly managing high-complexity enterprise onboarding cases. Additionally, you will serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and mentor, actively helping to upskill the team while collaborating cross-functionally with Quality Assurance, Compliance, and Commercial teams to streamline our onboarding process while safeguarding Adyen through strict regulatory compliance.

• →Complex Merchant Onboarding & Collaborative Problem-Solving: Autonomously lead the onboarding process for Adyen’s most strategic and complex enterprise merchants. Conduct multi-jurisdictional due diligence, dissecting opaque corporate structures, and mitigating risks associated with PEPs, sanctions, adverse media, and high-risk industries.
• →Regulatory Interpretation & Policy Alignment: . Translate complex second-line compliance policies into actionable first-line operational procedures and lead calibration sessions to ensure consistent application across the team.
• →Uphold Quality & Consistency: Maintain "First-Time-Right" accuracy, perform regular quality control checks for the team, upskill team members on quality standards, ensure accurate risk reasoning, follow SOPs strictly, and maintain high-quality decision-making across all casework.
• →Process Optimization & Tooling Innovation: Proactively identify operational bottlenecks, redundancies, and friction points across the end-to-end merchant lifecycle. Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Compliance, and Operations to optimize workflows, improve tooling capabilities, and automate manual controls, streamlining the onboarding experience while maintaining robust regulatory safeguards.
• →Merchant & Commercial Partnership: Partner with Commercial, Sales, and Account Management teams during high-stakes negotiations and merchant escalations. Rather than managing processes solely via tickets, actively participate in merchant and commercial calls to understand their business setups firsthand, clearly explain compliance requirements, and design practical, compliant pathways to successful onboarding while balancing regulatory integrity with business growth.
• →Team Mentorship: Mentor a cohort of CDD analysts, acting as a go-to expert for complex case guidance and fostering a culture of proactive risk ownership. Develop and lead training sessions to upskill the team on emerging risk typologies and regulatory changes.

The annual base salary range for this role in San Francisco is $119,000 - $154,000.

The annual base salary range for this role in Chicago is $100,000 - $130,000.

Compensation is based on factors including qualifications, experience, and location. Total compensation package includes equity (RSUs), 401(k), health, dental, vision, and more.

We actively seek different perspectives to sharpen our ideas. Our unique culture is a product of our diverse backgrounds and experiences. No matter who you are or where you’re from, you’re welcome to be your true self at Adyen. 

If you need accommodations or support during the recruitment process to perform at your best, you’ll have the opportunity to let our team know in your application. We encourage people from all backgrounds and abilities to apply.

Ensuring a smooth and enjoyable candidate experience is critical for us. We aim to get back to you regarding your application within 5 business days. Our interview process tends to take about 4 weeks to complete, but may fluctuate depending on the role. If you have specific time constraints, please communicate them with your recruiter, and we’ll do our best to accommodate them where possible.

Adyen is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for new visa sponsorship. The company can support visa transfers but will not sponsor individuals for H-1B CAP applications.