About The Role

Team Overview

Within the Shopify Legal Team, the Compliance Team ensures that Shopify meets its regulatory and contractual commitments while staying agile enough to support growth and innovation. Our team's mission is to design and enforce policies and procedures that keep Shopify compliant with applicable laws so our merchants, partners, and third parties can trust us.

As Shopify continues to expand its suite of financial products and services we're scaling our Compliance Program to match increased obligations. We're strengthening our program across lending compliance, AML / BSA, and other areas, all in service of making commerce better for everyone.

Role Overview

Our Compliance team is looking for a curious, adaptable, and detail-oriented Compliance Analyst to join the team, working within 2 hours of the Central Time Zone. This is a broad role - and intentionally so. You will own several aspects of our Compliance Program for Shopify's financial products, as well as contribute across a rotating set of high-priority compliance initiatives as the program evolves and grows.

Think of this as a wide-aperture compliance role: you won't be a specialist on day one, but you'll build depth in the areas that matter most to the business over time. We're looking for someone who thrives on variety, learns new regulatory frameworks quickly, and doesn't need every task defined before taking ownership of it.

Our ideal candidate has a foundation in financial services compliance - whether from fintech, payments, and/or consulting - and is ready to move into a role where they can make a high impact across multiple areas. You're passionate about leveraging your knowledge, instincts, strong research skills, and AI to tackle tasks efficiently and effectively.

What You’ll Do

Own day-to-day compliance responsibilities for some of Shopify's financial products, including conducting testing & monitoring, reporting, and responding to partner requests
Work collaboratively to grow, develop, and streamline the compliance program according to Shopify's risk profile
Help develop and maintain policies and other documentation across our Compliance Program, including AML, KYC and Sanctions
Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency using AI and automation - and help build those solutions
Highlight and address gaps within policies and procedures to ensure they remain effective and consistent

Qualifications

Foundational experience in compliance, audit, risk, or a closely related function - with meaningful exposure to financial services, fintech, or payments
A proven track record in compliance monitoring, testing, and/or audit activities - you know how to assess a control, document your findings, and communicate them clearly
Strong ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously - you stay organized when priorities shift and raise risks early
A fast, self-directed learner - you can pick up a new regulatory framework and get productive without being walked through every step
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong attention to detail
A creative, data-driven approach to identifying and solving problems

Nice to Have

Familiarity with AML, KYC, or sanctions compliance frameworks
Exposure to lending compliance regulations (UDAAP, ECOA, fair lending)
Hands-on experience using AI or automation tools to improve compliance workflows - not just familiarity with the concept
Data analytics skills (SQL, Excel, Google Sheets)

About Shopify

Opportunity is not evenly distributed. Shopify puts independence within reach for anyone with a dream to start a business. We propel entrepreneurs and enterprises to scale the heights of their potential. Since 2006, we’ve grown to over 8,300 employees and generated over $1 trillion in sales for millions of merchants in 175 countries.

This is life-defining work that directly impacts people’s lives as much as it transforms your own. This is putting the power of the few in the hands of the many, is a future with more voices rather than fewer, and is creating more choices instead of an elite option.

About You

Moving at our pace brings a lot of change, complexity, and ambiguity—and a little bit of chaos. Shopifolk thrive on that and are comfortable being uncomfortable. That means Shopify is not the right place for everyone.

Before you apply, consider if you can:

Care deeply about what you do and about making commerce better for everyone
Excel by seeking professional and personal hypergrowth
Keep up with an unrelenting pace (the week, not the quarter)
Be resilient and resourceful in face of ambiguity and thrive on (rather than endure) change
Bring critical thought and opinion
Put AI agents and tools to work on the tasks they're built for, and focus on the work only humans can do
Embrace differences and disagreement to get shit done and move forward
Work digital-first for your daily work

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Senior Compliance Analyst (Americas)

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