Manager, IT Financial Risk Management - Payments Compliance
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This is a hybrid role (50% in office) and you must be located in, or willing to relocate to, San Francisco.
The Financial Risk Management Advisory team plays a critical role in safeguarding Uber's financial integrity and ensuring compliance with regulatory bodies. As a member of this team, you will be at the forefront of addressing emerging risks pertaining to payments compliance and maintaining stakeholder trust. You will assess, evaluate, and improve internal controls related to regulated entities, in alignment with Uber's commitment to integrity and high standards.
About the Role
As part of this team, you proactively identify gaps and failure points in existing risk frameworks and find innovative solutions to guide our regulatory teams to strengthen the compliance landscape. You identify and design efficient controls and work with teams to achieve compliance across the organization.
What You’ll Do
- Strategic Leadership : Execute the overall compliance strategy, aligning with Uber's Financial Risk Management objectives and business goals.
- Program Management : Lead the planning, execution, and monitoring of the regulated entities program for the relevant compliance areas, ensuring timely completion of all activities and deliverables.
- Risk Assessment : Oversee the identification and assessment of regulatory risks for the relevant areas, ensuring appropriate controls are in place to mitigate those risks.
- Control Validation : Evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls over compliance for IT controls, including collaboration with BP control specialists.
- Stakeholder Management : Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including internal and external auditors, and control owners across Engineering, Product, Legal and Finance.
- Deficiency Remediation : Manage the identification, tracking, and remediation of control deficiencies, ensuring timely resolution and adherence to compliance requirements.
- Continuous Improvement : Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. Partner with FRM's Compliance Engineering team to design and implement scalable, technology-enabled solutions (including AI) that enhance control monitoring, reduce manual effort, and improve audit readiness.
- Team Leadership : Lead, mentor and develop your direct reports, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability and professional growth.
- Emerging Regulations : Stay abreast of changes in regulations and compliance strategies, provide guidance to regulated entities, conduct current state assessments and develop control readiness accordingly.
- Audit Tools and Techniques : Oversee the utilization of audit software and tools to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of testing and monitoring.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Accounting or a related field.6+ years of relevant experience in internal audit, risk management or public accounting (Big 4 experience is a plus).Preferred Qualifications
Experience with projects or programs involving regulatory control framework across payments (PSD2, DORA, EBA), FinCrime (AML / CTF, sanctions) and Content Privacy (GDPR).CISA, CISSP, CPA or other relevant professional certification is highly preferred.Ability to design and operationalize payments compliance frameworks from inception, ensuring alignment with global regulatory standards and integration of controls across technology and business functions.Prior experience auditing or operating within platform-based technology companies, particularly those with distributed systems architectures such as microservices, containerized environments (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes), cloud‑native platforms and API‑driven services.Ability to apply strong analytical and critical thinking to evaluate complex issues, make sound judgments under pressure, and translate compliance concepts to effectively influence senior engineering and business leaders.Deep operational insight into Uber's marketplace and strategic goals, coupled with the resilience and flexibility required to adapt quickly to constantly changing global regulatory requirements.Unwavering ethical judgment and integrity, with a commitment to upholding the highest standards of professional conduct and compliance.Compensation & Benefits
For San Francisco, CA-based roles : The base salary range for this role is USD $160,000 per year – USD $178,000 per year.
You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, may be offered an equity award and other types of compensation, and will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found via Uber's internal resources.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing the appropriate form.
Seniority Level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type
Full‑time
Job Function
Information Technology
Industries
Software Development
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