What are the responsibilities and job description for the Payments Compliance Analyst position at Confidential?
Who Are We
We are on a mission to revolutionize ERP-native B2B payments. We’re a well-funded, early-stage startup operating in stealth mode, building cutting-edge solutions that will transform the way businesses move money. If you’re excited about tackling big problems from the ground up, we want to hear from you. We’re a founder-led team building modern B2B payments infrastructure from the ground up. Our product helps businesses harness the information value of their ERP systems to pay suppliers and card issuers & reimburse employees globally, with speed, transparency, and control.
About The Role
We’re looking for a Payments Compliance Analyst to help scale our compliance program for enterprise customers paying vendors and suppliers globally. You’ll support compliance operations across onboarding and payment monitoring, working closely with our regulated payment partners. Our platform is embedded within ERP and finance systems, enabling enterprises to automate accounts payable and supplier payments across borders. This role focuses on managing supplier risk at scale—ensuring compliant onboarding, monitoring, and payment execution while supporting large, complex enterprise workflows.
Your Primary Areas Of Focus
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We are on a mission to revolutionize ERP-native B2B payments. We’re a well-funded, early-stage startup operating in stealth mode, building cutting-edge solutions that will transform the way businesses move money. If you’re excited about tackling big problems from the ground up, we want to hear from you. We’re a founder-led team building modern B2B payments infrastructure from the ground up. Our product helps businesses harness the information value of their ERP systems to pay suppliers and card issuers & reimburse employees globally, with speed, transparency, and control.
About The Role
We’re looking for a Payments Compliance Analyst to help scale our compliance program for enterprise customers paying vendors and suppliers globally. You’ll support compliance operations across onboarding and payment monitoring, working closely with our regulated payment partners. Our platform is embedded within ERP and finance systems, enabling enterprises to automate accounts payable and supplier payments across borders. This role focuses on managing supplier risk at scale—ensuring compliant onboarding, monitoring, and payment execution while supporting large, complex enterprise workflows.
Your Primary Areas Of Focus
- Support compliance for enterprise vendor and supplier payment flows, including high-value and recurring payments. The compliance program entails:
- Conducting KYB and enterprise customer due diligence
- Conducting fraud and sanctions screening of domestic and international vendors, suppliers, and contractors
- Perform transaction monitoring and investigations across global supplier payments
- Review sanctions, embargo, and adverse media risks related to:
- Supplier jurisdictions
- Counterparties and beneficial owners
- Assist with SAR/STR filings, regulatory reporting, and internal escalations
- Partner with Product, Engineering, and ERP integrations teams to:
- Embed compliance controls into accounts payable and supplier workflows
- Support new payment rails, currencies, countries, and supplier types
- Support onboarding and ongoing monitoring for:
- Large enterprises with complex corporate structures
- Multi-tier supplier networks and supply chains
- Maintain and improve compliance policies, procedures, and risk assessments specific to enterprise AP payments
- Support audits, partner bank reviews, and due diligence requests from enterprise customers
- Track regulatory changes impacting vendor payments, trade-related payments and cross-border B2B flows
- Product decisions are driven by customer problems, not heavy process
- You’ll work directly with founders and engineers, not through layers
- We ship, learn, and iterate quickly
- Everyone owns outcomes — if something breaks, we fix it together
- Clear thinking and good judgment matter more than perfect specs
- Building compliance for a modern, enterprise-grade supplier payments platform
- Influencing how compliance is embedded into real-world AP and procurement workflows
- Having high ownership and visibility in a scaling Series A company
- 2–5 years of experience in B2B payments, enterprise banking, fintech, or financial services compliance
- Background at a fintech, payments processor, or BaaS provider
- Comfort operating in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment
- KYB, UBO identification, and supplier due diligence
- AML and sanctions compliance in enterprise and supply-chain contexts
- Cross-border and high-value payment risk
- Ability to craft clear written communication sufficient to support audits, partner reviews, and enterprise stakeholder reviews
- Experience reviewing complex payment flows involving multiple legal entities and counterparties
- Experience with transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, or KYB tooling
- Ability to balance enterprise risk requirements with scalable, automated controls
- Strong analytical, investigation, and documentation skills
- Experience with enterprise ERP systems and familiarity with accounts payable, procurement, or treasury workflows
- Exposure to global payment rails (SWIFT, SEPA, local clearing systems)
- Experience supporting large enterprise customers or regulated partners