Compliance Analyst, Plaid
2 days a week in office
Infrastructure and APIs for FinTech
Be an early applicant
Infrastructure and APIs for FinTech
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
2 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
Plaid's mission is to unlock financial freedom for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- Recent graduate or an individual with 1-2 years experience
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Law, Business, Finance, Economics, or another relevant field
What the job involves
- The Europe Policy, Privacy, Legal & Compliance (PPLC) team guides Plaid’s regulatory strategy and ensures strong governance across the UK and EU
- We partner with business and product teams to deliver compliant growth, shape policy and regulatory engagement, and uphold high standards of legal, compliance, and governance excellence
- The Junior Compliance Analyst provides operational and administrative support to the day-to-day running of Plaid’s compliance programme
- This includes maintaining compliance records, assisting with customer and vendor due diligence, managing compliance inboxes, preparing reports, and supporting routine monitoring and audit activities
- The role helps ensure compliance processes run efficiently and that documentation, filings, and internal controls remain accurate and up to date
- Assist with customer due diligence (CDD/KYC) checks at onboarding
- Support the review of customer documentation for accuracy and completeness
- Help identify and escalate potentially high-risk customers (PEPs, sanctions, adverse media)
- Support day-to-day monitoring of financial transactions and alerts
- Document and maintain compliance records to ensure audit readiness
- Assist in maintaining accurate registers and logs (e.g., SAR log, training records)
- Stay up to date with financial crime regulations (AML, CTF, sanctions)
- Participate in training programmes and workshops on compliance and AML frameworks
- Gain exposure to FCA requirements, JMLSG guidance, and UK financial regulation
- Provide administrative and research support to the compliance team
- Contribute to preparation of reports for management and regulators
- Work closely with colleagues across PPLC and the wider European business
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Plaid builds infrastructure that allows a consumer to interact with their bank account on the web through a number of third-party applications, like Venmo, Robinhood, Coinbase, Acorns and LendingClub.
Plaid has integrated with 12,000 financial institutions in the US, Canada, the UK and Europe. About a quarter of people living in North America with bank accounts have linked with Plaid through at least one of the hundreds of apps that leverage Plaid’s application program interfaces (APIs). The platform allows companies to create financial services applications without having to hire their own team of engineers to build out a tool that connects apps to its users’ bank accounts.
This is very valuable in a world where there are increasing number of fintechs, so the demand for Plaid's services are only going to grow. Despite its strong position, it has not been immune to the difficult global economic situtation and was forced to restructure at the end of 2022, laying off some of its workforce. However it is still experiencing growth and is well-positioned to weather the current economic uncertainty.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Apr 2025
$575m
LATE VC
Apr 2021
$425m
SERIES D
Total funding: $1.3bn
Company benefits
- Monthly wellness stipend (gym on us)
- We offer breakfast, lunch, and dinner to keep you well-fed and healthy (when working from the office)
- From medical, life, dental and pension schemes, we’re here to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing
- We want everyone to feel ownership over their work - literally, which is why we offer equity to full-time Plaids
- Every Plaid is in control of their career development with our learning stipends, tools, and trainings
- We give Plaids the freedom and flexibility to choose where they work - whether that is in a Plaid office, at home in any supported location, or a mix of both!
- Two weeks of synchronous, company-wide vacation
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Zach Perret
(CEO)He was a Consultant at Bain and previously a Research Fellow and Trustee at Duke before co-founding Plaid
William Hockey
(Board Director)He was previously an associate at Bain and has since moved on from Plaid to become Co-CEO at Column
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