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Risk Data Analyst roles sit squarely within H-1B specialty occupation criteria, requiring at least a bachelor's degree in statistics, mathematics, finance, or a related quantitative field. Employers in banking, insurance, and fintech regularly sponsor H-1B petitions for this role, making it one of the more accessible paths for international professionals building a U.S. risk analytics career.
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Rain makes the next generation of payments possible across the globe. We’re a lean and mighty team of passionate builders and veteran founders. Our infrastructure makes stablecoins usable in the real-world by powering card transactions, cross-border payments, B2B purchases, remittances, and more. We partner with fintechs, neobanks, and institutions to help them launch solutions that are global, inclusive, and efficient. You will have the opportunity to deliver massive impact at a hypergrowth company that is funded by some of the top investors in fintech, crypto, and SaaS, including Sapphire Ventures, Norwest, Galaxy Ventures, Lightspeed, Khosla, and several more. If you’re curious, bold, and excited to help shape a borderless financial future, we’d love to talk.
Our Ethos
We believe in an open and flat structure. You will be able to grow into the role that most aligns with your goals. Our team members at all levels have the freedom to explore ideas and impact the roadmap and vision of our company.
About the Team
This role sits within Rain’s Financial Crimes Risk Management (FCRM) function and supports the data, technology, analytical, and reporting needs of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).
The position plays a critical role in strengthening transaction monitoring, investigative analytics, and risk segmentation frameworks that underpin Rain’s financial crimes program. Reporting to the Director of Compliance Data & Analytics, this individual will work closely with FIU Investigations and Compliance leadership to enhance the effectiveness, scalability, and regulatory defensibility of monitoring controls across the organization.
What you’ll do
- Assist in continuously improving transaction monitoring rules across card, ACH, wire, and digital asset activity to increase detection quality and reduce false positives
- Conduct deep-dive investigations into emerging risk patterns and convert findings into scalable, production-ready monitoring logic
- Analyze alert and case data to evaluate rule performance (e.g., false positive rates, alert-to-case conversion, escalation outcomes) and recommend data-driven optimizations
- Partner with Compliance Investigations to identify typologies and ensure monitoring logic reflects real-world risk signals and regulatory expectations
- Support the design and refinement of onboarding and KYC/KYB risk segmentation frameworks
- Build and maintain dashboards and recurring reporting that provide visibility into rule effectiveness, operational efficiency, and overall risk exposure
- Perform ad hoc risk analyses across customer cohorts, geographies, products, and transaction behaviors to identify outliers or control gaps
You are likely to succeed if you have:
- 2–4+ years of experience in risk analytics, financial crimes analytics, compliance data, fraud analytics, or related fields (fintech, banking, or payments preferred)
- Hands-on experience with blockchain intelligence tools such as Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic, or similar platforms
- Strong SQL skills (ability to write complex joins, aggregations, window functions, and performance-optimized queries on large datasets)
- Experience analyzing transaction-level data and building or optimizing rule-based monitoring logic
- Familiarity with AML/BSA concepts and transaction monitoring frameworks
- Ability to translate ambiguous regulatory requirements into structured, data-driven logic
- Strong analytical thinking and ability to independently structure open-ended problems
Bonus attributes:
- Python experience (pandas, Polars, or similar) for deeper analysis and automation
- Familiarity with KYC/KYB vendors (e.g., Sumsub, Alloy, Persona, etc.)
- Experience designing Retool workflows, internal tools, or compliance dashboards
- Exposure to card network data, ACH flows, wire transactions, or digital asset monitoring
- Experience supporting regulatory exams or external audits
Things that enable a fulfilling, healthy and happy experience at Rain:
Unlimited time off Unlimited vacation can be daunting, so we require Rainmakers to take 10 days minimum for themselves.
Flexible working We support a flexible workplace, if you feel comfortable at home please work from home. If you’d like to work with others in an office feel free to come in. We want everyone to be able to work in the environment in which they are their most confident and productive selves. New Rainmakers will have a stipend to create a comfortable atmosphere at home.
Easy to access benefits For US Rainmakers, we offer comprehensive health, dental and vision plans for you and your dependents, as well as a 100% company subsidized life insurance plan.
Retirement goals Plan for the future with confidence. We offer a 401(k) with a 4% company match.
Equity plan We offer every Rainmaker an equity option plan so we can all benefit from our success.
Rain Cards We want Rainmakers to be knowledgeable about our core products and services. To support this mission, we issue a card for our team to utilize the card for testing.
Health and Wellness High performance begins from within. Rainmakers are welcome to use their card for eligible health and wellness spending like gym memberships/fitness classes, massages, acupuncture - whatever recharges you!
Team summits Summits play an important role at Rain! Time spent together helps us get to know each other, strengthen our relationships, and build a common destiny. Expect team and company offsites both domestically and internationally.
Compensation Range: $75K - $110K
About the Company
Rain makes the next generation of payments possible across the globe. We’re a lean and mighty team of passionate builders and veteran founders. Our infrastructure makes stablecoins usable in the real-world by powering card transactions, cross-border payments, B2B purchases, remittances, and more. We partner with fintechs, neobanks, and institutions to help them launch solutions that are global, inclusive, and efficient. You will have the opportunity to deliver massive impact at a hypergrowth company that is funded by some of the top investors in fintech, crypto, and SaaS, including Sapphire Ventures, Norwest, Galaxy Ventures, Lightspeed, Khosla, and several more. If you’re curious, bold, and excited to help shape a borderless financial future, we’d love to talk.
Our Ethos
We believe in an open and flat structure. You will be able to grow into the role that most aligns with your goals. Our team members at all levels have the freedom to explore ideas and impact the roadmap and vision of our company.
About the Team
This role sits within Rain’s Financial Crimes Risk Management (FCRM) function and supports the data, technology, analytical, and reporting needs of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).
The position plays a critical role in strengthening transaction monitoring, investigative analytics, and risk segmentation frameworks that underpin Rain’s financial crimes program. Reporting to the Director of Compliance Data & Analytics, this individual will work closely with FIU Investigations and Compliance leadership to enhance the effectiveness, scalability, and regulatory defensibility of monitoring controls across the organization.
What you’ll do
- Assist in continuously improving transaction monitoring rules across card, ACH, wire, and digital asset activity to increase detection quality and reduce false positives
- Conduct deep-dive investigations into emerging risk patterns and convert findings into scalable, production-ready monitoring logic
- Analyze alert and case data to evaluate rule performance (e.g., false positive rates, alert-to-case conversion, escalation outcomes) and recommend data-driven optimizations
- Partner with Compliance Investigations to identify typologies and ensure monitoring logic reflects real-world risk signals and regulatory expectations
- Support the design and refinement of onboarding and KYC/KYB risk segmentation frameworks
- Build and maintain dashboards and recurring reporting that provide visibility into rule effectiveness, operational efficiency, and overall risk exposure
- Perform ad hoc risk analyses across customer cohorts, geographies, products, and transaction behaviors to identify outliers or control gaps
You are likely to succeed if you have:
- 2–4+ years of experience in risk analytics, financial crimes analytics, compliance data, fraud analytics, or related fields (fintech, banking, or payments preferred)
- Hands-on experience with blockchain intelligence tools such as Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic, or similar platforms
- Strong SQL skills (ability to write complex joins, aggregations, window functions, and performance-optimized queries on large datasets)
- Experience analyzing transaction-level data and building or optimizing rule-based monitoring logic
- Familiarity with AML/BSA concepts and transaction monitoring frameworks
- Ability to translate ambiguous regulatory requirements into structured, data-driven logic
- Strong analytical thinking and ability to independently structure open-ended problems
Bonus attributes:
- Python experience (pandas, Polars, or similar) for deeper analysis and automation
- Familiarity with KYC/KYB vendors (e.g., Sumsub, Alloy, Persona, etc.)
- Experience designing Retool workflows, internal tools, or compliance dashboards
- Exposure to card network data, ACH flows, wire transactions, or digital asset monitoring
- Experience supporting regulatory exams or external audits
Things that enable a fulfilling, healthy and happy experience at Rain:
Unlimited time off Unlimited vacation can be daunting, so we require Rainmakers to take 10 days minimum for themselves.
Flexible working We support a flexible workplace, if you feel comfortable at home please work from home. If you’d like to work with others in an office feel free to come in. We want everyone to be able to work in the environment in which they are their most confident and productive selves. New Rainmakers will have a stipend to create a comfortable atmosphere at home.
Easy to access benefits For US Rainmakers, we offer comprehensive health, dental and vision plans for you and your dependents, as well as a 100% company subsidized life insurance plan.
Retirement goals Plan for the future with confidence. We offer a 401(k) with a 4% company match.
Equity plan We offer every Rainmaker an equity option plan so we can all benefit from our success.
Rain Cards We want Rainmakers to be knowledgeable about our core products and services. To support this mission, we issue a card for our team to utilize the card for testing.
Health and Wellness High performance begins from within. Rainmakers are welcome to use their card for eligible health and wellness spending like gym memberships/fitness classes, massages, acupuncture - whatever recharges you!
Team summits Summits play an important role at Rain! Time spent together helps us get to know each other, strengthen our relationships, and build a common destiny. Expect team and company offsites both domestically and internationally.
Compensation Range: $75K - $110K
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Risk Data Analyst
Align your degree to SOC codes
Risk Data Analyst positions map to SOC 15-2051 (Data Scientists) or 13-2099 (Financial Analysts). Confirm your degree field matches the employer's LCA job description before applying. A mismatch is a common RFE trigger.
Use OFLC Wage Search before negotiating
Pull the prevailing wage for your target SOC code, experience level, and metro area through OFLC Wage Search. Your offered salary must meet or exceed that figure for the LCA to be certified, so verify this before accepting an offer.
Target E-Verify enrolled employers early
STEM OPT extensions require your employer to be E-Verify enrolled. For Risk Data Analyst roles that qualify under CIP code 27.0501 or similar STEM codes, confirm enrollment status before your OPT end date so your cap-gap window stays intact.
Search verified H-1B sponsors on Migrate Mate
Filter by risk analytics roles on Migrate Mate to see employers with documented H-1B LCA filing history in quantitative finance and data functions. This narrows your outreach to companies that have already cleared DOL certification for this role type.
Request premium processing at the offer stage
USCIS premium processing reduces adjudication to 15 business days. Ask your prospective employer whether they'll elect premium processing with the I-129 filing. It's a reasonable request for mid-cycle hires who can't afford a five-month wait.
Document your analytical tools in your resume
H-1B specialty occupation requires theoretical and practical application of specialized knowledge. Listing Python, SQL, SAS, or risk modeling frameworks directly supports the employer's I-129 argument that your role requires degree-level expertise, not general data work.
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Find Risk Data Analyst JobsRisk Data Analyst H-1B Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Risk Data Analyst role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes, Risk Data Analyst roles qualify when the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as statistics, mathematics, economics, or finance. The employer must demonstrate that the degree is a normal requirement for the position, not just preferred. Roles that accept any bachelor's degree regardless of field are more likely to face an RFE from USCIS challenging the specialty occupation classification.
Which employers sponsor H-1B visas for Risk Data Analyst positions?
Banks, insurance carriers, hedge funds, and fintech companies are the most consistent H-1B sponsors for Risk Data Analyst roles, given their large quantitative teams and established immigration infrastructure. You can browse employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history in this field on Migrate Mate, which surfaces DOL Labor Condition Application data by role and employer so you can target companies that have already sponsored similar positions.
What happens to my H-1B status if my risk analyst role changes significantly at the same employer?
A material change in job duties, location, or SOC code classification can require your employer to file an amended I-129 petition with USCIS. If your role shifts from risk modeling to a generalist data function, or if you move to a different metropolitan area permanently, an amendment is typically required. Working without an amended petition when one is required can jeopardize your status.
Can I use O*NET to support my H-1B specialty occupation argument?
Yes. The O*NET profile for data scientists and quantitative analysts documents the degree requirements, knowledge areas, and skills associated with these roles. Employers and attorneys reference O*NET when building the specialty occupation argument in the I-129 petition. If your job description aligns with the tasks and education requirements listed in O*NET, it strengthens the evidentiary record submitted to USCIS.
How does the H-1B lottery affect my timeline for starting a Risk Data Analyst role?
The annual H-1B cap lottery opens in March, with selected registrants invited to file I-129 petitions for an October 1 start date. If you're on OPT when your petition is selected, the cap-gap rule extends your work authorization through September 30 while USCIS adjudicates. Employers hiring for risk analytics roles mid-year often use premium processing to compress the adjudication window after lottery selection.
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