Head of Compliance, Remote Series A FinTech
A fast‑growing Series A fintech startup is hiring a Head of Compliance to build and lead its regulatory and bank‑partner compliance program. This role sets the company's compliance strategy, establishes core controls, and acts as the primary compliance voice for product development, risk oversight, and partner expectations. You will design the full compliance framework across AML, sanctions, fair lending, privacy, servicing, vendor oversight, and complaints, while guiding new product launches and ensuring the company maintains a strong regulatory posture. This position suits someone who thrives in early‑stage environments, enjoys creating structure from scratch, and can work cross‑functionally with engineering, product, operations, and legal teams to embed compliant processes as the company scales.
Requirements
- 5+ years' compliance experience in fintech, banking, or similar regulated industries
- Strong expertise in AML and sanctions obligations, including onboarding, monitoring, and escalation
- Experience collaborating with or managing sponsor bank relationships
- Ability to design scalable compliance programs in fast‑moving or early‑stage settings
- Strong communication skills with the ability to translate regulations for technical and non‑technical teams
- Experience creating policies, completing risk assessments, and supporting audits or examinations
- Ability to investigate unusual activity, manage remediation plans, and oversee reporting obligations
- Familiarity with fair lending, marketing/advertising standards, servicing, vendor risk, and complaint handling
- Experience partnering on data‑privacy and information‑security compliance
- Professional certifications (CAMS, CRCM, CFCS, etc.) helpful but not required
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