Director, Compliance – Aviation Partners

Location: Miami, FL, United States; hybrid schedule with an in-office requirement of 4 days per week

Company

hirify.global's Carlyle Aviation Partners is an aviation-focused investment manager within the Global Credit segment, managing $11.9 billion in assets and providing financing solutions across the global aviation industry.

What you will do

• Administer and oversee AML, KYC, sanctions, and counterparty compliance processes for aviation transactions and portfolio activities.
• Conduct risk-based diligence on airlines, aircraft lessors, financing parties, investors, vendors, and other counterparties.
• Assess beneficial ownership, control persons, source of funds, end use, complex ownership structures, and heightened-risk circumstances.
• Conduct sanctions, restricted-party, adverse media, PEP, and open-source screening while monitoring emerging regulatory and sanctions risks.
• Prepare KYC memoranda, risk assessments, board and committee materials, diligence responses, and compliance records.
• Support policy development, audits, regulatory examinations, training, remediation, and improvements to screening tools, data analytics, and workflow automation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; relevant fields include finance, accounting, business, economics, law, criminal justice, or international relations.
• 5–7 years of relevant experience required in compliance, legal, risk management, financial crimes compliance, due diligence, or a related function.
• Demonstrated experience with risk-based KYC and counterparty diligence, beneficial ownership verification, complex corporate structures, sanctions screening, PEPs, and adverse media.
• Experience conducting investigative research using corporate registries, regulatory filings, sanctions databases, public records, and commercial databases.
• Strong written communication, analytical, investigative, judgment, organizational, and data-analysis skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with legal, commercial, finance, and compliance stakeholders while handling confidential information with discretion.

Nice to have

• Professional certifications or advanced degrees such as CAMS, CGSS, CFE, CPA, CIA, JD, or equivalent.
• Experience with aircraft leasing, private equity, alternative asset management, or complex cross-border transactions.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaboration with commercial, legal, finance, and compliance teams supporting aviation transactions.
• Exposure to global aviation counterparties, multiple jurisdictions, and complex cross-border activities.
• Opportunity to improve compliance processes through technology, data analytics, screening tools, and workflow automation.