Compliance Director, High-Risk (Fintech)

Location: San Francisco or Remote (United States)

Base salary: $140,000–$210,000/year plus equity and benefits

Company

hirify.global is building a global operating system for fintech and payments, processing tens of billions of dollars annually for startups and publicly traded companies.

What you will do

• Serve as the primary compliance partner to Sales, Partnerships, Underwriting, Product, Technology, and Operations on prospects, deals, new sectors, and market entry.
• Lead compliance strategy for gaming and gambling, including iGaming, sports wagering, sweepstakes, predictive markets, licensing, registration, and merchant and vendor eligibility.
• Develop underwriting standards, risk tiers, approval gates, escalation paths, onboarding guides, procedures, and playbooks for high-risk and restricted sectors.
• Evaluate new sectors, business models, and structures such as ISVs, marketplaces, and merchant-of-record models through market and regulatory research.
• Guide Compliance Operations, support sponsor bank and payment network relationships, and contribute to AML/BSA, sanctions, fraud, audit, and regulatory exam readiness.
• Monitor US and Canadian regulatory and network rule changes and prepare decision-ready summaries for senior management, sponsor banks, and partners.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in compliance, risk, or regulatory roles within payments, fintech, banking, or similar regulated environments.
• Hands-on experience with merchant underwriting and onboarding, including KYC/KYB and risk-based approval frameworks.
• Experience with high-risk merchant verticals such as gaming and gambling, nutraceuticals, CBD, or similar sectors, including applicable card network and sponsor bank requirements.
• Ability to interpret regulatory and card network requirements and apply them to merchants, products, and business models.
• Strong understanding of risk management, controls, and sponsor bank oversight expectations.
• Experience working with sales, business development, or product teams on deals and new market entry.
• Experience drafting policies, procedures, and guides used by business teams, and leading complex cross-functional work with senior stakeholders.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, including the ability to turn ambiguity into clear plans, trade-offs, and decisions.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint or Google equivalents.

Nice to have

• Juris Doctor or law degree with bar admission in good standing.
• Experience with gaming and gambling regulation, including state licensing, vendor registration, and eSweepstakes or similar emerging frameworks.
• Familiarity with US frameworks including FinCEN, state money transmission, and CCPA, and Canadian frameworks including FINTRAC, RPAA, PIPEDA, and Quebec Law 25.
• Experience with Visa, Mastercard, Interac, Discover, sponsor banks, card networks, processors, acquirers, or fintech-bank partnerships.
• Knowledge of bank third-party risk expectations.
• Certifications such as CAMS or CFE.
• Prior experience supporting a BSA Officer, CAMLO, or compliance leadership.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work option with San Francisco listed as an alternative location.
• Equity and benefits included with the base salary.
• Business-minded, solutions-oriented, proactive, detail-oriented, and collaborative working style.
• Opportunity to coach and develop the Compliance Operations team.
• Equal opportunity workplace that values diversity.