Compliance Lead (FinTech)

Location: Remote in the Americas, within 2 hours of the Central Time Zone

Company

hirify.global provides commerce products and financial services that help merchants, partners, and entrepreneurs start, run, and scale their businesses.

What you will do

• Act as the primary compliance contact for strategic banking partners, managing obligations, audit requests, and partner relationships.
• Lead compliance testing and monitoring, reporting, AML/BSA and lending compliance, risk assessments, and audits.
• Develop playbooks, policies, and resources for compliance, sanctions, and AML programs across products.
• Lead AI-first projects that improve program efficiency and reduce compliance risk.
• Partner with product, legal, engineering, and operations on compliance risks and new product launches.
• Identify and escalate program gaps, regulatory changes, and vulnerabilities with proposed solutions.

Requirements

• Deep experience building, executing, or optimizing compliance programs, ideally in a FinTech or technology environment.
• Experience managing external relationships with financial partners, regulators, or auditors.
• Strong working knowledge of AML, KYC, and sanctions compliance frameworks.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills for representing hirify.global to external parties.
• Strong time management and prioritization skills across multiple competing workstreams.
• Creative, data-driven problem-solving and strong analytical skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with lending and consumer protection compliance, including UDAAP, ECOA, or fair lending regulations.
• Hands-on experience building or deploying AI or automation tools for compliance workflows.
• Data management skills with SQL, Google Sheets, or Excel.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible vacation policy and remote-by-design work.
• Destination 90 allows working from almost anywhere in the world for up to 90 days per year.
• Home-office equipment support, including desk, chair, and audiovisual equipment.
• Benefits may include health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance or a monthly allowance depending on country.
• Mental health support, global fertility benefits, and paid parental leave.
• Compensation may include cash, restricted share units, and stock options depending on location, role, and employment type.

Hiring process

• Submit a Life Story describing career themes, problems solved, challenges, decisions, and lessons learned.
• Complete an online assessment and craft assessment, followed by craft interviews covering relevant experience and technical aptitude.
• Applicants may show demonstrated work instead of submitting a resume through hirify.global's alternative application path.