Governance, Risk and Compliance Lead (Fintech)

Location: US-Remote; candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.

Salary: $132,000–$156,500 per year

Company

hirify.global operates a cloud-based mortgage securitization platform supporting the Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security market, including issuance, bond administration, disclosure, tax services, and full lifecycle management.

What you will do

• Lead first-line control testing, including planning, design, execution, results analysis, management reporting, and process optimization recommendations.
• Lead approximately 15 Compliance and ERM training requirements, including role-based training, certifications, content development, delivery, reporting, and outreach.
• Coordinate enterprise responses to GSE vendor assessments, government surveys, PwC financial audits, SOC requests, and BCP/DR activities.
• Lead the Business Risk and Control Champions Program and serve as a liaison between business units and ERM/Compliance.
• Lead one or two annual financial-crime risk scenario analysis exercises with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Manage Compliance and ERM projects, including the GRC tool, AI-related initiatives, special projects, plans, milestones, risks, gap analysis, and delivery reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum 7–8 years of related experience in project management and/or risk management, with an interest in process optimization.
• Authorization to work in the United States without requiring employer sponsorship currently or in the future; H-1B sponsorship is not offered.
• Strong critical thinking, analytical, communication, troubleshooting, organizational, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, identify problems, find solutions, and suggest improvement opportunities.
• Ability to build and maintain effective, highly collaborative relationships with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Knowledge of project management tracking and reporting tools and Microsoft Office products, including Outlook and Word at advanced-user level and Teams, Excel, Visio, and Jira at moderate-user level.

Nice to have

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time remote work in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.
• Performance bonus, 401(k) match, healthcare coverage, PTO, and other benefits.
• Successful applicants must complete a background investigation, which may include a credit check for some positions.
• Equal opportunity employment.