Associate Director, Compliance Issue Management (Fintech)

TL;DR

Associate Director, Compliance Issue Management (Fintech): Owning the identification, resolution, and reporting of compliance issues across the business with an accent on cross-functional leadership and regulatory reporting. Focus on driving remediation plans across Product and Engineering teams and designing AI-enabled workflows for scalable reporting.

Location: Hybrid (New York, NY; Salt Lake City, UT; San Francisco, CA). Relocation assistance available for candidates outside these areas.

Salary: $149,600 – $220,000 USD (depending on location)

Company

A growth-stage FinTech company optimizing the rent payment experience for users to provide more financial hirify.globalibility.

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end compliance issues and problem-management program, from identification to validation and closure.
• Drive remediation and resolution across Product, Engineering, Risk, Legal, and Security teams, holding stakeholders accountable to dates.
• Influence C-suite executives (CPO, CTO, CRO) to ensure timely identification and resolution of product lifecycle issues.
• Manage the full partner bank reporting program, ensuring all monthly, quarterly, and annual deliverables are accurate and defensible.
• Design and implement AI-enabled workflows for high-volume reporting and issue-management tasks.
• Lead root-cause analysis and verify that corrective actions are effective over time.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in compliance, risk, audit, or regulatory reporting.
• Background in both large regulated institutions and high-growth, venture-backed fintechs.
• Proven track record of establishing or maturing an issues-management or regulatory-reporting program.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to align C-suite leaders.
• Experience designing AI-enabled workflows for compliance or risk use cases.
• Must be based in or eligible for relocation to the US.

Nice to have

• Experience building compliance programs from a weak baseline.
• Familiarity with GRC platforms and common reporting tooling.
• Working knowledge of consumer lending or payments regulatory frameworks.
• Proficiency in SQL for independent data analysis.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Company equity and 401(k) plan with company match.
• Unlimited paid time off and 13 company-paid holidays.
• Parental leave.
• Free hirify.global subscription.