Regulatory Program Lead (Fintech)

Location: Canada

Salary: CAD 125,900–188,900 annually, depending on location, skills, experience, qualifications, and market conditions.

Company

hirify.global builds technology and financial products through brands including Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL, Bitkey, and Proto to increase access to the global economy.

What you will do

• Serve as Regulatory Program Lead for hirify.global’s regulated Canadian entities and represent the Chief Compliance Officer in governance forums, Board meetings, and regulatory engagements.
• Lead the annual Canada Compliance Plan, including regulatory change management, monitoring and testing, risk assessments, policy reviews, and regulatory commitments.
• Run compliance programs covering AML/ATF, RPAA, the Canadian payment card Code of Conduct, consumer protection, privacy, and FINTRAC registration.
• Track audit actions, regulatory commitments, findings, issue management, and remediation through closure.
• Prepare Board and governance committee materials and translate regulatory complexity into decision-ready reporting.
• Lead cross-functional compliance programs with Legal, Risk, Product, Operations, and Engineering, including process improvement, automation, and AI-enabled solutions.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive experience in compliance, financial crime, or regulatory affairs, including payments compliance at a regulated payments entity or comparable fintech.
• Experience serving in or directly supporting a senior compliance leadership role such as CCO, Deputy CCO, Head of Compliance, CAMLO, or Deputy CAMLO.
• Deep knowledge of Canadian AML/ATF legislation, PCMLTFA, FINTRAC guidance, RPAA, payment card obligations, FCAC, PIPEDA, CASL, and Canadian sanctions regimes.
• Experience with payment systems, money services businesses, payments-specific financial crime typologies, and related controls.
• Executive presence with experience preparing Board-level reporting and engaging directly with regulators during examinations and ongoing supervision.
• Hands-on use of AI tools for regulatory analysis, drafting, and process automation, with sound judgment about their limitations; CAMS, ICA, or equivalent certification.

Nice to have

• Experience with buy-now-pay-later compliance, Quebec regulations, RPAA compliance, OSFI guidelines, or the AUSTRAC/Australian AML/CTF regime.
• Bilingual English/French capability.
• Experience with Protecht, JIRA, Confluence, Looker, or Tableau.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive workplace and equal opportunity employment practices.
• Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process.
• Benefits include remote work, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning support.
• Automated AI tools may be used to evaluate applications, subject to local regulations and bias audits.

Hiring process

• Candidates may submit up to nine active applications within a 60-day period.
• Reapplications to the same role are accepted 90 days after a previous application has been reviewed.