Chief Compliance Officer (PayFac)

Location: 100% remote anywhere within the United States; current and continued US residency and permanent US residency are required.

Company

hirify.global provides an integrated education technology platform for more than 7,000 K–12 schools and districts, including websites, communications, mobile apps, enrollment, and marketing services.

What you will do

• Lead the enterprise-wide compliance, ethics, regulatory, and risk strategy, including governance frameworks, policies, controls, monitoring, and reporting.
• Build and operationalize the Payment Facilitator compliance program from the ground up, covering merchant onboarding, underwriting, KYC/KYB, AML, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, fraud controls, and ongoing merchant monitoring.
• Oversee compliance with PCI-DSS, NACHA, BSA/AML, OFAC, money transmission requirements, card network rules, sponsor/acquiring bank requirements, GDPR, and SOC controls.
• Serve as the primary compliance liaison with sponsor and acquiring banks, payment processors, card networks, regulators, auditors, and external legal counsel.
• Lead audits, regulatory and bank examinations, investigations, issue management, remediation, and compliance training.
• Advise the CEO, executive leadership, and Board while embedding compliance into products, payment capabilities, partnerships, acquisitions, and expansion initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, legal studies, accounting, or a related field.
• 12+ years of progressive compliance, regulatory, risk, payments, fintech, banking, or financial services experience, including significant executive-level leadership.
• 5+ years leading enterprise compliance programs in a senior executive or comparable leadership role.
• Hands-on experience building and operationalizing a Payment Facilitator compliance program from the ground up is required.
• Deep expertise in PayFac operations, merchant onboarding and underwriting, KYC/KYB, AML, sanctions, payment network rules, transaction risk, fraud controls, and financial regulatory compliance.
• Must be a permanent resident of the United States and maintain US residency throughout employment.

Nice to have

• Juris Doctor, MBA, or another advanced degree.
• CRCM, CAMS, CIPP, CIA, or equivalent professional certification.
• Experience as a Chief Compliance Officer or senior compliance executive in a SaaS, fintech, PayFac, or payment-enabled technology organization.
• Experience supporting global payment operations and international regulatory frameworks.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote employment within the United States.
• Competitive benefits and professional development opportunities.
• Collaborative culture focused on partnership, purpose, and employee growth.
• Equal opportunity workplace with accommodations available for qualified individuals with disabilities or special needs.