Director of Compliance (Fintech)

Location: Toronto, ON; hybrid

Salary: $187,000–$231,000 CAD annually; typical starting salary is $220,000 CAD for candidates fully ready for the role’s defined scope.

Company

hirify.global is a digital banking platform providing financial tools and visibility to self-made business owners and SMBs.

What you will do

• Build and own the compliance program across AML, sanctions, KYB/CDD, regulatory compliance, policies, risk assessments, and controls.
• Lead program governance, investigations, suspicious activity processes, issue remediation, monitoring, testing, and reporting.
• Manage the compliance relationship with the sponsor bank, including exams, audits, product approvals, and control-environment reporting.
• Design continuous customer diligence and evidence-driven compliance infrastructure using data, AI, and automation.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Risk, and Operations to embed compliance requirements into products and features.
• Hire, coach, and lead the Compliance function while reporting program health, emerging risks, and remediation to senior leadership and the board.

Requirements

• 8+ years of compliance experience in fintech, banking, or payments, including leadership of a compliance function or major pillar.
• Experience building compliance programs, policies, and control frameworks from the ground up.
• Direct experience managing sponsor bank, regulator, or examiner relationships.
• Ability to define data-driven control effectiveness metrics and understand monitoring systems, decisioning platforms, and data pipelines.
• Experience hiring, coaching, and developing compliance teams in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
• Active use of AI tools and interest in applying AI and automation to compliance operations.

Nice to have

• Experience with charter applications, second sponsor bank diligence, or banking-as-a-service program structuring.
• Familiarity with Unit21, Sardine, Alloy, Middesk, Hawk, or similar compliance and financial crimes tools.
• Experience across deposits, cards, ACH, RDC, acquiring, or credit products.
• Experience in an early-stage fintech startup or scale-up through a period of growth.

Culture & Benefits

• Autonomy and ownership over complex, high-impact work.
• Strong focus on reinvention, measurable outcomes, feedback, and continuous improvement.
• Mission centered on helping small businesses operate safely and thrive.
• Compensation can change with impact rather than being limited to an annual review cycle.
• Accommodations are available at every stage of the hiring process.

Hiring process

• Talent interview, followed by an interview with the Head of Risk.
• Take-home case study and discussion with Risk leadership, followed by a cross-functional interview.
• Final in-person interview with a member of the Executive team.
• Employment offers are conditional on a successful background check and employment verification.