SVP, Chief Compliance Officer (Fintech)

Location: Based at hirify.global headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida; willingness to be based in or relocate to Jacksonville is required.

Company

hirify.global provides financial services technology, software, services, and data-driven solutions for banking, payments, capital markets, and banking-as-a-service.

What you will do

• Set and implement the enterprise compliance vision, strategy, and operating model across banking, payments, capital markets, and emerging financial technologies.
• Lead global regulatory compliance, consumer protection, financial crimes compliance, anti-money laundering, sanctions, fraud, export controls, anti-bribery and corruption, antitrust, AI, and data governance oversight.
• Drive a multi-year compliance transformation, including modernization of compliance technology, data, monitoring, policies, controls, and automation.
• Manage relationships with federal banking, state, and payments regulators and represent hirify.global during examinations and inquiries.
• Advise the Management Committee, CEO, senior leadership, and Board committees on regulatory risks involving banking-as-a-service, AI, data, real-time payments, digital assets, and third-party risk.
• Build and mentor the compliance leadership team, support trust-by-design in products, and oversee compliance input into M&A due diligence and integration.

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive compliance, risk, or regulatory experience in banking, payments, capital markets, or financial technology.
• Experience operating in large, complex, multi-line institutions across both traditional banking and fintech or payments environments.
• Track record leading compliance transformation, including modernization of programs, technology, and operating models; regulatory remediation or consent-order experience is valuable.
• Direct experience engaging with federal and state banking or payments regulators and representing an organization in regulatory settings.
• Experience at Managing Director, SVP, or above level, with senior legal, risk, or executive reporting lines and Board engagement.
• Willingness to be based in or relocate to Jacksonville, Florida.

Nice to have

• Exposure to AI, digital assets, real-time payments, or banking-as-a-service.
• J.D. or equivalent advanced degree.
• CRCM, CAMS, CCEP, or similar certification.
• Experience serving as a trusted partner to a Chief Legal Officer, Chief Risk Officer, or CEO during regulatory or transformation initiatives.

Culture & Benefits

• High-visibility role reporting to the Chief Legal Officer with regular exposure to the CEO, senior leadership, and Board Risk and Audit Committees.
• Opportunity to shape compliance strategy during platform scaling, acquisitions, AI adoption, and regulatory transformation.
• Direct employment with full-time status.
• US-based positions require a drug test after a conditional offer.