Head of Risk and Compliance (Fintech)

Location: US Remote - San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, California. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.

Salary: $197,217–$280,146 per year, with potential eligibility for bonuses, commissions, or other compensation.

Company

hirify.global provides technology-enabled grading, authentication, vaulting, and sales services for collectibles through brands including PSA, PCGS, Beckett, SGC, and Card Ladder.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and own the end-to-end compliance management system for the Financial Services lending business.
• Build lending compliance programs covering consumer-lending regulations, licensing, BSA/AML, KYC/CIP, sanctions screening, complaint management, and partner oversight.
• Govern credit and collateral risk, including underwriting policy, risk appetite, loan-to-value limits, collateral valuation, custody controls, and liquidation procedures.
• Define fraud-prevention strategy across Marketplace and Power Packs, including rules engines, machine-learning models, identity signals, and manual-review workflows.
• Establish fraud operations, case management, loss and chargeback metrics, and reporting for leadership.
• Lead enterprise risk governance, audit and examination readiness, board reporting, policy development, training, and team building.

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive experience in risk and compliance, including senior leadership across regulated consumer lending or fintech and payments or marketplace fraud.
• Hands-on knowledge of U.S. consumer-lending regulations, BSA/AML, KYC, and OFAC requirements.
• Experience building and scaling a compliance management system or fraud-prevention function from an early stage.
• Experience leading fraud strategy and detection in a high-volume, high-AOV consumer environment with data, product, and engineering teams.
• Strong executive communication skills and experience briefing finance leaders and board-level audiences.
• Proven people leadership and experience managing regulator and examiner relationships. U.S. work authorization is required.

Nice to have

• Experience with audit, SOX, underwriter or regulatory diligence.
• Exposure to asset-backed or collateralized lending, custody, vaulting, or high-value alternative assets.
• Familiarity with sponsor-bank lending models and third-party risk management.
• Knowledge of sweepstakes, gaming, or chance-based product regulation across U.S. states.
• CAMS, CRCM, CFE, CRCMP, JD, or a related advanced degree.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for full-time employees.
• Fertility, commuter, and educational assistance benefits.
• 401(k) matching plan.
• Flexible time off for salaried employees and ten paid company holidays.
• Flexible schedules, employee discounts, celebrations, and team-building activities.

Hiring process

• Video interviews require cameras to be on; some interview steps may take place by phone.
• Remote candidates may be asked to participate in an on-site interview during the final stages.