Head of Compliance

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$120k–$160k

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Clera Head of Compliance at Clera leading compliance for a cross-border payments fintech. Own BSA/AML policies, risk decisions, and compliance team operations.

Responsibilities

Lead the compliance program for a cross-border payments fintech serving businesses across the United States and Latin America. You will own day-to-day operations and key risk decisions, helping the company scale responsibly while enabling clients to move money and manage payment activity.
Serve as the designated BSA/AML Officer and own compliance policies, procedures, and the risk model.
Make and document final decisions on escalated onboarding, wallet screening, transaction monitoring, and SAR cases.
Identify practical controls that address risk while supporting growth in challenging markets.
Lead and mentor compliance analysts, including handling their escalations.
Represent the compliance program in bank and payment partner due diligence, information requests, and audits.
Oversee analyst workflows and AI-assisted systems, focusing review on decisions that require human judgment.

Qualification

Strong BSA/AML experience

Required

Three to twelve years of relevant experience, including leadership of a compliance team and ownership of a compliance program at a fintech, payments, or digital-asset business.
Experience at the intersection of compliance and crypto across the Americas, including familiarity with stablecoins, wallets, and wallet-screening controls.
Strong BSA/AML experience, including policy development, risk modeling, SAR filings, regulatory reporting, onboarding, wallet screening, and transaction monitoring.
Knowledge of US-Latin America cross-border trade and trade-based money laundering risks, with sound judgment on applying controls to higher-risk clients and markets.
Experience coordinating audits and due diligence with banks or payment partners; familiarity with digital-asset compliance standards and exchange controls.