Head of Compliance

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Clera Head the compliance program for a fintech company supporting cross-border payments and digital-asset services. Lead day-to-day operations, key risk decisions, and compliance workflows including AI-assisted processes.

Responsibilities

Own the compliance program for a fintech company supporting cross-border payments and digital-asset services. You will lead day-to-day operations and key risk decisions, helping the business serve clients and expand into new markets while managing risk responsibly.
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, and transaction-monitoring cases, including SAR decisions.
Lead and mentor compliance analysts, and take ownership of their escalations.
Work with the business to develop risk-based controls for complex clients and markets.
Represent the compliance program in bank and payment-partner due diligence, requests for information, and audits.
Oversee compliance workflows and tools, including AI-assisted processes used by analysts.

Qualification

Knowledge of stablecoinsAbility to make documented

Required

Three to twelve years of relevant experience, including leadership of a compliance team and ownership of a full compliance program at a fintech, payments, or crypto company.
Experience across compliance and crypto in the Americas, including US-Latin America cross-border trade and trade-based money-laundering risks.
Practical experience developing BSA/AML policies and risk models, handling SAR filings and regulatory reporting, and managing KYC/KYB onboarding, wallet screening, and transaction monitoring.
Knowledge of stablecoins, digital-asset compliance standards, and crypto exchange controls.
Experience using Elliptic or Chainalysis for investigations or wallet screening, and coordinating audits and due diligence with banks or payment partners.
Ability to make documented, risk-based decisions and identify appropriate controls for higher-risk cases and markets.