US Compliance Lead
- Texas
- Banking & Financial Services
Woods & Co Recruitment is excited to partner with a fast scaling fintech building its US business out of Dallas. Backed by an established international group and fresh investment, they're growing quickly and looking for their US Compliance Lead: a sharp, commercially minded operator who can own compliance on the ground and help the business move fast without cutting corners.
This is a rare opportunity to shape a compliance function close to the start. You'll inherit the foundations, own a brand new sponsor bank relationship, and work directly with the US CEO and an experienced legal team overseas.
What’s in it for you?
- Competitive base salary plus an annual bonus and share options
- Base medical, dental and vision 100% covered, 401(k) with a 4% match, and 20 days PTO
- Real ownership of the US compliance function in a business at an exciting stage of growth
- Broad exposure across legal, commercial and regulatory work, with outside counsel on retainer for specialist matters
- A collaborative Dallas office, four days a week, with direct access to leadership
What you’ll do:
- Own the US compliance program, including BSA/AML and OFAC, and make sure operations and AML controls are set up properly
- Lead the sponsor bank relationship, including oversight, audits, due diligence and reporting
- Review inherited policies, find the gaps and fill them, scaling compliance in step with the business
- Draft promotional and offer terms for marketing, and review customer terms and communications
- Mark up and redline commercial agreements with vendors and partners
- Advise leadership on US payments regulation and keep the overseas team informed with clear updates
What we’re looking for:
- Demonstrated success working in-house or advising fintech, payments, or other regulated financial services businesses
- Strong knowledge of BSA/AML, OFAC, and US payments regulation
- A legal brain: confident drafting terms and conditions and promotional terms, redlining contracts and negotiating sensible outcomes
- The presence and judgment to be the go to compliance voice in the US, and the self sufficiency to work as the only compliance person on the ground
- A builder's mindset. You know a startup can't switch everything on at once, and you scale compliance in step with the business while keeping risk in check
- Clear, plain language communication, including explaining complex matters simply to teams overseas
- Experience with sponsor bank programs, banking as a service or state money transmission rules is a big plus
If this sounds like you, APPLY NOW! We are interviewing immediately. For a confidential discussion please call Kate Beaumont on +1 (646) 323 2825 or email kate@woodsco.global.
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Woods & Co Recruitment is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce. We do not discriminate and proudly encourage applications from everyone—including individuals from all ethnic and cultural backgrounds, members of the LGBTQ+ community, veterans, and people with disabilities of all ages.
Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
