Head of Compliance United States
Head of Compliance United States
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Job Description
At Aspire were more than just a FinTech companywere the leading allinone financial operating system built to empower the worlds innovators and entrepreneurs. We are on a mission to reinvent business finance empowering startups and businesses to realise their full potential.
Founded in 2018 Aspire has raised over USD 300M across equity and debt from worldclass investors. In 2023 we successfully closed an oversubscribed USD 100 million Series C equity round led by Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Ventures with participation of Tencent Paypal Ventures LGT Capital Partners Picus Capital and MassMutual Ventures. To power our solutions we have partnered with some of the best companies in the world such as Visa and Wise and empowered more than 50000 businesses using our suite of products.
Aspire has consistently been recognized for excellence earning Best Employer and Startup of the Year by the Asia FinTech Awards in 2022 and 2023 ranked as LinkedIns Top Startup in Singapore and listed on CB Insights Top 100 Global Fintech in 2023 and 2024.
You will be amazed by the energy and experience of our team! Aspire serves as an environment for you to innovate and drive change with our team of exentrepreneurs exfounders and highachievers with international and diverse backgrounds.
Are you a top talent who is passionate about entrepreneurship Join our rapidly growing team to make an impact in the fintech space!
Note: Candidates based on the West Coast (CA) and East Coast (NY) will be prioritized
About the team:
At Aspire we understand the importance of maintaining a strong culture of Compliance to protect our organization and ensure the trust of our customers. Our Compliance Team is at the forefront of identifying and addressing regulatory risks implementing controls and ensuring that our policies and procedures align with regulatory requirements. This allows Aspire to stay ahead of evolving regulations proactively identifying potential risks and developing comprehensive risk mitigation strategies hence contributing to our longterm success.
About the role:
You are an experienced Compliance professional with experience in the Payment Services FinTech Banking or Financial Services industries and have a strong track record of of Compliance programs. You will play a critical role in working with the Global Head of Compliance (based in Singapore) to develop a regulatory framework and compliance program for Aspires payment products and services as it prepares to scale its operations to North America.
You will be closely supporting Aspires Global Head of Compliance with the payment services licensing application which includes dealing with any and all regulatory and compliance matters such as designing compliance strategies in line with legal requirements and guidelines drafting and implementing policies SOPs systems governance and internal controls and helping Aspire comply with its regulatory obligations.
What will you be doing
- Develop US Compliance and AML programs to meet the needs of US regulators from A to Z.
- Act as a subject matter expert on compliance matters in the US.
- Act as a key stakeholder for US license application projects.
- Develops maintains and enforces corporate policies and procedures regarding BSA/AML compliance including the risk assessment.
- Establishes chairs and reports to appropriate governance structures including working groups and committees.
- On a regular basis reports and advises the organizations Executive Risk Committee and the Board of Directors.
- Directly through staff and assigned departments manages policy guidelines and general governance.
- Directly through staff and assigned departments manages the BSA/AML rules and Customer Due Diligence and Customer Risk Rating process.
- Develops or directs the development of reports for reporting BSA/AML/OFAC to Executive Management designated committees and the Board of Directors.
- Completes and periodically updates methodology for the organizations BSA/AML/OFAC Risk Assessment.
Minimum Qualifications:
- At least 10 years of experience in senior compliance roles within regulated companies.
- Strong knowledge of Compliance topics (KYB/KYC AML/CFT Sanctions etc..
- Good understanding of the Payments/Fintech industry especially in the US.
- Experience with correspondent banking banking as a service and financial institution clients from the Americas region.
- Strong analytical skills and experience in problemsolving and implementing solutions.
- Clear sense of accountability and a positive demeanor.
- Team player with collaborative qualities and experience or willingness to build lead and motivate a team.
- Willingness to learn continuously and stay updated with the Payments industry and regulatory landscape globally.
Preferred Qualifications:
- ACAMS/CRCM certification preferred.
- Experience in a FinTech Scale Up a Plus
The annual US base salary range for this role is $200000 $250000. This salary range may cover a number of levels at Aspire and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors including the candidates experience qualifications performance in the interview process and final location.
What we offer
- Uncapped flexible annual leave.
- Hybrid work arrangement.
- Training subsidy for your professional growth.
- Wellness benefit.
- Team bonding budget to foster collaboration and sense of belonging.
- Flexibility to work from anywhere (for up to 90 days per annum).
- Culture is Key: We always strive to cultivate a special culture that brings special talents together You can learn more about our culture on our careers site and LinkedIn Life page.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Aspire is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability or any other protected characteristic as outlined by applicable laws.
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Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full Time
