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Salary: USD 140,000 - 210,000 / annual
Finix is a fintech payments infrastructure platform processing tens of billions of dollars annually for software companies and marketplaces. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company has raised over $200M from investors including Acrew Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, American Express Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and Visa.
The Compliance Director, High-Risk will serve as the primary compliance partner to Sales, Partnerships, Underwriting, and Payment Operations, reporting to the Head of Compliance & Regulatory Counsel. This role focuses on bringing new business quickly while maintaining compliance with applicable law, card network rules, and sponsor bank requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as primary compliance partner to Sales, Partnerships, and Underwriting, providing fast, practical, well-documented guidance on prospects and deals
- Lead compliance strategy for gaming and gambling verticals, including iGaming, sports wagering, sweepstakes, and predictive markets, with state-by-state and provincial regulatory analysis
- Develop and maintain underwriting standards, risk-tiering, approval gates, and escalation paths for high-risk sectors (nutraceuticals, wellness, CBD, digital products and services)
- Lead compliance evaluation of new sectors, business models, and structures (ISV, marketplace, merchant-of-record models)
- Write and maintain procedures, onboarding guides, and underwriting playbooks for high-risk and restricted verticals
- Translate laws, card network rules, and sponsor bank requirements into clear guidance for Product, Sales, Technology, and Operations teams
- Work with Payment Operations, Underwriting, and Partnerships to streamline onboarding workflows without weakening controls
- Guide and develop the Compliance Operations team through coaching and clear quality standards
- Support sponsor bank and network relationships on onboarding and sector-related matters
- Support AML/BSA, sanctions, and fraud programs, including KYC/KYB standards and risk signal escalation
- Contribute to audit and regulatory exam readiness, policy updates, and remediation of findings
- Monitor regulatory and network rule changes (US, Canada, state and provincial) affecting target sectors
- Prepare clear, decision-ready summaries for senior management, sponsor banks, and partners
Requirements:
- 7+ years of experience in compliance, risk, or regulatory roles within payments, fintech, banking, or similar regulated environments
- Hands-on experience with merchant underwriting and onboarding, including KYC/KYB and risk-based approval frameworks
- Experience with high-risk merchant verticals such as gaming and gambling, nutraceuticals, CBD, or similar
- Proven ability to interpret regulatory and card network requirements and apply them to real merchants, products, and business models
- Strong understanding of risk management, controls, and sponsor bank oversight expectations
- Experience working directly with sales, business development, or product teams on deals and new market entry
- Experience drafting policies, procedures, and guides that business teams use
- Experience leading complex, cross-functional work with multiple dependencies and senior stakeholders
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (or Google equivalents)
Nice to Have:
- Juris Doctor or law degree with bar admission in good standing
- Experience with gaming and gambling regulation, including state licensing and vendor registration
- Familiarity with US frameworks (FinCEN, state money transmission, CCPA) and Canadian frameworks (FINTRAC, RPAA, PIPEDA, Quebec Law 25)
- Experience with payment networks (Visa, Mastercard, Interac, Discover) and sponsor banks
- Knowledge of fintech-bank partnership models and bank third-party risk expectations
- Experience at a card network, processor, acquirer, or sponsor bank
- Certifications such as CAMS or CFE
- Prior experience supporting a BSA Officer, CAMLO, or compliance leadership
About Finix
Fintech — payments infrastructure platform for software companies and marketplaces.
