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Compliance Officer US

Thunes - San Francisco, CA, United States - In-office - posted 2026-08-24

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Thunes is a global fintech company operating a Direct Global Network that enables real-time cross-border payments across 140+ countries and 90+ currencies. The network connects to over 12 billion mobile wallets, stablecoin wallets, and bank accounts, plus 15 billion cards through 220+ payment methods. Thunes serves major clients including Uber, Deliveroo, Grab, WeChat, and numerous fintechs, banks, and payment service providers. Thunes Financial Services LLC, headquartered in San Francisco, is registered with FinCEN and licensed as a money transmitter across all US states and territories. The company provides cross-border payment services including remittance processing, corporate mass payouts, B2B payments, and digital payment services. This Compliance Officer role is based in San Francisco and reports to the Americas Compliance Director in Miami. The position supports the US compliance function while collaborating with global compliance teams (Financial Crime, KYC, Risk) and cross-functional partners (Legal, Account Management, Business Development, Finance, Product) worldwide. Key responsibilities include: reviewing Customer Due Diligence (CDD), Know Your Customer (KYC), and Know Your Business (KYB) processes during account opening to assess and mitigate financial crime risks; providing guidance to senior management and the board on the firm's risk-based AML/CTF approach; managing enhanced due diligence client reviews; handling RFP processes; conducting regular risk assessments for money laundering and terrorist financing; managing remediation items and change management controls; developing and strengthening relationships to promote financial crime best practices; contributing to compliance policy design and the Compliance Programme; and executing the Compliance Monitoring Programme through quality reviews. The ideal candidate has held senior payments compliance roles at Payment Services Providers (MTOs, acquiring PSPs), banks, financial institutions, neo-banks, BaaS platforms, or crypto asset actors. This is an office-based role subject to Thunes' Office Working Policy.

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