Head of Compliance

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🕒 August 24

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $210k - $260k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🚔 Compliance

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Astra

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2016

📦 Logistics

💳 Fintech

🔌 API

Logistics • Fintech • API

<Astra> Astra is a Payments Cloud platform that provides a vertically integrated, compliance-first solution for instant money movement across multiple payment rails (ACH, RTP, FedNow, Visa Direct, Mastercard Move). It centralizes processing plus KYC/AML, fraud screening, ledgering, reconciliation, disputes, and treasury behind a single API so businesses can launch payouts, instant funding, and accelerated bank transfers without building or maintaining a payments stack. Astra targets developer-led teams and platforms, enabling fast time-to-market, intelligent routing, and configurable payment workflows for B2B customers via one integration.

📋 Description

• Set the strategy for Astra's enterprise compliance program and improve policies, procedures, risk assessments, controls, testing, training, and reporting • Serve as Astra's designated BSA/AML Compliance Officer • Oversee KYC/KYB, customer due diligence, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, alert and case management, and financial-crimes risk • Report material compliance risks, program performance, audits, and remediation to executive leadership and the Board • Lead, develop, and scale the Compliance and GRC team • Serve as senior compliance contact for sponsor-bank partners • Oversee ACH/NACHA, card-network, RTP, FedNow, and other payment-rail compliance • Evaluate new products, payment flows, customers, partnerships, and markets and establish controls before launch • Evaluate regulatory developments and licensing or registration requirements with outside counsel • Build and enhance fraud controls across payment flows • Own SOC 2 and PCI DSS programs, including scoping, control ownership, audit readiness, auditor coordination, findings management, and annual assessments • Oversee readiness for BSA, NACHA, sponsor-bank, customer, SOC 2, PCI DSS, and other audits • Maintain an enterprise risk and controls framework • Lead Astra's privacy compliance program, including GDPR and U.S. privacy requirements, data-subject requests, retention, privacy notices, and reviews • Oversee third-party compliance risk, customer assurance, and compliance due-diligence responses • Advise Product, Engineering, Sales, and Integrations on compliance requirements • Manage third-party compliance vendors • Report to the COO and advise executive leadership and the Board

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of compliance experience in fintech, payments, banking, or financial services • At least 3 years in a leadership role • Prior experience leading a BSA/AML compliance program • Experience overseeing BSA/AML, fraud, privacy, SOC 2, PCI DSS, or payment-network compliance programs • Deep practical expertise in BSA/AML, OFAC, KYC/KYB, customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, suspicious-activity escalation, and financial-crimes risk management • Familiarity with ACH, RTP, and debit networks • Hands-on experience building or scaling compliance programs at a startup or high-growth company • Experience managing sponsor bank relationships and navigating bank program compliance requirements • Demonstrated experience leading and developing a compliance team • Ability and willingness to travel up to approximately 15% annually • Bachelor's degree required • Familiarity with compliance and financial-crimes tooling such as Alloy, Sardine, Unit21, Socure, or ComplyAdvantage • Ability to analyze transaction patterns and interpret monitoring outputs • Working knowledge of API-driven payment architecture • Understanding of Visa Direct, card-to-card transfers, ACH/NACHA, RTP, and FedNow • Authorized to work in the United States • Must not require visa sponsorship to continue working in the United States

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity in a growing fintech company • Remote-first culture with flexible working arrangements • Professional growth opportunities in compliance and risk management • 100% company paid health insurance for employees • 401(k) with company matching