Chief Compliance Officer
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Palo Alto, CA
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- C level
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Category
- Legal
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 15+ years of progressively responsible compliance leadership experience.
- 8+ years leading enterprise compliance programs within banking, payments, fintech, or other regulated financial services organizations.
- Deep understanding of Compliance Management Systems (CMS) and regulatory expectations.
- Demonstrated experience leading a Second Line Compliance function.
- Experience leading regulatory examinations and maintaining relationships with federal and state regulators.
- Proven experience building, scaling, or transforming compliance organizations.
- Strong executive presence with Board-level communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive enterprise-wide initiatives.
Nice to have
- Juris Doctor (JD)
- CAMS, CRCM, or similar professional certification
Full description
Who We Are
The world is moving towards instant digital payments and TabaPay is leading the way. We help thousands of Fintechs in the US and Canada instantly move money in and out of accounts and we are actively expanding into other countries. Our customers represent the hottest verticals in the financial service industry such as neobanks, challenger brokers, gaming and wallets. TabaPay is a highly profitable rocketship that processes billions of dollars each year. To learn more visit www.tabapay.com.
The Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) is responsible for leading TabaPay’s independent Second Line Compliance function and maintaining an enterprise-wide Compliance Management System (CMS) that enables the Company to operate safely, soundly, and in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, supervisory guidance, and industry standards.
Reporting directly to the Chief Risk Officer, the CCO serves as the Company’s senior compliance executive and is responsible for providing independent oversight of compliance risk across all business lines and legal entities.
The CCO provides strategic leadership across Consumer Compliance, Regulatory Compliance, and BSA/AML Compliance while partnering closely with Product, Operations, Technology, Legal, Finance, and Internal Audit to enable responsible innovation and growth.
This leader owns and continuously enhances the Company’s Compliance Management System, ensuring compliance risks are identified, assessed, monitored, reported, and remediated through an effective governance framework aligned with regulatory expectations and enterprise risk management practices.
What You’ll Do
- Lead TabaPay’s independent Second Line Compliance function and provide enterprise-wide compliance leadership.
- Ensure compliance risks are appropriately identified, assessed, measured, monitored, controlled, and reported.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership and the Board on compliance strategy, regulatory expectations, and emerging compliance risks.
- Own and continuously improve the enterprise-wide Compliance Management System (CMS), including:
- Compliance governance
- Compliance risk assessments
- Regulatory change management
- Policies and procedures
- Compliance monitoring and testing
- Compliance reporting and metrics
- Issues management
- Compliance training and awareness
- Ensure the CMS remains aligned with regulatory expectations, supervisory guidance, and industry-leading practices.