Head of Compliance

The role

Lead the compliance program for a cross-border payments fintech serving businesses in the United States and Latin America. You will own day-to-day operations and key risk decisions to help the company scale.

What you will do

• Serve as the designated BSA/AML Officer and own compliance policies, procedures, and the risk model
• Make and document final decisions on escalated onboarding, wallet screening, transaction monitoring, and SAR cases
• Identify practical controls that address risk while supporting growth in challenging markets
• Lead and mentor compliance analysts, including handling their escalations
• Represent the compliance program in bank and payment partner due diligence, information requests, and audits
• Oversee analyst workflows and AI-assisted systems

Required qualifications

• Three to twelve years of relevant experience
• Leadership of a compliance team and ownership of a compliance program at a fintech, payments, or digital-asset business
• Experience at the intersection of compliance and crypto across the Americas
• Familiarity with stablecoins, wallets, and wallet-screening controls
• Strong BSA/AML experience, including policy development, risk modeling, SAR filings, regulatory reporting, onboarding, wallet screening, and transaction monitoring
• Knowledge of US-Latin America cross-border trade and trade-based money laundering risks
• Experience coordinating audits and due diligence with banks or payment partners
• Familiarity with digital-asset compliance standards and exchange controls

Before you apply

• Visa sponsorship is not available

About the company

clera is a cross-border payments fintech serving businesses across the United States and Latin America.