Description
About Us
VaultLeap is an early-stage fintech that provides multi-currency virtual accounts and cross-border payments to freelancers, remote workers, and global operators across 35+ countries. We have live banking partnerships and an active card program in development.
We are small, profitable on unit economics, and building something real. We need someone who wants to own compliance at a company where your work directly shapes the product and the business.
The Role
We are hiring a Compliance Officer to run our day-to-day compliance function. You report directly to the CEO. No middle management, no red tape.
This starts as a flexible engagement. As we scale and raise funding, this becomes a full-time seat with a team under you. We are looking for someone who wants to get in early and grow with it.
You will work alongside our senior AML advisor, a former SVP Head of AML at a top-tier US bank, who provides strategic guidance. Your job is execution: maintaining policies, monitoring transactions, training support staff, managing escalations, and keeping our banking partners happy.
What You Will Do
- Serve as VaultLeap's designated Compliance Officer, independent of the sales function
- Maintain and update our BSA/AML policies and procedures including KYC, transaction monitoring, and suspicious activity processes
- Oversee fraud detection and escalation, review flagged accounts, authorize enforcement actions
- Train and oversee support staff on AML and fraud procedures
- Maintain training records and testing evidence for audit purposes
- Serve as the compliance point of contact for our banking partners
- Handle compliance escalations from support staff
- Produce monthly compliance reports covering complaints, issues, and corrective actions
- Flag control weaknesses and update policies as things evolve
How to Apply
Send your resume and a brief note on your relevant experience to greg@vaultleap.io with the subject line "CCO - [Your Name]".
Requirements
What We Are Looking For
- 3+ years of experience in BSA/AML compliance, financial crime, or a related regulatory function at a bank, MSB, fintech, or card issuer
- CAMS certification is a plus but not required
- Familiarity with KYC programs, transaction monitoring, and sanctions compliance
- Comfortable being the sole compliance person at a small company. You do not need a department around you to get things done
- Can write and maintain compliance policies, not just review them
Self-directed. This is a remote role with real autonomy
What You Do Not Need
- Prior experience with stablecoins or crypto. Our compliance stack is traditional BSA/AML
- A background at a large bank. Experience at smaller fintechs, MSBs, or neobanks is equally valuable
- An MBA or JD. Relevant experience and certifications matter more than degrees
Availability on day one is flexible. This grows as we grow.
Compensation
- Below-market base to start, with meaningful equity. This is a foundational hire and the equity reflects that.
- As we raise and scale, this becomes a full-time role with market-rate compensation
You are building the compliance function from the ground floor. That comes with real ownership and real upside
Why This Role
- Get in early at a live fintech with real banking partnerships and real customers
- Direct line to the CEO
- Strategic mentorship from a senior AML advisor with decades of institutional experience
- Full ownership of the compliance function. You are building this, not inheriting it
- Flexible hours, remote, no corporate overhead
