Compliance Officer - FinTech, Mobile Electronics Wholesale Trade, International Payments, Risk Operations

Introduction

We’re looking for a Compliance Officer who understands fintech risk, international payments, and cross-border financial crime operations.

This is not a purely policy-focused AML role. We want someone who can work close to the business, review real customer activity, identify risk patterns, and help build practical compliance systems that scale.

Our initial focus is on mobile electronics wholesale clients, but the scope will broaden across additional industries, geographies, and payment use cases.

Company Descriptions

Shield is a payment processor headquartered in Miami, Florida , enabling electronics export businesses to accept digital payments ( USDT, USDC, USD ) from international buyers.

We process $50M+ in monthly volume for large electronics distributors across the U.S. and Latin America and have raised $7M in venture capital from leading fintech and crypto investors.

Because electronics trade is capital-intensive, documentation-heavy, and frequently abused , compliance is a core operational function at Shield — not a policy layer or afterthought.

Who We're Looking For

We are looking for candidates with experience in fintech compliance, payments risk, AML operations, trade compliance, or financial crime operations.

You should have:

• 3+ years of experience in compliance, risk, AML, payments operations, or financial crime operations
• Strong understanding of customer onboarding, transaction monitoring, and risk-based reviews
• Experience reviewing customers, counterparties, jurisdictions, and payment activity for risk
• Familiarity with AML, sanctions, fraud, and trade-based money laundering risks
• Ability to identify unusual transaction patterns, inconsistent customer activity, and high-risk behavior
• Comfort working directly with Sales, Operations, Compliance, and Founders
• Ability to balance commercial realities with regulatory and platform risk controls

This is a contract role , open to remote or on-site (Miami, FL) candidates.

Role Responsibilities

As Compliance Officer, you will:

• Review customer onboarding from a financial crime and payments-risk perspective
• Evaluate customer activity, counterparties, jurisdictions, and transaction behavior
• Monitor payment activity for anomalies, red flags, and potential misuse
• Help build practical compliance procedures, checklists, logs, and workflows
• Partner with Sales and Operations to resolve customer risk issues
• Maintain compliance records, risk assessments, and internal review documentation
• Support internal reviews, audits, law enforcement requests, and partner inquiries
• Escalate regulatory, operational, or reputational risks clearly and early

Our Benefits

• Competitive compensation with equity options and benefits
• Opportunity to be an early compliance hire at a scaling fintech company
• Direct access to founders and leadership
• Deep exposure to international payments and financial crime risk operations
• Fast-paced, execution-focused environment with tangible impact