Deputy Chief Compliance Officer

About Us

Sydecar is on a mission to transform the world of private markets. Our goal is to make these markets more accessible, transparent, and liquid, and we're achieving this by revolutionizing the way investment vehicles are created and executed.

At Sydecar, we're not just a platform; we're a trusted partner in venture capital. We're dedicated to simplifying and standardizing the private investing experience, empowering capital allocators to discover and support visionary entrepreneurs who are shaping the future.

Our platform is designed with ease and efficiency in mind. We take care of all the behind-the-scenes tasks, from automating banking, ensuring compliance, handling contracts, managing taxes, to streamlining reporting. This leaves investors the freedom to concentrate on what matters most: making valuable deals and nurturing meaningful relationships.

Join us at Sydecar, as we lead the charge in revolutionizing private investing.

Location: Hybrid - San Francisco, CA (or remote within the U.S.)

About Us:

We are a fast-growing fintech company building a platform for fund managers to create vehicles to participate in the private markets.

Role Overview:

The Part-Time Deputy Chief Compliance Officer (Deputy CCO) will support the Head of Legal and Compliance in maintaining and enhancing our compliance framework, with a focus on Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) programs. This role is ideal for an experienced compliance professional who understands the intersection of law, technology, and financial innovation, and can dedicate 15-20 hours per week to leading compliance operations and strategy execution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in overseeing the company's AML/BSA compliance program, including risk assessments, policy development, and continuous process improvement.
• Support implementation and tuning of transaction monitoring systems to identify, escalate, and report suspicious activities.
• Work closely with product, operations, and risk management teams to ensure compliance controls are integrated effectively across new and existing products.
• Collaborate with engineers and the product team to optimize compliance technology tools, such as Alloy and similar identity verification or transaction monitoring platforms.
• Review and refine internal procedures for KYC, KYB, sanctions screening, and customer onboarding.
• Contribute to the drafting of UARs while maintaining documentation standards and audit readiness.
• Support banking as a service relationships, including regular audits by banks, and an annual independent audit.
• Stay informed of evolving regulatory requirements under FinCEN, OFAC, CFPB, and state banking regulators, providing actionable guidance to senior leadership.
• Serve as a compliance subject matter expert for fintech partnerships and vendor integrations.
• Mentor junior compliance analysts, fostering a culture of proactive risk management and operational excellence.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree or professional certification (CAMS, CRCM, etc.) preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in financial services or fintech compliance, with demonstrated leadership in AML/BSA program management.
• Working knowledge of transaction monitoring operations and associated case management workflows.
• Hands-on familiarity with compliance technology platforms (Alloy, ComplyAdvantage, or similar).
• Strong understanding of U.S. financial regulatory frameworks and fintech risk models.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, mission-driven environment with minimal supervision.

Commitment:

Part-time (approximately 15-20 hours per week). Schedule flexibility and limited travel may be required.

Compensation:

Competitive hourly rate commensurate with experience.

Join Us:

If you're passionate about enabling compliant innovation in fintech and driving regulatory excellence through smart technology, we'd love to connect.

Sydecar's values

Our values are important to the way we live and work at Sydecar. They guide our priorities, behaviors and interactions.

Be Committed

As a team, we rise to meet challenges and recognize that we become stronger and develop character when facing adversity.

Be Excellent

We measure our success not just by what we achieve, but by how we achieve it-through integrity, creativity, elegance, and a commitment to continuous improvement. Excellence is not just doing things well-it's looking for ways to do them better.

Be Humble

Humility is our key to personal and professional growth. We appreciate that great ideas can come from anywhere, regardless of seniority, pedigree, or experience. We care more about collective outcomes than who gets credit or who does what. We try to not let our ego cloud our judgment.

Win Together

Winning is no accident. It is the result of collective hard work, perseverance, sacrifice, and most of all, loving what we do. Winning requires that we give extra-sometimes winning calls for late nights or extra effort, and we show up for clients and each other with urgency and heart. While excellence is a journey, winning is a destination.

Sydecar is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Sydecar are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Sydecar will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Sydecar encourages applicants of all ages.