Extend - Director of Compliance
Requirements
• Proven, action and solution-oriented compliance leader with the ability to operate effectively in both strategic and hands-on environments. • Experience adding critical value at the executive level as a trusted advisor to senior leadership. • Strong business acumen and the ability to proactively tie compliance strategy to the company's commercial needs. • Prior experience building, developing, and mentoring high-performing teams in a fast-paced environment, ideally within tech or a regulated industry. • Demonstrated expertise managing regulatory relationships, licensing operations, and cross-functional compliance programs at scale. • Bachelor's degree required; JD or relevant advanced degree a plus. • Excellent organizational and management skills with a high level of attention to detail. • Direct, clear, concise, and exceptional communicator. • High IQ & EQ with excitement to hit the ground running. • Bias toward action, accountability, and proactivity with an ownership mentality. • Solutions-oriented, strong problem solver willing to roll up sleeves. • An entrepreneurial mindset. • Collaborative leader with a strong ability to influence without direct authority. • Skilled at earning trust and credibility quickly with an established team. • A curious, detail-oriented operator with deep empathy for merchant partners' different needs. • Expected Pay Range: $180,000 - $200,000 per year salaried*
Responsibilities
• Set the strategic direction and long-term roadmap for Extend's regulatory compliance program, spanning licensing, service contract terms and conditions, and insurance partner relationships, ensuring the function scales with the business. • Serve as the executive-level owner for regulatory and licensing matters across both business-as-usual operations and new products or initiatives, providing judgment and direction where complexity or risk requires it. • Partner with the rest of the compliance team to set priorities, unblock cross-functional dependencies, and continuously improve how terms and conditions, license applications, filings, approvals, and renewals get done. • Represent Extend in significant regulatory examinations, inquiries, and audits, working alongside the compliance team and outside counsel. • Monitor the regulatory landscape, proactively advising leadership on emerging requirements and risk. • Coach and develop the compliance team, and help define the function's long-term structure and career paths as Extend scales. • Partner with cross-functional teams to embed compliance requirements into merchant onboarding, customer experience, contracting, product workflows and program design. • Provide active guidance to leadership on how compliance strategy supports business goals, balancing rigor with the speed the business needs. • Establish and monitor KPIs for licensing accuracy, timeliness, and cost, and drive continuous improvement across processes and vendor relationships. • Set direction on service contract terms and conditions in partnership with outside counsel, reviewing for regulatory accuracy and completeness. • Build and maintain the internal controls, documentation and reporting needed to demonstrate compliance to regulators, auditors and partners. • Identify and champion opportunities to use AI and other technology to modernize and streamline licensing, filing, and regulatory reporting processes, improving speed, accuracy, and scalability as volume grows.
Benefits
• The target base salary range for this position is listed above. Individual salaries are determined based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, job-related knowledge, skills and experience. • Extend does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. • Life at Extend: • Life at Extend: • Working with a great team from diverse backgrounds in a collaborative and supportive environment. • Competitive salary based on experience, with full medical and dental & vision benefits. • Stock in an early-stage startup growing quickly. • Generous, flexible paid time off policy. • 401(k) with Financial Guidance from Morgan Stanley. • Extend CCPA HR Notice
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