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Rho · 1 day ago

Head of Financial Crimes Compliance

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$200K/yr - $260K/yr

10+ years exp

Rho is a modern banking platform built for startups, seeking to hire its first Head of Financial Crimes Compliance. This role involves building and leading a comprehensive fraud and financial crimes program, defining strategies, and working cross-functionally to protect clients and the platform.

FinTech

Responsibilities

Define, own, and continuously evolve Rho’s comprehensive fraud and financial crimes prevention and detection strategy across business banking and corporate card products

Champion and partner with Data, Engineering, and Product to produce innovative fraud models, including ML models and behavioral graphs that catch synthetic entities, account takeover (ATO), and business email compromise (BEC) before a dollar moves

Own and continuously enhance business KYC/KYB and transaction monitoring processes to prevent fraud, stop bad actors, and minimize false positives while ensuring a seamless client onboarding experience

Run war-room forensics on material incidents, automate remediations, and turn post-mortems into improved models and processes

Lead investigations and rapid response for high-stakes fraud cases (e.g., synthetic entities, account takeover, business email compromise), driving thorough root cause and post-mortem analysis

Partner with Product, Engineering, and Compliance teams to design, launch, and iterate on controls addressing new fraud threats tied to innovative products or changing regulations

Hire, train, and develop a team of fraud risk analysts to support the growth of our revenue and client base

Drive continuous improvement and provide feedback to product, data, and engineering teams to ensure that fraud and AML models and alerts are continually improved, not just quarterly

Qualification

Fraud detection strategyAdvanced analyticsB2B fraud knowledgeRegulatory compliancePeople managementCustomer-centricityExecutionAgility

Required

Technical fluency: demonstrate expertise in applying advanced analytics to fraud problems at scale

B2B domain knowledge: Strong understanding of fraud patterns specific to business customers, including onboarding (KYB), payment flows, and commercial account risks

Regulatory and Industry Acumen: Up-to-date knowledge of relevant US banking, AML, and payments regulations as well as emerging fraud schemes and prevention best practices (with an ability to adapt strategies for new regulations or evolving commercial products)

People management: 10+ years of experience in fraud risk management and team leadership

Customer-centricity: Strong commitment to balancing robust fraud controls with excellent customer experience, especially for commercial/B2B clients

Execution and Agility: Track record of driving measurable results in fast-paced, high-growth environments, and rapidly adapting to new threats or business priorities