Lead Compliance Manager at Motive | Torre

Lead Compliance Manager

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Full-time

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Compensation
USD163k - 225k/year
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Remote (for United States residents)
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Who we are:Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.Visit gomotive.com to learn more.About the Role:Motive’s Financial Products team operates a fast-growing commercial lending and spend management program (Motive Card) built on partnerships with issuing banks and card networks. The program already spans the US & Canada with further international expansion planned. We’re hiring a Lead Compliance Manager to build and own the compliance function for this business end-to-end — from policy development through hands-on execution — as it scales into new products, segments, and markets.Reporting to the Head of Risk, Financial Products, you will be the senior-most dedicated owner of AML/BSA, sanctions, KYC/KYB, and lending-compliance programs that today are stitched together across Product, Legal, Risk Ops, and Engineering. You will manage the compliance relationship with our issuing bank and network partners across every market we operate in, translate regulatory requirements into policy and control design, and ensure those controls actually operate — not just exist on paper — across a multi-geography, multi-partner program. As Motive enters new markets, you will define what compliance needs to look like there before launch, not after.What You'll Do:Own and maintain Motive’s AML/BSA, Sanctions, and KYC/KYB policies and procedures across all markets where Motive operates — today the US & Canada, with more markets on the roadmap — keeping them current with local regulatory requirements and issuing bank/network requirementsDesign, implement, and monitor controls for sanctions and PEP screening, transaction monitoring, and suspicious activity escalation, including named Compliance Officer/Designee responsibilities where required by regulation or bank partnersServe as the primary compliance point of contact and relationship owner for issuing bank and card network partners in each market, including compliance reviews, exams, audits, and remediation commitmentsPartner with Risk, Legal, Underwriting, Product, and Engineering to embed lending-compliance requirements into new products and markets before launchLead internal and third-party compliance audits and exams, driving findings to closure and maintaining audit-ready documentation and evidence across all jurisdictionsMonitor regulatory developments across commercial lending, AML/sanctions, and payments in each market Motive operates or plans to enter, and translate them into actionable policy and control updatesBuild and run the governance structure for the compliance program — reporting, escalation paths, risk committees — giving leadership clear visibility into program health, and establish the playbook for evaluating compliance requirements ahead of entry into any new marketBuild out the compliance function as it scales, including hiring and managing future team members as scope growsWhat We're Looking For:8+ years of experience in compliance, audit, or risk management within lending, payments, or financial services, including direct ownership of AML/BSA, KYC/KYB, sanctions, and PEP programsHands-on experience managing compliance relationships with issuing banks, card networks, or other regulated financial partners, including audits and remediationMulti-jurisdiction compliance program experience, including Canada and UK/EU required; additional international experience (e.g., Mexico or other Latin American markets) a strong plusWorking knowledge of the regulatory frameworks governing commercial lending, AML/sanctions, and payments across North America and Europe (e.g., BSA, FinCEN, FINTRAC/PCMLTFA, OFAC sanctions, UK/EU AML and data protection regimes)Proven ability to both write policy and operationalize it — building controls, procedures, and monitoring that hold up under audit, not just documentationExperience partnering cross-functionally with Legal, Risk, Product, and Engineering to launch compliant products in new marketsStrong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to represent Motive credibly to external regulators, auditors, and bank partners, and to advise senior leadership on compliance riskPay TransparencyYour compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits.The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. Motive uses three geographic zones to determine pay range. For this role, the compensation ranges are:San Francisco, California: $163,000 - $225,000 USDU.S. metropolitan areas: Los Angeles, San Diego, New York City Area, Seattle, Washington D.C.: $142,000 - $195,000 USDOther locations in the United States: $142,000 - $195,000 USD