Chief Compliance Officer

WHO WE ARE

Finalsite is the most valued partner for K–12 schools to build trust, strengthen community, and grow enrollment. Ranked among the best EdTech Companies in America, Finalsite supports more than 7,000 schools and districts worldwide with an integrated platform for websites, communications, mobile apps, enrollment, and marketing services.

Headquartered in Glastonbury, Connecticut, Finalsite is a global company with employees working remotely across nearly every U.S. state, as well as throughout Europe, South America, and Asia.

We believe people do their best work when they feel supported, connected, and empowered to grow. That’s why we invest in our employees through competitive benefits, professional development opportunities, and a collaborative culture built on partnership and purpose. Whether you’re looking to expand your skills, take on new challenges, or make a meaningful impact in education, Finalsite offers the opportunity to grow your career while helping schools thrive.

At Finalsite, every interaction matters — with our clients, with each other, and with the schools and families we serve. Join us and help shape stronger school communities around the world

The Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) is the senior executive responsible for building, leading, and overseeing Finalsite’s global compliance, ethics, regulatory, and enterprise risk programs. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer with a dotted line to the Chief Legal Officer, the CCO will serve as the company’s primary compliance authority and a strategic advisor to the executive team and Board of Directors.

A critical requirement for this role is deep, hands‑on Payment Facilitator (Pay Fac) experience, including having built and operationalized a Pay Fac compliance program from the ground up. The successful candidate will bring extensive experience across payments, merchant acquiring, sponsor/acquiring bank relationships, card network requirements, AML/KYC/KYB, transaction monitoring, fraud and financial crime controls, and regulatory governance. This leader must be able to design a scalable compliance infrastructure that supports Finalsite’s continued growth while maintaining strong regulatory, financial, operational, and reputational risk controls.

100% Remote - Anywhere within the US

• Owns and leads Finalsite’s enterprise-wide compliance and ethics strategy, establishing the governance structure, risk framework, policies, controls, monitoring, and reporting required for a scaled, regulated organization.
• Establishes and maintains policies, procedures, governance frameworks, and internal controls to ensure regulatory and operational compliance.
• Builds, implements, and continuously evolves the company’s Payment Facilitator (Pay Fac) compliance program from the ground up, including merchant onboarding and underwriting, KYC/KYB, AML, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, fraud controls, ongoing merchant monitoring, and escalation protocols.
• Ensures compliance with applicable payment and financial regulatory requirements, including PCI-DSS, NACHA, BSA/AML, OFAC, money transmission requirements, card network rules, sponsor/acquiring bank requirements, GDPR, SOC controls, and other relevant standards.
• Serves as the senior compliance executive and primary liaison with sponsor/acquiring banks, payment processors, card networks, regulators, auditors, and external legal counsel, including ownership of examinations, reviews, certifications, and remediation plans.
• Advises the CEO, executive leadership team, and Board on compliance strategy, Pay Fac risk, regulatory developments, and material legal, operational, financial, and reputational risks.
• Leads enterprise compliance audits, regulatory and bank examinations, investigations, monitoring activities, issue management, and remediation initiatives.
• Owns the compliance framework for AML, KYC/KYB, sanctions screening, fraud prevention, transaction monitoring, merchant risk, and financial crime controls.
• Oversees compliance training and awareness programs to promote a culture of integrity, accountability, and ethical conduct.
• Proactively advises leadership on…