Compliance Officer - North America

About Remote

Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future‑focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from six continents (Antarctica left to go!)

and all of our positions are fully remote.

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space as our Compliance Officer for North America, including our Canadian regulated entity. We are building a Financial Services subgroup within Remote. This subgroup owns payments licenses in Canada, UK, and Europe, and we need to meet the highest standards for customer due diligence, anti‑money laundering and counter‑financing terrorism (KYB).

You will help maintain and implement sound procedures for vetting our customers in North America, aligned to regulatory and payment partner expectations, and introduce innovative AML/CFT solutions.

• Extensive experience within the Second line of Defence in the financial sector, with demonstrable experience in Financial Crime Compliance
• Expert knowledge of Canadian payments legislation, both with FINTRAC (specifically MSB rules) and Bank of Canada’s RPAA
• Previous experience in both Compliance and Compliance Operations roles within a global financial services company
• Must be a CA resident
• Professional AML / MLRO certifications
• Writes and speaks fluent English
• Experience with USA AML regulations is a plus
• Experience working remotely is a plus

• Ensure Remote’s Canadian MSB remains compliant with new guidance and regulation stemming from FINTRAC and Bank of Canada’s RPAA legislation
• Draft policies relating to customer due diligence, enhanced due diligence, screening measures, business‑wide risk assessments, customer risk assessments, transaction monitoring, suspicious activity reporting, law enforcement engagement, fraud prevention, anti‑bribery and corruption, authentication standards, AML/PF training and sanctions compliance meeting the expectations of Canadian regulators
• Lead the AML/CTF audits for Remote’s Canadian regulated entity, manage relationships with external advisors for Canada as required
• Lead AML/CTF audits for Remote's other North America activities, manage relationships with North America external advisors as required
• Responsible for ongoing maintenance of relevant policies, procedures and control environment to ensure our payments entities remain compliant with regulatory requirements and industry standards
• Prepare and submit accurate and timely reports to regulatory authorities
• Perform periodic and ad‑hoc ‘second line of defence’ controls effectiveness reviews, reporting to management on findings and setting remediation plans where necessary
• Develop and enhance compliance management information or metrics to support ongoing monitoring of the Canadian compliance function
• Keep abreast of regulatory changes and update reporting processes accordingly

• You’ll report to:
  Director, Compliance & Regulatory Affairs
• Location:
  
  For this position we welcome anyone within Canada to apply
• Start date:
  
  As soon as possible

• Interview with recruiter
• Interview with future manager
• Interview with team members (no managers present)
• Bar Raiser Interview
• Prior employment verification check

Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent on many factors such as location, transferable or job‑related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change. The annual salary range for this full‑time position is $49,800 — $140,100 USD.

Remote’s Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap‑labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay…