Chief Compliance Officer
River Financial Inc. operates a Bitcoin financial platform for individuals, businesses, and private clients. It provides Bitcoin buying and selling, recurring purchases, custody and transfers, cash interest paid in Bitcoin, and banking-related features.
Maintainer signals as of 9/2/2026
Funding history
About River Financial Inc.
River Financial Inc. is a Bitcoin-focused financial services company offering a platform to buy, sell, hold, send, and receive Bitcoin. Its services include zero-fee recurring Bitcoin purchases, Bitcoin interest on cash held through Lead Bank, direct deposit and bill payment features, full-reserve Bitcoin custody with published proof of reserves, and tax and performance reporting. River serves individual investors, businesses such as corporations and mining operations, and private clients including family offices and high-net-worth individuals.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will lead the compliance function, serve as BSA Officer, and oversee BSA/AML, sanctions, licensing, regulatory examinations, audits, and charter work. You will build scalable policies, controls, training, risk assessments, and monitoring processes while advising leadership and partnering with Operations, Product, and Engineering.
Requirements
- Experience building and running compliance programs at a regulated financial institution
- BSA Officer experience
- Experience managing regulatory exams and audits
- Experience building relationships with regulators and bank partners
- Direct experience with OCC processes
- People leadership experience managing and developing analysts
- Excellent communication skills
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the compliance analyst team
- Serve as BSA Officer and own BSA/AML and OFAC sanctions programs
- Build and maintain compliance policies, procedures, and company-wide training
- Own the compliance risk assessment and drive remediation priorities
- Develop independent compliance testing and monitoring
- Maintain state money transmitter licenses and advance the OCC national trust charter process
- Manage relationships with regulators and bank partners
- Manage regulatory exams, audits, and third-party assessments through remediation
- Approve compliance sign-off for new products and features
- Build scalable compliance systems and processes
- Advise executive leadership and the Board on regulatory strategy and emerging risk
- Partner with Operations, Product, and Engineering to embed compliance
Benefits
- Equity
- Unlimited PTO
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401k
- Catered in-office lunches
Hiring Process
Introductory interview with the COO; first-round interview block with two employees; prompted written assessment; final-round leadership interview block including the founder/CEO.