Compliance Analyst

About Column For companies building financial technology and transforming the financial services space, the biggest bottleneck to their growth and innovation is often the underlying banks and infrastructure stack they rely on. We have spent our careers founding and scaling companies like Plaid, Square, Meta, Blend, and Affirm, and have seen this problem firsthand — builders and developers needing to partner with traditional banks, and creating API and abstraction layers over the patchwork that is the bank, its core, and many other vendors. All of this results in a complex (and often expensive) banking supply chain involving a user, fintech, BaaS middleware provider, bank, core and the Federal Reserve.

At Column, we set out to simplify and fix this. We are a bank and a software company built from the ground up, offering builders and developers technology-forward banking solutions that cut out the hundreds of vendors, middleware providers, and abstraction layers. This means a safer, more transparent, and less costly banking supply chain. Come build with us!

The Opportunity: Column's Compliance team plays a critical role in ensuring the Bank grows safely. As a Compliance Analyst, you will be responsible for supporting the Compliance Testing function, leveraging regulatory compliance expertise to ensure our fintech partners’ programs are compliant and sustainable and meet the Bank’s expectations. This is a cross-functional role, working with both first- and second-line colleagues and interfacing directly with our fintech partners. This means exposure to a range of products, business models, and regulatory questions you won’t find at a traditional bank. This role is a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about regulatory compliance and wants hands-on experience testing a wide variety of fintech products, partners, and business models to accelerate their compliance career. This role is a fixed-term contract, remote position with an initial contract duration of six months and the potential to extend based on performance.

What you'll do:

• Conduct compliance testing, both across Column’s products and services and at the Bank’s partners, as a contributor to Column’s Compliance Testing & Monitoring Program

• Clearly document assessment findings, and own the drafting and reporting of results derived from the Compliance Testing Program

• Identify potential areas of weakness (inadequate/ineffective controls, areas of non-compliance, etc.) within the Bank, and work with partners to strengthen the associated control environment

• Monitor, interpret, and assess potential regulatory changes that may impact the Bank. Work with business, risk, and legal partners to ensure new regulatory requirements are clearly understood and processes are in place before their effective dates

What you'll need to be successful:

• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience

• 3+ years in compliance or audit; experience at a regulated financial institution is a plus

• Detail-oriented with excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills

• Experience navigating banking regulations and applying rules to the Bank’s products

• Demonstrated project management skills and the ability to juggle execution across multiple stakeholders

• Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), or equivalent certification a plus

• Curiosity, eagerness to learn, and excitement about regulatory compliance and partner banking

What you'll get from us:

• 🏥 Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans, including options that are 100% covered by Column for you

• 💳 FSA and HSA account options to enable use of pre-tax money for medical and dependent care expenses

• 🌴 Paid PTO, including 15 days of vacation and 10 days of sick leave each year

• 📈 Eligibility to participate in Column’s 401k plan, including self-directed brokerage options

Pay transparency: The US hourly rate range for this role is $35.00-$40.00. This position is non-exempt, meaning individuals in this role will be eligible for overtime pay in accordance with California labor law. A candidate’s position within this pay range will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s skill sets, experience, licensure and certifications, location, and other business and organizational needs.

We look forward to hearing from you Column is committed to working with the best and brightest people from the broadest talent pool possible. We value bringing together a team with different perspectives, educational backgrounds, and life experiences, and believe a diversity of ideas is what allows us to develop the best solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

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