Correspondent Banking Compliance

Column; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & vision plans

Dental coverage

Rent subsidy

401k plan

Parental leave

Paid time off

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Column is a bank and software company building modern, technology-forward banking solutions for fintechs and developers. The Correspondent Banking Compliance role focuses on implementing Column’s onboarding framework for banking relationships, evaluating country-level risk, and designing scalable due diligence rules globally.

The role is remote-friendly with travel; the ideal candidate will have 6–8+ years in regulatory, compliance, or risk management with international exposure and a proven

Qualifications

• 6-8+ years of regulatory, compliance or risk management experience with a focus on international financial activity.
• Ability to build and operational policies, procedures, and workflows
• Strong familiarity with underwriting geographic and political risks
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to document clearly for diverse stakeholders
• Ability to adapt to new situations and design scalable solutions
• Hyper-organized project management across multiple teams and priorities
• Scrappy, hands-on attitude with willingness to work hard to build a business
• Ability to travel frequently

Responsibilities

• Execute a comprehensive onboarding framework.
• Support ongoing monitoring of correspondent banking relationships.
• Support business development conversations and partnerships.
• Assist in new product build-out related to compliance and banking relationships.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Risk management

Correspondent banking

Policy development

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel readiness

Job description

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 Correspondent Banking (CB) Compliance role will support the delivery of Column’s correspondent banking strategy as we expand into new geographies and onboard new banks. In this position, you will be responsible for implementing Column’s framework for onboarding correspondent banking relationships in a highly hands-on and execution-focused capacity.

This is a builder role for someone who thrives in operations-heavy environments, enjoys owning work end-to-end, and is comfortable with a scope that will continue to evolve as the business grows. You will have a critical impact in evaluating country-level risk, translating those risks into practical diligence requirements, designing rules to target geography and bank specific risks, and performing deep, end-to-end due diligence on correspondent bank partners globally.

While an in-person presence in the Bank’s Presidio-based office is strongly preferred, this role is open to remote applicants with the expectation of frequent travel.

What you’ll do

• Execute a comprehensive onboarding framework:

• Support ongoing monitoring:

• Support business development conversations:

• Support new product build out:

What you’ll need to be successful

• 6-8+ years of regulatory, compliance or risk management experience with a focus on international financial activity. Previous correspondent banking experience is ideal but not required.

• Ability to build and operational policies, procedures, and workflows

• Strong familiarity with underwriting geographic and political risks

• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to create detailed, clear documentation for a diverse range of stakeholders

• Ability to jump into new situations and quickly solve problems, with an eye towards architecting solutions that will scale

• Hyper-organized approach to project management, including coordinating efforts across multiple teams; comfort juggling multiple projects and priorities is critical

• Scrappy, roll-up-your-sleeves attitude - we thrive because we work harder, are more creative, and have zero ego when it comes to getting our hands dirty to build a business

• Ability to travel frequently

What you’ll get from us:

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

• Comprehensive family planning and fertility benefits via partnership with Carrot, including reimbursement of up to $20,000 in qualified expenses

• Up to $2,000 (post-tax) monthly rent subsidy for employees living within 2 miles of Column’s office

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

• 401k plan, including self-directed brokerage options

• Flexible time-off policy - take the time off that you want and need to relax and recharge

• 100% paid parental leave, including 16 weeks for birth mothers, 12 weeks for primary caregivers, and 8 weeks for secondary caregivers

• Up to $4,500 in annual reimbursements for backup childcare

• Catered lunches and dinners for SF employees

• Commuter benefits, including paid transportation to-and-from the office

• Regular team building events, including annual offsite

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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