Director of Regulatory Compliance

Madison-Davis, LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Madison-Davis, LLC is partnering with a growing financial-services firm to hire a Director of Regulatory Compliance. This senior, hands-on role will design and operate the firm's compliance framework across securities servicing, payments, and digital-asset activities.

The successful candidate will own regulatory obligations, lead SEC examinations, and build a scalable program with deep transfer agent experience, AML/KYC, OFAC, and tax reporting responsibilities under IRC Chapters 3 and 4.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of financial-services compliance experience, including transfer-agent, paying-agent, or securities-services exposure.
• Deep knowledge of SEC transfer agent regulations and related securities-servicing requirements.
• Hands-on experience with AML/BSA, KYC/KYB, and OFAC controls.
• Experience drafting and implementing policies and procedures, not just advising.
• Experience with IRC Chapters 3 and 4 withholding, W-8/W-9, FATCA, and 1042/1099 reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead the regulatory compliance program for registered transfer agent and paying agent activities.
• Maintain policies, controls, and procedures meeting SEC transfer agent requirements and recordkeeping standards.
• Manage regulatory filings and act as primary contact during SEC examinations, including document production and remediation.
• Oversee dividends, interest, principal payments, redemptions, corporate actions, and related securities-servicing activities.
• Provide compliance oversight for relationships with depositories, trustees, issuers, and other market participants.
• Establish regulatory standards for blockchain/digital securities and related ownership records.
• Review digital securities products and control frameworks prior to launch.
• Oversee wallet screening, blockchain analytics, and transaction restrictions for digital-asset activity.
• Own tax withholding and information reporting processes under IRC Chapters 3 and 4, including W-8/W-9, FATCA, treaty-rate admin, and withholding requirements.
• Oversee 1042/1042-S and 1099 reporting and related tax documentation and remediation processes.
• Establish and maintain AML/BSA program, including KYC/KYB, risk-based monitoring, and training.
• Maintain OFAC sanctions program, including screening standards and escalation procedures.
• Oversee risk assessments, testing, monitoring plans, and regulatory remediation.
• Collaborate with technology/security on privacy and information protection requirements.
• Provide regular compliance reporting to leadership and the Board.
• Manage external counsel and independent reviews or testing engagements.

Skills

Regulatory Compliance

SEC Transfer Agent

AML/KYC

OFAC Sanctions

Tax Withholding

Regulatory Filings

Governance

Risk Assessment

Policy Development

Leadership

Job description

We are partnering with a growing financial-services firm seeking a Director of Regulatory Compliance to build and oversee its compliance framework across securities servicing, payments, financial-crime compliance, and emerging digital-asset activities.

This is a senior, hands-on role requiring someone who can both design a compliance program and execute it. The individual will own the firm's existing regulatory obligations while helping prepare the organization for potential expansion into additional regulated financial-services activities.

The ideal candidate brings deep transfer agent compliance experience, strong knowledge of securities regulation, hands-on tax withholding expertise, and practical ownership of AML and sanctions programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the compliance program supporting the firm's registered transfer agent and paying agent activities.
• Maintain policies, controls, and procedures addressing applicable SEC transfer agent requirements, including recordkeeping, safeguarding, shareholder records, reporting, and operational standards.
• Manage regulatory filings and serve as a primary compliance contact during SEC examinations, including document production, examiner communications, findings, and remediation.
• Oversee compliance requirements associated with dividends, interest, principal payments, redemptions, corporate actions, restricted securities, shareholder records, and related securities-servicing activities.
• Provide compliance oversight for relationships with depositories, trustees, issuers, and other securities-market participants.
• Establish regulatory standards for securities issued or maintained using blockchain or distributed-ledger technology, including ownership records, transfer restrictions, reconciliation, and secondary transfers.
• Review new digital securities products and associated control frameworks prior to launch.
• Oversee compliance considerations associated with wallet screening, blockchain analytics, transaction restrictions, and digital-asset-related customer activity.
• Own tax withholding and information-reporting processes under IRC Chapters 3 and 4, including W-8/W-9 documentation, FATCA, treaty-rate administration, and applicable withholding requirements.
• Oversee 1042/1042-S and 1099 reporting and related tax documentation and remediation processes.
• Establish and maintain the firm's AML/BSA and customer due diligence framework, including written policies, risk-based KYC/KYB standards, training, testing, and ongoing monitoring.
• Maintain the OFAC sanctions compliance program, including screening standards, escalation procedures, and applicable blocked or rejected transaction requirements.
• Oversee compliance risk assessments, testing and monitoring plans, issue management, and regulatory remediation.
• Partner with technology and security leadership on privacy, information-protection, and related regulatory requirements.
• Provide regular compliance reporting to executive leadership and the Board.
• Manage external legal and compliance resources and coordinate independent reviews or testing engagements.
• Build and develop the compliance function as the organization grows.
• Assess compliance requirements associated with potential future regulated activities and develop gap assessments, implementation plans, and supporting policies and controls.

Candidate Profile

• 10+ years of financial-services compliance experience, including experience with a registered transfer agent, paying agent, custodian, or comparable securities-services organization.
• Deep working knowledge of SEC transfer agent regulations and related securities-servicing requirements.
• Direct experience serving as a key firm contact during an SEC transfer agent examination.
• Demonstrated ability to draft and implement policies and procedures, rather than solely reviewing or advising on them.
• Hands-on experience with Chapters 3 and 4 withholding, FATCA, treaty rates, W-8/W-9 documentation, and 1042/1099 reporting in a meaningful operating environment.
• Practical experience building or owning an AML/BSA program, including KYC/KYB and related controls.
• Experience designing and administering an OFAC sanctions program.
• Strong understanding of compliance risk assessments, testing, monitoring, governance, and regulatory remediation.
• Ability to work closely with senior management, technology teams, external counsel, auditors, regulators, and the Board.
• Experience building compliance processes in a growing or evolving regulatory environment.