Risk and Compliance Analyst

Inclined; Sausalito (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Employer-paid healthcare

Stock options

Generous time off

Job summary

Inclined in Larkspur, CA is seeking a Risk and Compliance Analyst to help build and scale our regulatory program across bank partners. You will support and develop our compliance framework as we scale our network and ensure audit-readiness.

The role reports to the Chief Compliance and Enterprise Risk Officer and collaborates with the Chief Capital Officer and Operations leadership to formalize processes in a fast-growing fintech startup.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 1-3 years of experience in compliance, audit, or a related field; experience with bank-fintech partnerships, consumer lending, or insurance-adjacent financial products a plus.
• Strong organizational skills and high attention to detail; comfortable managing multiple concurrent deadlines (license renewals, audit requests, questionnaires).
• Advanced data skills; comfort working with large amounts of data and building trackers and reports; ability to drive efficiency/automation using AI.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the poise to interact directly with bank partners and senior leadership.
• Self-starter who can operate with ambiguity and help build process in a small, fast-moving company.
• Sound judgment, discretion, and a collaborative, roll-up-your-sleeves mindset

Responsibilities

• Support the regulatory compliance requirements of Inclined's bank partners, including monitoring and helping maintain compliance with applicable federal and state laws as they apply to our lending programs.
• Perform post-close quality assurance reviews on funded transactions to confirm compliance with bank partner requirements, internal policies, and applicable regulations; identify exceptions and support root-cause and remediation efforts.
• Ongoing reviews of existing and potential vendors Inclined may utilize as part of its vendor management program, including conducting and updating annual assessments.
• Field and respond to incoming compliance questionnaires, due diligence requests, and information requests from bank partners, auditors, and other counterparties.
• Assist with maintaining Inclined's corporate and state licensing portfolio, including tracking renewal deadlines, supporting license renewal applications and license-related audits and examinations.
• Participate in various dialogues and working sessions with bank partners on compliance matters, program updates, and regulatory changes; help prepare materials and talking points as needed.
• Maintain compliance tracking logs, documentation, and reporting to support audit-readiness and internal oversight.
• Targeted internal audit activities as needed.
• Monitor changes in relevant banking and consumer finance regulations and help assess their impact on Inclined's programs.
• Participate in various workstreams related to our SOC compliance requirements.
• Support the Chief Compliance and Enterprise Risk Officer and Chief Capital Officer on ad hoc compliance, risk, and bank partnership projects as they arise.

Skills

Data analytics

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Communication skills

AI automation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Who We Are

At Inclined, we are using modern technology to transform the whole life insurance market. We are singularly focused on the available consumer liquidity in the $1.1 Trillion of cash value in whole life policies today and fixing the legacy problems that have existed in the market for decades. Our platform offers a simple and efficient way to access cash value while maintaining the significant tax advantages inherent in whole life policies. We're a well-funded start-up founded by industry veterans from finance, software and life insurance.

RIsk and Compliance Analyst

This will be Inclined's first dedicated hire to support our Chief Compliance and Enterprise Risk Officer. You'll support and develop our regulatory compliance program as we scale our network of bank partners. You should have 1-3 years of compliance, audit, or regulatory experience, ideally within banking, consumer lending, or within a fintech environment. We're looking for someone detail-oriented, organized, and comfortable engaging directly with bank partners and senior leadership.

This is an in-person position located in our Larkspur, CA office.

The ideal candidate will be able to learn quickly, operate independently across a range of compliance activities, and help formalize processes and documentation as our compliance function matures alongside the company.

This role will report directly to our Chief Compliance and Enterprise Risk Officer, and will work in close, regular partnership with our Chief Capital Officer, Head of Operations, and the broader Inclined team.

Responsibilities

• Support the regulatory compliance requirements of Inclined's bank partners, including monitoring and helping maintain compliance with applicable federal and state laws as they apply to our lending programs.
• Perform post-close quality assurance reviews on funded transactions to confirm compliance with bank partner requirements, internal policies, and applicable regulations; identify exceptions and support root-cause and remediation efforts.
• Ongoing reviews of existing and potential vendors Inclined may utilize as part of its vendor management program, including conducting and updating annual assessments.
• Field and respond to incoming compliance questionnaires, due diligence requests, and information requests from bank partners, auditors, and other counterparties.
• Assist with maintaining Inclined's corporate and state licensing portfolio, including tracking renewal deadlines, supporting license renewal applications and license-related audits and examinations.
• Participate in various dialogues and working sessions with bank partners on compliance matters, program updates, and regulatory changes; help prepare materials and talking points as needed.
• Maintain compliance tracking logs, documentation, and reporting to support audit-readiness and internal oversight.
• Targeted internal audit activities as needed.
• Monitor changes in relevant banking and consumer finance regulations and help assess their impact on Inclined's programs.
• Participate in various workstreams related to our SOC compliance requirements.
• Support the Chief Compliance and Enterprise Risk Officer and Chief Capital Officer on ad hoc compliance, risk, and bank partnership projects as they arise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required
• 1-3 years of experience in compliance, audit, or a related field; experience with bank-fintech partnerships, consumer lending, or insurance-adjacent financial products a plus
• Strong organizational skills and high attention to detail; comfortable managing multiple concurrent deadlines (license renewals, audit requests, questionnaires)
• Advanced data skills; comfort working with large amounts of data and building trackers and reports; ability to drive efficiency/automation using AI
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the poise to interact directly with bank partners and senior leadership
• Self-starter who can operate with ambiguity and help build process in a small, fast-moving company
• Sound judgment, discretion, and a collaborative, roll-up-your-sleeves mindset

Location

Larkspur, CA

Compensation: $80K - $100K

Why Join Inclined?

• Opportunity to join a high-growth company at an early stage; we're a top-rated fintech workplace (#3 by American Banker)
• The ability to impact company values and culture within a collaborative environment
• Competitive pay, employer-paid healthcare, stock options
• Highly skilled co-workers with whom you can grow and have fun
• Generous time off