Sponsorship Due Diligence Consultant

JCW Group; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

JCW Group is seeking an experienced risk and compliance professional to lead due diligence and onboarding of fintech partners for a 6-month contract with a path to permanent, remote across the US.

You will manage risks in BSA/AML, KYC/KYB, and third-party relationships, engaging with sponsor or BaaS banks and fintech partners to ensure robust compliance controls. Excellent communication across fintech and banking domains is essential.

Qualifications

• Extensive risk and compliance experience across BSA/AML, KYC/KYB, third‑party risk and operations.
• Experience onboarding or assessing fintech partners at sponsor or BaaS banks, or managing that process from the fintech side.
• Ability to lead substantive BSA/AML discussions and challenge mature as well as emerging programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead due diligence and onboarding processes for fintech partners.
• Coordinate with banking and fintech teams to align risk frameworks.
• Communicate effectively in fintech and banking languages.
• Drive risk assessments and sponsor onboarding across the program.

Skills

BSA/AML

KYC/KYB

Third-party risk

Fintech onboarding

Sponsorship/BaaS

CAMS

Job description

JCW is working on a 6-month contract with a top-15 US bank. The role is set up to convert to a permanent position. The bank is a year into building its BIN Sponsorship program across acquiring, issuing and commercial cards. It needs an experienced risk and compliance professional to lead due diligence and onboarding of fintech partners.

What you’ll bring:

• Broad risk and compliance knowledge across BSA/AML, KYC/KYB, third-party risk, compliance and operations
• Experience onboarding or assessing fintech partners at a sponsor or BaaS bank, or managing that process from the fintech side
• Confidence leading substantive BSA/AML discussions and challenging less mature compliance programs
• Comfort speaking both fintech and banking language
• BIN Sponsorship experience is a strong plus
• CAMS or deep BSA/AML specialist experience is highly valued

Details:

• 6-month contract with intent to convert to permanent
• Fully remote; candidates in Eastern or Central time zones preferred