Chief Compliance Officer, Cash App Investing
Block, the parent company of Cash App, is seeking a Chief Compliance Officer to lead and enhance the compliance program for its FINRA/SEC-regulated investing business. This role reports to the Head of Global Regulated Entities at Block and involves close collaboration with various teams, including Product, Engineering, Legal, Risk, Financial Crimes, Operations, and Internal Audit, to support responsible growth and strong regulatory outcomes.
The Chief Compliance Officer will be responsible for overseeing the Cash App Investing compliance program, which includes developing and maintaining policies, procedures, controls, monitoring, testing, reporting, and governance. Key duties involve advising leadership on investing product development, customer communications, and regulated activities, as well as managing core broker-dealer compliance obligations such as communications review, complaints, regulatory filings, books and records, employee supervision, product reviews, and issue management. The role also entails leading or supporting regulatory exams, inquiries, responses, remediation plans, and regulator engagement, partnering with Financial Crimes Compliance on AML, suspicious activity monitoring, investigations, fraud, identity theft, and related regulatory expectations, and overseeing compliance considerations for third-party and outsourced functions, including clearing broker and vendor relationships. Additionally, the Chief Compliance Officer will develop clear reporting for senior leadership, governance forums, and the Board on risks, issues, exams, remediation, and program maturity, and lead and develop a compliance team with clear ownership, sustainable coverage, and strong accountability.
Candidates should have over 10 years of compliance experience, including significant experience in broker-dealer, securities, fintech, financial services, or similarly regulated environments. A deep knowledge of FINRA and SEC requirements applicable to retail broker-dealers and digital investing platforms is essential. Experience serving in a senior compliance, chief compliance officer, deputy CCO, or comparable compliance leadership role is required, along with experience managing regulatory exams, regulatory inquiries, remediation plans, and regulator communications. A strong understanding of supervisory controls, written supervisory procedures, communications review, complaints, books and records, regulatory filings, and product compliance is necessary. Candidates should also have experience advising product, engineering, operations, legal, and business teams on regulated financial products, strong judgment, communication skills, and the ability to make risk-based decisions in ambiguous, fast-moving environments, and demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and develop compliance professionals.
The annual salary for this position ranges from $217,800 to $326,800 USD, depending on experience and location. Benefits include remote work options, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning support.
Block is committed to building a more inclusive economy and offers a culture geared toward innovation, collaboration, and impact. The company has been a distributed team since day one, and many roles can be done remotely from the countries where Cash App operates. Block tailors its experience to ensure employees are creative, productive, and happy.