Chief Compliance Officer, Cash App Investing
full-timePosted 1w ago
About the role
Compliance leader responsible for maturing the FINRA/SEC-regulated investing compliance program, advising across product, engineering, legal, risk, and operations, and partnering with leadership to ensure regulatory outcomes and responsible growth.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Cash App Investing compliance program, including policies, procedures, controls, monitoring, testing, reporting, and governance.
- Maintain and enhance written supervisory procedures, supervisory controls, escalation routines, and compliance operating processes.
- Advise Product, Engineering, Operations, Marketing, Legal, and business leaders on investing product development, customer communications, and regulated activities.
- Oversee core broker-dealer compliance obligations, including communications review, complaints, regulatory filings, books and records, employee supervision, product reviews, and issue management.
- Lead or support FINRA, SEC, state, and other regulatory exams, inquiries, responses, remediation plans, and regulator engagement.
- Partner with Financial Crimes Compliance on AML, suspicious activity monitoring, investigations, fraud, identity theft, and related regulatory expectations.
- Oversee compliance considerations for third-party and outsourced functions, including clearing broker and vendor relationships.
- Develop clear reporting for senior leadership, governance forums, and the Board on risks, issues, exams, remediation, and program maturity.
- Lead and develop a compliance team with clear ownership, sustainable coverage, and strong accountability.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of compliance experience, including significant experience in broker-dealer, securities, fintech, financial services, or similarly regulated environments.
- Deep knowledge of FINRA and SEC requirements applicable to retail broker-dealers and digital investing platforms.
- Experience serving in a senior compliance, chief compliance officer, deputy CCO, or comparable compliance leadership role.
- Experience managing regulatory exams, regulatory inquiries, remediation plans, and regulator communications.
- Strong understanding of supervisory controls, written supervisory procedures, communications review, complaints, books and records, regulatory filings, and product compliance.
- Experience advising product, engineering, operations, legal, and business teams on regulated financial products.
- Strong judgment, communication skills, and ability to make risk-based decisions in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and develop compliance professionals.
Benefits
- Remote work
- medical insurance
- flexible time off
- retirement savings plans
- modern family planning
- various benefits offered by Block
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Block
Block builds technology to increase access to the global economy.
Made up of Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL, Bitkey, and Proto, Block, Inc. builds technology to increase access to the global economy.
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