Description
We are hiring a US CCO & BSA Officer to join our Bridge team. As a senior leader in Compliance, you will build and run a strong financial crime program that's right-sized for a fast-growing company but robust enough for bank-level oversight.
Responsibilities: Serve as the designated BSA Officer for our US-regulated entities and serve as the primary point of contact for state applicable regulatory agencies, the OCC and FinCEN. Own and evolve Bridge's global AML/BSA and financial crime program, including policies, risk assessments, and governance. Oversee core operations: customer due diligence, EDD, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, SARs/CTRs, and investigations. Partner with Product, Engineering, and Risk to ensure controls are effective, scalable, and embedded into workflows. Prepare board/executive reporting, support independent audits/exams, and guide the company through supervisory processes. Lead global financial crime strategy across entities and jurisdictions as Bridge continues to grow. Accountable for regulatory change management, including tracking, interpreting, and operationalizing OCC bulletins, FFIEC updates, and FinCEN rulemaking. Provide oversight of model risk management where transaction monitoring or sanctions screening tools involve machine learning or statistical models, consistent with OCC model risk guidance. Responsibility for ensuring staff training programs meet OCC standards , including board-level AML/BSA training and documentation of attendance/completion.
Requirements: 8+ years leadership experience in AML/BSA, including responsibility for regulator-facing financial crime programs (e.g., MLRO, BSA Officer, Deputy BSA Officer). Strong working knowledge of U.S. BSA/AML, OFAC, OCC expectations, and FFIEC requirements. Comfortable in a startup-like environment , able to move between high-level strategy and hands-on work. Strong communicator who can work cross-functionally and engage confidently with regulators.