Compliance Strategist

Relay is a digital banking platform that gives self-made business owners the tools and know-how to be great with money—bringing clarity, confidence, and control to every dollar earned, so they can turn hard work into lasting success. We do this by replacing financial guesswork with real visibility, transforming cash flow from a constant source of stress into a clear signal owners can use to run stronger, more resilient businesses.

Our mission is to increase the success rate of small businesses. Traditional banking has been a growth limiter rather than a growth enabler for business owners, and we're changing that. Relay is the all-in-one, collaborative money management platform. We're building for employer SMBs and their finance function, internal and external, and are focused on delivering a human-centric customer experience. Ultimately, we help SMBs be 'on the money'.

Relay is scaling rapidly, and we're growing our Compliance team to help safeguard our platform, our customers, and our regulatory standing as we scale. We're looking for a data-driven, detail-oriented problem solver who is excited to build out our compliance monitoring capabilities and strengthen how we partner with our sponsor bank – not just maintain existing processes.

As a Compliance Analyst, you'll own the development and ongoing management of Relay's compliance monitoring program end-to-end, designing the frameworks, testing, and reporting that ensure our products and operations meet regulatory requirements. You'll also be a key point of contact in managing the day-to-day partnership between Relay and our sponsor bank, ensuring alignment on compliance expectations, exam readiness, and issue resolution. Your work directly shapes how Relay identifies, monitors, and remediates compliance risk while maintaining a trusted relationship with our banking partner, meeting the needs of our fast moving business, and ensuring a seamless customer experience.

At Relay, your work has real reach – helping millions of SMBs operate safely and confidently, while protecting the integrity of our banking partnership. If you're passionate about using data and process rigor to solve meaningful problems, building compliance programs from the ground up, and being a trusted partner to both internal teams and external stakeholders, this is the role for you.

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  We're looking for people who are relentless, curious, and care deeply about the work. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't perfectly match the job description -- your perspective and drive matter more. We welcome diverse backgrounds and people who think critically, challenge the status quo, and want to help small businesses thrive.

  If you require accommodations at any stage of the hiring process, please reach out to your Talent Partner.

  Disclaimer: For compliance reasons, all offers of employment at Relay are conditional upon a successful background check and employment verification through Certn.

  Important Notice: Relay’s recruitment team only contacts candidates and corresponds from official corporate email addresses ending in @relayfi.com. We will never ask for sensitive personal data (such as bank account details, credit card numbers, or social security/insurance numbers) during the initial application or interview stages.

• You have 2+ years of experience in compliance, risk, audit, or a related field, preferably in fintech, banking, or payments

• You have experience building or running a compliance monitoring or testing program, or are eager to build one from the ground up

• You're comfortable working directly with a bank partner or regulator, and understand the importance of a strong, trusted partnership

• You’re proficient in SQL (joins, aggregations, window functions, subqueries) and can write efficient queries with minimal supervision

• You own projects from start to finish, defining the problem, diving into the details, and driving solutions to completion

• You're a strong communicator, translating complex compliance topics into clear, actionable recommendations for technical and non-technical stakeholders

• You're collaborative and know how to navigate cross-functional work with Risk, Product, Engineering, and Operations

• You thrive in fast-paced environments, tackling ambiguity, building process where none exists, and raising the bar across the team

• You're actively using AI tools in how you work today and you're excited to push what's possible with them

• You have experience managing a sponsor bank or regulatory partnership directly

• You have worked in a startup or scale-up environment