Head of Financial Crimes Compliance

Rho is hiring its first Head of Financial Crimes Compliance to build and lead a best-in-class fraud and financial crimes program from the ground up. This leader will define the strategic vision and operational framework for detecting, preventing, and responding to complex fraud and financial crime risks across Rho’s business banking and corporate card products.

Requirements

• Fraud and AML Strategy: Define, own, and continuously evolve Rho’s comprehensive fraud and financial crimes prevention and detection strategy across business banking and corporate card products.
• Advanced Fraud Detection & Analytics: Champion and partner with Data, Engineering, and Product to produce innovative fraud models, including ML models and behavioral graphs that catch synthetic entities, account takeover ( ATO), and business email compromise (BEC) before a dollar moves.
• Onboarding & Transaction Monitoring: Own and continuously enhance business KYC/KYB and transaction monitoring processes to prevent fraud, stop bad actors, and minimize false positives while ensuring a seamless client onboarding experience.
• Critical Incident Response: Run war-room forensics on material incidents, automate remediations, and turn post-mortems into improved models and processes.
• Cross-Functional Risk Control: Partner with Product, Engineering, and Compliance teams to design, launch, and iterate on controls addressing new fraud threats tied to innovative products or changing regulations.
• Build & scale the Fraud function: Hire, train, and develop a team of fraud risk analysts to support the growth of our revenue and client base.

Benefits

• Equity
• Healthcare benefits
• Paid time off