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KOHO

Prepaid Visa cards with budgeting app

Director Financial Crime Office - Deputy AML Officer, Head of Regulatory Relations and Testing

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Full-timeRemote in CanadaCA$190k - CA$230k /yrRemote

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of experience across AML and financial crime, compliance testing or audit, regulatory relations, or complaints within financial services.
  • Deep working knowledge of Canadian consumer protection, AML, retail banking or payments, and privacy legislation.
  • Direct experience managing regulatory examinations or information requests.
  • Experience working in regulated fintech, neobanks, or direct-to-consumer financial institutions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead KOHO’s AML/ATF and sanctions compliance program in accordance with the PCMLTFA and its regulations, and own the enterprise money laundering, terrorist financing, and sanctions risk assessment.
  • Oversee transaction monitoring, alert and case management, enhanced due diligence, sanctions screening, and suspicious transaction reporting, including the quality and timeliness of regulatory reporting to FINTRAC.
  • Direct KYC and customer risk rating standards, and partner with the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) to close typology gaps between fraud and financial crime detection.
  • Own the two-year AML effectiveness review, resulting remediation, and financial crime training.
  • Serve as the central point of coordination for regulators, owning the cadence, quality, and consistency of KOHO’s regulatory correspondence and submissions.
  • Lead the end-to-end management of regulatory examinations, reviews, and information requests, including planning, evidence collection, response quality control, and issue tracking.
  • Own the regulatory findings and commitments register, driving remediation to validated closure.
  • Maintain the inventory of regulatory filings and the record of regulatory engagement, and prepare executives and subject matter experts for regulatory meetings.
  • Own KOHO’s enterprise complaints management program, including policy, procedures, escalation pathways, and service standards.
  • Oversee handling of escalated and designated complaints, ensuring fair, timely, well-reasoned outcomes and clear written responses to customers.
  • Manage case flow with the external complaints body and oversee reporting to the FCAC and other applicable authorities.
  • Deliver complaints reporting and root cause analysis, converting complaint themes into product, process, and disclosure improvements that advance fair treatment of customers.
  • Own the design and delivery of KOHO’s independent Compliance Testing Program, including methodology, quality standards, and reporting.
  • Develop the annual risk-based testing plan, scoped and prioritized from the regulatory obligations inventory and known risk concentrations; collaborate with Operational Risk Management (ORM) on the selection of compliance controls.
  • Maintain a quality assurance process over testing outputs, including work performed by co-source or business process outsourcing partners, and report results and thematic conclusions into senior management and/or Board-level reporting.
  • Lead, coach, and develop a multi-disciplinary team across financial crime, testing, and complaints, building bench strength and clear career paths.
  • Partner with Compliance Advisory and Privacy, Operational Risk, Internal Audit, Legal, and FIU to ensure integrated risk oversight.
  • Represent KOHO externally in industry associations, peer forums, and financial crime intelligence networks, staying ahead of emerging typologies, fraud trends, and regulatory developments.
  • Prepare and present decision-ready reporting to senior management and applicable Board-level committees.
  • Apply AI, machine learning, RPA, and advanced analytics to transaction monitoring tuning, alert triage, complaints classification, and compliance testing.
  • Lead the development of automated testing scripts, intelligent workflows, and advanced reporting to increase coverage.
  • Evaluate and implement emerging RegTech and financial crime technology, and maintain model governance and tuning documentation for detection systems.

Desired Qualifications

  • A relevant designation (CAMS, CFE, CIA, CPA, CRCM, or equivalent) is an asset.

About the Company

KOHO

Prepaid Visa cards with budgeting app

KOHO provides a modern alternative to traditional banking in Canada through a prepaid Visa card and a mobile app. It targets individuals who want simple, transparent money management with fewer fees. Users load funds onto a prepaid card, spend with cash back on purchases, and can access features like credit-building services and early payroll. The app shows spending and balances in real time, helping users manage money without a traditional bank account. KOHO makes money mainly from merchant interchange fees when users pay with the card and from optional premium services, while offering a free base product. Unlike typical banks or some fintechs, KOHO emphasizes a free-to-use app and card with clear fees and control over finances.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Series E
Total funding
$565.6M
Headquarters
Toronto, Canada
Founded
2014

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