Founding Compliance Lead

Dodo Payments is a global Merchant of Record (MoR) for digital businesses with global ambitions. We simplify international payments, tax, and billing so companies can scale faster - with less friction, more trust, and full compliance.As a MoR, compliance isn’t a function - it’s our moat. We’re looking for a high-agency operator to build it from the ground up.What You’ll Own

• Build Scalable Compliance Infrastructure
• Design and maintain our global KYC/AML, tax, and risk policies
• Translate regulatory requirements into simple, automated workflows
• Develop scalable processes to meet partner and regulator expectations across regions (US, EU, India, etc.)
• Merchant Due Diligence & Risk Monitoring
• Lead onboarding checks, EDD, and transaction monitoring
• Create and improve systems to score, flag, and escalate merchant risk
• Continuously improve verification UX while upholding controls
• Be the Compliance Voice Across Teams
• Partner with Product, Legal, Sales, and Support to embed compliance into core flows
• Manage external relationships with PSPs, banks, and auditors
• Stay ahead of regulation; guide the company through evolving requirements
  
  

Who You Are

• 4–8 years in compliance/risk at a fintech, PSP, MoR, or cross-border payments company
• Hands-on experience with global KYC/AML, tax/VAT, card network rules, and sanctions screening
• You’ve worked directly with banking partners, card schemes, and regulators
• You thrive in ambiguity, build fast without cutting corners, and know when to raise a flag
  
  

Why Join Dodo

• Founding role: Shape a critical function and build real IP
• Work directly with fintech-native founders
• Global scope, zero bureaucracy, and high impact from day one
• Competitive comp + early equity
  
  

Skills: risk assessment,due diligence,transaction monitoring,stakeholder management,risk management,risk,payments,aml,process automation,tax compliance,kyc,compliance,regulatory compliance