Head of Compliance

About Astra

Astra is building mission-critical infrastructure for moving money at scale. Our platform processes billions in annual transaction volume with 99.9%+ uptime, powering real-time transfers, bank debits, card disbursements, and complex financial compliance systems. We provide APIs and automation tools enabling businesses to move money programmatically while maintaining strict regulatory requirements.

The Role

As Head of Compliance, you will lead and scale Astra's enterprise compliance program across financial crimes, payments compliance, privacy, security assurance, and governance. You will inherit an established program and team, responsible for strengthening strategy, operating model, controls, and oversight as Astra's products, payment flows, partnerships, and compliance obligations evolve.

You will serve as Astra's designated BSA Compliance Officer and oversee BSA/AML, KYC/KYB, sanctions, payment-network, privacy, SOC 2, PCI DSS, and broader compliance-risk programs. Reporting to the COO, you will serve as Astra's senior compliance leader and key advisor to executive leadership and the Board.

This hands-on leadership role requires both strategic judgment and operational depth, working closely with Product, Engineering, Security, Legal, Operations, executive leadership, and Astra's bank partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Enterprise Compliance Program: Set strategy for compliance policies, procedures, risk assessments, controls, testing, training, and reporting. Continuously improve program maturity.
• Serve as BSA/AML Compliance Officer: Oversee KYC/KYB, customer due diligence, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, alert and case management, and financial-crimes risk assessment.
• Executive Reporting: Provide clear reporting to leadership and Board regarding material compliance risks, program performance, audits, and remediation efforts.
• Team Leadership: Lead, develop, and scale Astra's Compliance and GRC team while remaining directly involved in complex reviews, escalations, and strategic initiatives.
• Bank Partner Relations: Serve as senior compliance contact for sponsor-bank partners, supporting ongoing oversight, due diligence, audits, inquiries, and program governance.