Hiring: Chief Control Officer Company: MoonPay Location: New York, NY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 10:45:45 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : AI, Embedded Systems, REST About the job Experience: •15+ years of relevant experience within US banking or regulated financial services, including significant leadership experience in first-line risk, business controls, operational risk, or a comparable control function. Required Skills: •MoonPay is strengthening its control environment as part of its long-term strategy to build a robust, scalable, and compliant platform at the intersection of financial services and digital assets. We are hiring a Chief Control Officer to build and lead a strong first-line risk and control framework across relevant areas of our business. •This is an opportunity for an experienced financial services controls leader to build and scale a control environment in a fast-evolving industry. You will be responsible for ensuring that risks are effectively identified, appropriate controls are designed and implemented, and their effectiveness is continuously monitored as MoonPay grows. •Fiduciary, custody, and regulated financial services activities •, requiring significant experience operating within the US banking environment and a strong working knowledge of applicable regulatory and supervisory expectations. •Work closely with business leaders and with Risk, Compliance, Legal, Internal Audit, and other control functions to establish clear accountability, strengthen first-line ownership, and build a control environment capable of supporting an increasingly complex financial services business. •Build and own the first-line risk and control framework across relevant MoonPay activities, including risk and control assessments, control standards, documentation, governance, issue management, and ongoing monitoring of control effectiveness. •Embed effective controls into business processes, translating regulatory requirements, policies, identified risks, and supervisory expectations into practical and sustainable controls with clear ownership and accountability. •Establish a robust control monitoring and testing program, identifying control weaknesses, assessing their impact, driving remediation, and providing clear reporting on the effectiveness of the control environment. Qualifications: •You bring 15+ years of relevant experience within US banking or regulated financial services, including significant leadership experience in first-line risk, business controls, operational risk, or a comparable control function. •You have a proven track record as a builder and operator, with hands-on experience designing, implementing, and improving first-line control frameworks spanning risk assessments, control design, monitoring and testing, issue management, remediation, and governance. •You have deep working knowledge of US banking regulation and supervisory expectations, with meaningful experience supporting fiduciary, trust, custody, transaction services, or closely related banking activities. •You have a strong understanding of the three lines of defence model and experience establishing effective first-line ownership while partnering closely with Risk, Compliance, Legal, Internal Audit, and senior business stakeholders. •You are comfortable operating in a high-ambiguity, fast-scaling environment, combining strong technical judgement with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and personally drive the development of robust control infrastructure from the ground up •Salary is based on experience and location in the US •🤝 Equity package: financial freedom starts with our employees, so all employees have ownership at MoonPay •📈 Pay-for-performance equity bonus: those who drive outsized outcomes receive outsized rewards •🚀 Moonshot award: we honor exceptional impact. 20 employees a year, each earning a $250,000 equity grant •📊Pension: employer contributions from day one Compensation: •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) •This isn't a "work on cool crypto stuff" company Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!