Head Of Compliance Jobs in California
Head Of Compliance jobs in California are among the most active in the country, with demand concentrated in financial services, healthcare, biotechnology, and technology across a regulatory environment more complex than virtually any other state. Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego anchor most of the hiring, with established employers such as Wells Fargo, Kaiser Permanente, and Genentech maintaining significant compliance leadership teams in California. The most sought-after specializations include financial regulatory compliance, clinical and FDA compliance, and data privacy under the California Consumer Privacy Act. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Intuit is seeking a strategic and operationally excellent Head of Financial Crimes Compliance to lead the financial crimes compliance office. Reporting directly to the Enterprise Chief Compliance Office, this senior leader will manage a team of AML and sanctions compliance professionals responsible for enterprise wide AML and sanctions compliance for regulated Intuit entities across multiple jurisdictions in the United States, Canada, and Ireland/EU where Intuit and its subsidiaries provide regulated offerings.
Intuit's money and AML-regulated products span three of the world's most recognized consumer and small business financial brands. Through QuickBooks, Intuit offers business banking, payments, payroll, bill pay, lines of credit, digital wallet, and lending products and other services to small and mid-sized businesses and consumers across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. Through TurboTax, Intuit provides consumer tax preparation in the United States and Canada with integrated financial services including tax refund advances and associated payment flows. Through Credit Karma, Intuit serves tens of millions of consumers in the United States and United Kingdom with personal finance products including bank accounts, savings, credit cards, loans, and money movement. Collectively, these products operate under the AML/CFT supervisory frameworks of FinCEN and U.S. state regulators, FINTRAC, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Central Bank of Ireland, and applicable EU Anti-Money Laundering Directives.
This is a rare opportunity to mature and lead a best-in-class financial crimes compliance program at a globally scaled, multi-brand fintech — one that integrates the analytical rigor of a traditional financial intelligence unit with the speed, data-driven discipline, and technological agility demanded by Intuit's consumer and business product ecosystem.
Responsibilities
- Program Leadership: Maintain, and evolve a world-class BSA/AML and Sanctions compliance framework tailored to the company's risk profile. Identify and implement effective technologies and platforms to support and modernize that framework, including appropriate use of AI-enabled tooling.
- Regulatory and Partner Oversight and Engagement: Serve as the primary point of contact for regulatory examinations, and internal and external audits and bank partner due diligence reviews; ensure all regulatory filings (SARs, STRs) meet regulatory and business standards for accuracy and timeliness.
- Sanctions Disclosures & Control Enhancements: Assess potential sanctions issues to strengthen existing controls, applying strategic judgment to decide on appropriate voluntary self-disclosures to OFAC.
- Risk Assessment: Conduct comprehensive periodic Intuit entity AML and sanctions risk assessments to identify and mitigate potential threats related to money laundering and terrorist financing.
- Strategic Leadership Management: Lead and scale a high-performing AML and sanctions compliance team, fostering a culture of technical excellence, extreme ownership, and ethical integrity while ensuring seamless integration with operational units and compliance and business partners.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Review, challenge, and approve business money movement strategies, product launches and enhancements, and customer segments from a financial crimes risk perspective and partner with Legal, Risk, Compliance, Product, Engineering, and executive leadership to ensure effective integration of AML and sanctions compliance practices and controls into business operations
- Strategic Advisory: Partner with Product, Engineering, Compliance, and Legal teams to identify risks and define mitigation strategies for strategic business initiatives, new product launches, and international expansions.
- Monitoring & Reporting: Oversee automated transaction monitoring systems, KYC/KYB processes and provide regular reporting to the regulated Intuit subsidiary Board of Directors and executive leadership on the state of BSA/AML and OFAC enterprise risk. Track matters requiring attention for remediation and program enhancement.
- Product Launches and Enhancements: Collaborate effectively with business stakeholders to seamlessly embed AML and sanctions compliance controls into the design of new product launches and feature enhancements.
- Emerging Risks: Proactively identify emerging financial crimes risks and evolve the program to address new threats, regulatory expectations, and support business expansion.
Qualifications
- Experience: 15+ years of senior-level experience in BSA/AML and OFAC compliance within fintech, banking, or a high-growth financial services environment.
- Expertise: Deep knowledge of the Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) and related regulations, OFAC laws and regulations, and international AML standards (FATF). Exposure to Ireland and EU AML laws and regulations
- Leadership: Proven track record of managing complex teams and navigating high-stakes, dynamic regulatory environments.
- Executive Presence & Influence: Demonstrated success collaborating with business stakeholders to seamlessly embed AML and sanctions compliance into the design of new product launches and feature enhancements.
- Analytical Rigor: Strong ability to interpret complex data sets and translate regulatory requirements into actionable business processes.
- Certifications: CAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist) or equivalent professional certification is highly preferred.
- Education: JD or MBA preferred.
- Preferred Areas of Practice: Experience with fintech, payments, payroll, digital wallets, cross-border payments, business, and consumer financial products; familiarity with the QuickBooks, TurboTax, or Credit Karma product ecosystems is a meaningful plus.
Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position may be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit®: Careers | Benefits). Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender.
Mountain View $219,000 - $296,500
New York $217,000- $293,500
San Diego, CA $193,000- $261,000
Washington, DC $187,000- $253,000
Overview
Intuit is seeking a strategic and operationally excellent Head of Financial Crimes Compliance to lead the financial crimes compliance office. Reporting directly to the Enterprise Chief Compliance Office, this senior leader will manage a team of AML and sanctions compliance professionals responsible for enterprise wide AML and sanctions compliance for regulated Intuit entities across multiple jurisdictions in the United States, Canada, and Ireland/EU where Intuit and its subsidiaries provide regulated offerings.
Intuit's money and AML-regulated products span three of the world's most recognized consumer and small business financial brands. Through QuickBooks, Intuit offers business banking, payments, payroll, bill pay, lines of credit, digital wallet, and lending products and other services to small and mid-sized businesses and consumers across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. Through TurboTax, Intuit provides consumer tax preparation in the United States and Canada with integrated financial services including tax refund advances and associated payment flows. Through Credit Karma, Intuit serves tens of millions of consumers in the United States and United Kingdom with personal finance products including bank accounts, savings, credit cards, loans, and money movement. Collectively, these products operate under the AML/CFT supervisory frameworks of FinCEN and U.S. state regulators, FINTRAC, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Central Bank of Ireland, and applicable EU Anti-Money Laundering Directives.
This is a rare opportunity to mature and lead a best-in-class financial crimes compliance program at a globally scaled, multi-brand fintech — one that integrates the analytical rigor of a traditional financial intelligence unit with the speed, data-driven discipline, and technological agility demanded by Intuit's consumer and business product ecosystem.
Responsibilities
- Program Leadership: Maintain, and evolve a world-class BSA/AML and Sanctions compliance framework tailored to the company's risk profile. Identify and implement effective technologies and platforms to support and modernize that framework, including appropriate use of AI-enabled tooling.
- Regulatory and Partner Oversight and Engagement: Serve as the primary point of contact for regulatory examinations, and internal and external audits and bank partner due diligence reviews; ensure all regulatory filings (SARs, STRs) meet regulatory and business standards for accuracy and timeliness.
- Sanctions Disclosures & Control Enhancements: Assess potential sanctions issues to strengthen existing controls, applying strategic judgment to decide on appropriate voluntary self-disclosures to OFAC.
- Risk Assessment: Conduct comprehensive periodic Intuit entity AML and sanctions risk assessments to identify and mitigate potential threats related to money laundering and terrorist financing.
- Strategic Leadership Management: Lead and scale a high-performing AML and sanctions compliance team, fostering a culture of technical excellence, extreme ownership, and ethical integrity while ensuring seamless integration with operational units and compliance and business partners.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Review, challenge, and approve business money movement strategies, product launches and enhancements, and customer segments from a financial crimes risk perspective and partner with Legal, Risk, Compliance, Product, Engineering, and executive leadership to ensure effective integration of AML and sanctions compliance practices and controls into business operations
- Strategic Advisory: Partner with Product, Engineering, Compliance, and Legal teams to identify risks and define mitigation strategies for strategic business initiatives, new product launches, and international expansions.
- Monitoring & Reporting: Oversee automated transaction monitoring systems, KYC/KYB processes and provide regular reporting to the regulated Intuit subsidiary Board of Directors and executive leadership on the state of BSA/AML and OFAC enterprise risk. Track matters requiring attention for remediation and program enhancement.
- Product Launches and Enhancements: Collaborate effectively with business stakeholders to seamlessly embed AML and sanctions compliance controls into the design of new product launches and feature enhancements.
- Emerging Risks: Proactively identify emerging financial crimes risks and evolve the program to address new threats, regulatory expectations, and support business expansion.
Qualifications
- Experience: 15+ years of senior-level experience in BSA/AML and OFAC compliance within fintech, banking, or a high-growth financial services environment.
- Expertise: Deep knowledge of the Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) and related regulations, OFAC laws and regulations, and international AML standards (FATF). Exposure to Ireland and EU AML laws and regulations
- Leadership: Proven track record of managing complex teams and navigating high-stakes, dynamic regulatory environments.
- Executive Presence & Influence: Demonstrated success collaborating with business stakeholders to seamlessly embed AML and sanctions compliance into the design of new product launches and feature enhancements.
- Analytical Rigor: Strong ability to interpret complex data sets and translate regulatory requirements into actionable business processes.
- Certifications: CAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist) or equivalent professional certification is highly preferred.
- Education: JD or MBA preferred.
- Preferred Areas of Practice: Experience with fintech, payments, payroll, digital wallets, cross-border payments, business, and consumer financial products; familiarity with the QuickBooks, TurboTax, or Credit Karma product ecosystems is a meaningful plus.
Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position may be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit®: Careers | Benefits). Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender.
Mountain View $219,000 - $296,500
New York $217,000- $293,500
San Diego, CA $193,000- $261,000
Washington, DC $187,000- $253,000
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What California Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in head of compliance jobs across California.
- Juris Doctor or bachelor's degree in business, finance, law, or a related field
- Relevant professional certification such as CCEP, CRCM, CHC, or CIPP/US
- Seven or more years of compliance experience in a regulated California industry
- Deep knowledge of California-specific regulations including CCPA, CMIA, and DFPI rules
- Experience managing compliance programs across multiple California business lines or entities
- Strong background presenting compliance risk assessments to executive leadership and boards
Head Of Compliance Jobs in California: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a head of compliance in California?
Most heads of compliance in California reach the role through a combination of a relevant degree in law, business, or a related field and years of progressively senior compliance experience in a regulated industry. California does not issue a state-specific compliance license, but employers strongly favor candidates holding recognized professional certifications such as the Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional, Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager, or Certified in Healthcare Compliance designation. Hands-on experience navigating California-specific frameworks, including CCPA, Department of Financial Protection and Innovation rules, or FDA requirements, meaningfully strengthens a candidacy.
How much do head of compliances make in California?
Head of compliances in California earn a median of about $96,980 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $57,530 for the lowest 10% to over $158,280 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire head of compliances in California?
Employers hiring head of compliances in California right now include Intuit, xe, and NIUM, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. California's dense concentration of regulated industries, from major bank branches and health systems to publicly traded biotechnology firms, means the employer base for this role is unusually broad and active compared with most states.
Which California cities have the most head of compliance jobs?
The cities with the most head of compliance openings in California are San Francisco, Irvine, and San Jose. Los Angeles and San Francisco drive the largest share of demand through their headquarters-heavy financial services, technology, and healthcare sectors, while San Diego's outsized biotechnology and life sciences cluster produces strong and consistent openings for compliance leaders with FDA and clinical research backgrounds.
Are there remote head of compliance jobs in California?
Yes, and more than most senior leadership roles. About 83% of head of compliance openings tied to California are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the desk-based and policy-driven nature of much of the work. The portions of the role most commonly performed remotely include policy development, regulatory monitoring, training program oversight, and reporting to executive leadership, while on-site presence is more often required for industries such as healthcare and manufacturing where floor-level compliance auditing is part of the job.
How can I get hired as a head of compliance in California with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a compliance analyst or compliance coordinator role inside a California-regulated industry, such as banking, health insurance, or life sciences, where you build direct exposure to the regulatory frameworks California employers care most about. Large California employers including Kaiser Permanente, Bank of America's California operations, and major biotechnology firms regularly hire into associate compliance roles that do not require prior compliance titles. Earning an entry-level certification such as the CCEP-I while working in a risk, legal, audit, or quality assurance role is the credential that most consistently opens the door to a compliance career track.
Where can I find and apply to head of compliance jobs in California?
You can find and apply to head of compliance jobs in California on Migrate Mate, which lists current California openings updated regularly. Search the listings to find roles that match your experience level, industry background, and preferred location or work arrangement, then apply directly to the ones that fit.
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