Who we areAgility Forex is a fintech company headquartered in Vancouver.

We offer
online international payment services to individuals and small/medium sized businesses. We're passionate about helping our clients save money and our proprietary technology enables efficient settlement outside traditional banking channels and offers effective P2P settlement. Our guiding principle is that by investing in technology we can deliver significantly better rates and better service.
We are a fast–paced team and pride ourselves on having a positive and collaborative environment.
We love what we do — and it shows. Our team brings energy and commitment to work each day, which translates into exceptional service for our clients. We’re proud of the strong relationships we build with our clients, and our values — honesty, integrity, and efficiency — are at the heart of everything we do as reflected in the reviews and positive feedback we get from our customers.
Role SummaryAgility Forex is seeking a Senior Compliance Director with deep Money Services Business (MSB) and Payment Service Provider (PSP) experience to lead and evolve a modern, technology-enabled AML and regulatory compliance program.
This role is responsible for building and maintaining a robust, defensible, and regulator-ready compliance regime within a quick-moving FX and payments environment. The successful candidate will combine deep regulatory knowledge, strong risk architecture capabilities, and a distinct bias toward intelligent automation.
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the Senior Compliance Director will lead and develop Agility Forex’s compliance function, including direct oversight of a team of three compliance professionals.




This role will play a critical leadership role in shaping the next phase of Agility Forex’s compliance maturity as the company continues to scale.
What You Will Own1. AML / ATF Program LeadershipDesign and govern a compliance framework that is defensible, consistent, and scalable under Canadian regulation.
- Program Oversight: Full ownership and oversight of the company’s AML/ATF compliance framework, ensuring strict adherence to FINTRAC regulations.
- Risk Methodology: Ongoing refinement and evolution of the enterprise risk assessment methodology.
- Core Operations: Governance of Suspicious Transaction Reporting (STR) processes, Sanctions, PEP, and adverse media controls.
- High-Risk Management: Development and execution of high-risk client oversight, enhanced due diligence (EDD), and clear escalation protocols.
- Regulatory Nuance: Ownership of Travel Rule and Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) compliance in a complex payments ecosystem.2. Risk Architecture & CalibrationTranslate risk theory into operational systems, eliminating subjective drift in decision-making.
- Risk Scoring: Maintain, refine, and modernize client risk scoring frameworks to ensure objective, criteria-based risk classification.
- System Calibration: Oversee transaction monitoring calibration and complex threshold logic.
- Signal Optimization: Continuously improve alert-to-STR conversion quality, reducing false positives while strictly preserving detection integrity.3. Regulatory & Examination ReadinessOperate with a permanent “regulator-in-the-room” mindset.




- Regulatory Liaison: Serve as the primary point of contact for FINTRAC and other regulatory bodies or banking partners.
- Audit Leadership: Lead regulatory examinations, external audits, and formal information requests.
- Effectiveness Reviews: Oversee independent AML effectiveness reviews and ensure that resulting remediation plans are disciplined, timely, and fully executed.
- Evidence Standards: Maintain impeccable documentation, audit trails, and evidence standards across the organization.4. Technology & Automation LeadershipEmbed compliance into system design. We believe control by architecture is stronger than control by memo.
- Engineering Partnership: Partner deeply with the Product and Engineering team to embed compliance rules directly into the product lifecycle and system architecture.
- Workflow Optimization: Optimize screening, transaction monitoring, and case management workflows for maximum efficiency.
- Vendor Ecosystem: Intelligently select, leverage, and manage third-party RegTech vendors.
- Data & Tooling: Improve reporting automation, dashboarding, and control testing discipline to ensure audit trail integrity.5. Governance & ReportingCommunicate clearly and strategically at both operational and Board levels.
- Executive Visibility: Deliver structured, comprehensive quarterly reporting to executive leadership and the Board of Directors.
- Advanced Analytics: Provide meaningful risk analytics and trend forecasting—moving beyond simple volume metrics to actionable intelligence.
- Proactive Escalation: Identify and escalate systemic issues, emerging typologies, or operational bottlenecks early.
- Team Standards: Ensure exceptional documentation and operational standards across th

📌 Senior Compliance Director (Vancouver)
🏢 Agility Forex
📍 Vancouver