Compliance Analyst

About StackAdapt

StackAdapt is the leading technology company that empowers marketers to reach, engage, and convert audiences with precision. With 465 billion automated optimizations per second, the AI-powered StackAdapt Marketing Platform seamlessly connects brand and performance marketing to drive measurable results across the entire customer journey. The most forward-thinking marketers choose StackAdapt to orchestrate high-impact campaigns across programmatic advertising and marketing channels.

StackAdapt is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Compliance Analyst to join our expanding Legal team. Reporting directly to the Senior Compliance Lead, you will play a pivotal role in the ongoing maturation and strategic scaling of our global compliance program. This position offers a unique opportunity to play an active role in the development of high-level compliance strategy, policy implementation, and risk mitigation across all business units. As a foundational hire, you will be responsible for developing processes from the ground up and for navigating ambiguity without a predetermined roadmap.

What You'll Be Doing as a Compliance Analyst

• Formulating Strategy: Monitor emerging regulations and industry developments ("regulatory horizon scanning") and manage a compliance calendar. Compare current controls to new regulations and use the results to create practical, strategic compliance plans.
• Policy Development: Develop, implement, and continuously refine scalable compliance frameworks, internal policies, and procedures to ensure proactive adaptation to, and strict adherence with, global regulations and internal business requirements.
• Compliance Audits: Design, execute, and manage an end-to-end internal compliance audit schedule across all business functions and operational areas.
• Risk Assessments: Conduct proactive risk assessments to identify potential control gaps, weaknesses, and emerging compliance risks. Analyze findings to quantify potential exposure and recommend strategic safeguards to mitigate adverse outcomes.
• Remediation & Monitoring: Design, develop, and maintain comprehensive, real-time compliance dashboards and key performance indicators. Utilize data gathered from monitoring activities to inform and prioritize ongoing compliance program enhancements.
• Training & Culture: Develop and update annual compliance training modules, informed by regulatory changes, audit findings, new business lines, and employee feedback, to maintain an effective and relevant program and foster a company culture of integrity and accountability.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Proactively build, cultivate, and maintain productive, collaborative relationships with stakeholders across all functional areas, including Legal, Finance, People, Talent Engineering, and Revenue.

What You'll Bring to the Table

• 3+ years of experience in compliance, trust & safety or legal.
• Employment operations / compliance experience required.
• Experience in AdTech or Fintech is highly preferred.
• Strong familiarity with established regulatory/compliance programs and processes.
• Outstanding communication skills – including written and verbal communications, interpersonal, analytical, negotiating and problem-solving skills; proven ability to work cross-functionally.
• Ability to communicate firm compliance boundaries to stakeholders while maintaining positive, solution-oriented relationships.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to work independently, manage tasks to completion, meet deadlines, and escalate issues when necessary.
• Familiarity with control testing methodologies and evidence collection.
• Experience supporting process improvements, coordinating projects, and assisting with change management initiatives.
• Familiarity with leveraging AI tools to enhance audit, risk, or compliance processes preferred.
• Ability to make effective and independent judgments, including the ability to develop creative solutions to difficult problems.

Key skills/competency

• Compliance Management
• Regulatory Affairs
• Risk Assessment
• Policy Development
• Internal Audit
• AdTech/Fintech Compliance
• Data Monitoring
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Communication Skills
• Process Improvement