Compliance Head, Consumer Fintech, Bhavin's Office
Bangalore
CEO Office – Legal /
Full-time /
On-site
About Bhavin
Bhavin Turakhia is a serial entrepreneur and has founded multiple successful companies. His companies are unique in several ways - (1) all bootstrapped and self-funded (2) with an intense Focus on profitability (3) delivering High ROCE (4) serving Global Markets (6) in Enduring Categories (7) with Majority stake still owned by Bhavin.
About Bhavin’s Businesses
Zeta is a Next-Gen Banking Tech company that empowers banks and fintechs to launch banking products for the future. Its flagship processing platform - Zeta Tachyon - is the industry’s first modern, cloud-native, and fully API-enabled stack that brings together issuance, processing, lending, core banking, fraud & risk, and many more capabilities as a single-vendor stack. Zeta is actively working with the largest Banks and Fintechs in multiple global markets transforming customer experience for multi-million card portfolios.
Zeta has over 1700+ employees - with over 70% roles in R&D - across locations in the US, EMEA, and Asia. Zeta has raised $400 million at a $2 billion valuation from Softbank, UHG, Mastercard, and other investors.
Titan is the first customer-centric email suite created specifically for professionals and small business owners, with features designed to enable deeper, more meaningful relationships with customers. Available through leading web hosts, site builders, and domain registrars, Titan provides dynamic tools needed to effectively build customer relationships over email. In 2021, Titan received a $30M investment from WordPress, valuing Titan at $300M.
Radix is one of the world's largest domain registries; and the owner of the most premium Top Level Domain extensions including .store, .inline, .tech, .online, .website, .site, .space etc. Radix is profitable, lean and was valued at over $900 million.
(Note: The above is not a complete list)
About the Role
Bhavin’s office incubates various fintech businesses in India, comprising lending, deposit and payment products for consumers and businesses, in partnership with various banks. As Head of Compliance, you will lead compliance and regulatory risk oversight across all products and touchpoints. You will interface with partner banks, RBI, card networks and other regulators and ensure complete adherence to all applicable regulatory frameworks governing digital lending, credit bureau data, account aggregator access, KYC/AML, investment advisory (RIA) services and deposits.
Responsibilities
- Regulatory strategy and compliance
- Establish a comprehensive Compliance Manual and SOPs for each product aligned with RBI, PMLA, IT/DPDP rules, digital lending, and data privacy directives
- Monitor, interpret and implement developments across RBI (NBFC, Digital Lending, PMLA, Data Protection), SEBI (RIA), CICRA, DPDP
- Licensing & Regulator Liaison
- Own end‑to‑end licensing - NBFC registration, bureau partnerships, etc.
- Serve as principal point of contact with respect to compliance, with RBI, SEBI, credit bureaus, Account Aggregators and external legal counsel.
- Lead all compliance reporting: STRs (FIU-IND), regulatory returns, KYC/AML filings and RIA disclosures.
- Risk Assessment & Internal Controls
- Partner with Product, Tech and Ops to embed controls early in the development lifecycle and train all staff on regulatory updates.
- Ensure all lending workflows meet regulatory limits, disclosures and fair-practice code.
- Build and operate a dynamic compliance risk‑assessment framework for KYC/AML, underwriting, data‑flows and advisory conduct
- Plan and oversee periodic internal audits and assessments; drive remediation of control gaps.
- Lead investigations into compliance incidents and recommend corrective actions.
- Leadership & Culture
- Build, mentor and scale a cross-functional compliance team (Policy, Audit, Data Governance).
Skills & Attributes
- Strong understanding of RBI, SEBI, CICRA, PMLA, DPDP and other related regulations, especially around credit lending and data monetization.
- Experience in designing and implementing Compliance Management Systems and risk controls from scratch, and for new digital product launches
- Experience working with product and tech teams to embed compliance into digital lending workflows.
- Experience managing regulatory interactions, inspections, and licensing
- Familiar with consent architecture, data governance, and secure handling of financial data.
- Entrepreneurial, highly collaborative and comfortable in a high‑growth startup
- Proactive ownership mindset with strong analytical rigour
Experience & Qualifications
- 10–15 years in fintech / banking, compliance/legal roles within reputed law firm, NBFC, bank, or regulated fintech.
- LLB or equivalent law degree. Any additional professional certifications relevant to the subject preferred.
Equal Opportunity
We are an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, cultures, and communities to apply and believe that a diverse workforce is key to our success
