About Us:

Respo Financial Private Limited (Zype) is a leading Digital Lending Company, specializing in offering personal loans to salaried customers. We are focused on delivering a unified, personalized financial experience across multiple product categories, with a strong emphasis on credit and collections.

We are one of the fastest consumer lender to attain profitability while adopting a customer first approach to providing credit to salaried consumers on PAN India using a 100% digital journey powered by advanced AI/ML based Credit algorithms and processes. Our Balance Sheet size is 700Cr+ targeting soon to be a mid layer NBFC. Zype is founded by Yogi Sadana, who has over 20+ years of experience and has held multiple CXO roles before starting Zype. We are backed by institutional investors including Xponentia Capital and Unleash Capital. We are rated as BBB (Stable) by India Ratings.

Website: https://www.getzype.com/

Key Responsibilities:

1. Regulatory & Statutory Compliance:

- Accountable for all compliance obligations of an RBI-regulated NBFC - RBI Master Directions, NBFC-SBR Scale-Based Regulations, KYC/AML, IRDAI, and Companies Act.

- Ensure full compliance with Digital Lending Guidelines - vetting and finalization of LSP agreements.

- Conduct regulatory impact analysis of new/amended RBI circulars; advise MD, Board, and senior management on implications across lending, co-lending, securitization, and treasury.

- Oversee all statutory filings with RBI, RoC, FIU-IND, and IRDAI within prescribed timelines.

2. Policy, SOP & Compliance Framework:

- Own the enterprise-wide compliance framework.

- Lead policy transformation in partnership with external advisors; align all policies and SOPs with RBI Scale-Based Regulations.

- Central coordination for vetting and Board approval of all policies, SOPs and processes.

- Review and sign off on new lending products and initiatives.

3. Legal Strategy, Contracts & Transactions:

- Lead legal strategy for funding transactions - NCD issuances, securitization, and co-lending - ensuring alignment with RBI and Companies Act.

- Review and finalise contracts: NDAs, vendor/outsourcing agreements, SaaS and technology contracts.

- Oversee secretarial compliance - Board governance, minutes, annual filings, and RoC submissions.

4. Compliance Monitoring & Internal Audit:

- Design and implement compliance testing and monitoring across all functions.

- Own and administer compliance technology platforms; review and institutionalize trackers for Board and leadership reporting.

- Track and ensure timely closure of internal audit observations.

5. Ombudsman, FIU-IND & Grievance Management:

- Oversee all RBI Integrated Ombudsman complaints; coordinate investigation and resolution within prescribed timelines.

- Serve as Compliance Officer under PMLA; own FIU-IND obligations including STR/CTR filings.

- Analyze complaints and audit trends to identify systemic gaps and drive process improvements.

6. Board Governance & Stakeholder Management:

- Deliver structured compliance reports, regulatory watch updates to the Board, Audit Committee, MD, and PE investors.

- Partner with Independent Directors, PE investors, and Statutory Auditors to maintain governance transparency.

- Provide real-time regulatory inputs to Risk, Operations, Product, Technology, Treasury, and HR teams.

7. Training & Culture:

- Drive organization-wide training on RBI guidelines, KYC, digital lending norms.

- Foster a compliance-first culture across all verticals.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

Qualifications:

- Company Secretary (CS) from ICSI.

- LLB is preferred.

Experience:

- 8+ years in Compliance in a RBI-regulated NBFC.

- Hands-on experience in liason with RBI.

- Experience with NBFC-SBR Scale-Based Regulations, Digital Lending Guidelines, and PMLA/AML compliance.

- Experience working with PE investors, Independent Directors, and Board-level governance.

Skills:

- Deep knowledge of RBI Master Directions, NBFC-SBR, FEMA, PMLA, and Companies Act; IRDAI/SEBI knowledge is a plus.

- Comfortable engaging with regulators, board members, investors, auditors, and cross-functional teams.

- Ownership with ability to build teams, systems, and culture in a fast-scaling environment.