Compliance Specialist III - Lending Compliance Oversight

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Position Summary

The Compliance Specialist III works directly with Director of Compliance within the area of Regulatory and Consumer Affairs.  As the first line liaison and subject matter expert for business units, the Compliance Officer III provides regulatory guidance to assigned business units and maintain a quality culture of compliance.  Compliance Specialist III works with the Compliance Policy team on compliance risk assessments, developing regulatory trainings for associates, issue management and conducting internal assessments. The Compliance Officer III is required to be extremely knowledgeable and skilled in regulatory compliance matters.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Partners with business unit leaders and serves as the subject matter expert on compliance and regulatory matters.
• Assists business lines with developing and revising regulatory policies and procedures. 
• Understands and applies Fair Lending, Fair Banking and UDAAP analysis.
• Assists in the implementation of regulatory change management.
• Communicates regulatory changes to first line of defense and assists in implementation of the changes.
• Identifies risks and issues to Business Unit leaders and Director of Compliance and overseeing any required remediation.
• Performs compliance risk assessments.
• Works with Business Unit leaders and Compliance team to develop effective risk control measures.
• Identifies compliance risks and performs Root Cause Analysis.
• Tracks regulatory compliance issues identified by first lines of defense, assists in remediation and report findings to Executive Management as needed.
• Ensures accurate and timely completion of reports for Compliance Committee and Board.
• Develops and delivers custom Regulatory training materials for first line of defense. This includes developing a strategic training plan for associates taking into consideration strategy, approach, and timing of other regulatory training. 
• Assists with training and development within department and seeks continuing education opportunities for business lines. Work with the Training department to ensure completion of required compliance training by associates.
• Collaborates with business lines on design, promotion and implementation of new products and services from a compliance perspective. 
• Stays actively engaged in group projects for new products and services to ensure compliance is maintained through project completion.
• Works with appropriate business units on the development of risk controls both before and after project completion.
• Remediates issues identified via consumer complaints.
• Oversees the review of advertisement materials to ensure compliance with various laws and regulations.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Candidate must be willing to perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

• Ability to resolve issues with little to no guidance.
• Ability to serve in a supervisory capacity.
• Demonstrated effective conflict resolution skills.
• Demonstrated keen investigative skills when reviewing large data or reports.
• Understanding how to interpret large amounts of data and incorporate into conclusions.
• Ability to draw conclusions involving critical thinking.
• Ability to identify and organize the necessary resources to perform job tasks.
• Demonstrated soft skills through showing initiative and taking personal accountability of personal growth.
• Ability to receive constructive feedback and direction from peers, management, committees, or the Board.
• Ability to evaluate processes and outcomes and communicate results.
• Ability to present data or thoughts clearly through visuals.
• Ability to express written complete concepts through report writing.
• Ability to collaborate and develop relationships with peers.
• Ability to effectively manage time and prioritize tasks.
• Demonstrated strong and effective communication with peers and management.
• Ability to speak in small to large group meetings.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree from a 4-year accredited university/college preferred.
• 5+ years as a Bank Compliance Manager and/or Regulatory Bank Examiner
• Last five to seven years’ experience must be in regulatory compliance at a Financial Institution.

Specialized Skills

• Proven track record of Risk Management Skills
• Ability to prepare reports, analysis and present at meetings
• Ability to coach and mentor Compliance Specialist I and II.
• Thorough understanding of Compliance Regulations
• Ability to understand and apply Banking regulations.
• Ability to research, interpret, and apply rules, laws, regulations, and other regulatory guidance
• Policy & Procedure Development and Analysis skills.

Computer Skills 

• High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, excel, PowerPoint) and Teams.
• Strong working knowledge of other computer systems such as Visio and keen interest in learning other systems such as PowerBI reports.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Regulatory Compliance Certification, at minimum, CRCM, or CCBCO.
• CRCM required or eligibility to pursue a CRCM in the next 12-14 months will be considered for Compliance Specialist II.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Activities, duties, and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.    

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