Senior Policy & Compliance Officer

To monitor, research, and analyze public policy governance and manage the compliance program.

• Develops, maintains, and manages the compliance program including the coordination of compliance activities of other policy analysts.
• Serves as the organization's technical compliance expert and resolves complex compliance issues.
• Provides technical advice and guidance to policy analysts on compliance matters.
• To ensure products, services, and operations are in compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements: monitors, researches, and analyzes complex and difficult public policy governance including federal and state laws, regulations, staff commentaries, court decisions, legal opinions, trade association guidance, Navy Federal Instructions, and other resources.
• Evaluates existing and new products, services, and internal operations and establishes compliance requirements and parameters with all applicable laws, regulations, and other governance.
• Counsels and advises management and operating units on requirements of applicable laws and regulations.
• Selects, analyzes, and disseminates applicable compliance information to appropriate management and operating units.
• Prepares written and oral analyses, reports and other communications for management and operating units.
• Provides compliance training to management and operating units.
• Leads teams to implement new or changed compliance requirements.
• Participates in teams to develop compliant products and services.
• Evaluates, selects, and maintains resources and materials for the compliance library.
• Emphasizes compliance in regular contacts throughout the organization.
• Monitors, researches, and analyzes public policy governance and its formulation including federal and state laws and regulations, legislative and regulatory proposals, legislative agendas, legislator activities, trade association efforts, and other third party activities to make recommendations to senior management on complex positions and courses of action consistent with organizational mission, strategic plan, and operations.
• Assesses internal input and external stances on proposed legislation and regulations.
• Advocates positions and actions with legislative bodies, government agencies, trade associations, and other appropriate third parties.
• Prepares written and oral analyses, reports and other communications for management and operating units.
• Summarizes the issues, as appropriate, requests input, and distributes copies of proposed legislation and regulations to management.
• Emphasizes organizational positions on issues via regular contacts with third parties
• Conducts internal compliance reviews.
• Analyzes operational activities and issues relating to the interpretation and impact of federal and state laws, rules and regulations, and other governance.
• Advises appropriate managers and supervisors of findings.
• Recommends corrective actions.
• Supports senior management on matters relating to compliance, legislative and regulatory proposals, and other public policy matters by preparing research papers, white papers, correspondence, speeches, talking points, etc.
• Maintains liaison with external groups and represents Navy Federal in external meetings as appropriate.
• Performs other related duties as required or appropriate.

• Thorough knowledge of project management, operations analysis, and legislative staff work procedures.
• Thorough knowledge of compliance issues affecting the organization and the credit union movement.
• Ability to manage and maintain an effective, ongoing compliance program.
• Demonstrated ability to clearly and effectively communicate complex issues both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to lead and manage projects.
• Ability to independently work on multiple issues concurrently and to exercise independent judgment in establishing priorities.
• Ability to organize work, make sound decisions and exercise good judgment
• Experience that demonstrates strong skills in researching and analyzing complex laws and regulations, staff commentaries, legal opinions, court decisions and other documentation and the analysis of operations to determine and ensure compliance.
• Demonstrated highly effective interpersonal skills for working closely with internal organizational units and for effective representation of organizational positions on issues with external parties and groups.

Desired Qualifications 

• Working knowledge of Department of Navy operational and support requirements to understand and address the impact of public policy issues and compliance on the field of membership.
• Thorough knowledge of the current and future challenges