Principal Compliance Specialist

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Job Description:

What You’ll Do

• The Principal Compliance Specialist role will be responsible for compliance advisory activities specific to applicable regulatory requirements impacting the respective business line or corporate function. This includes identification and advising on compliance risks and mitigants in the context of issues management and remediation; regulatory change management; business change management for products, services and systems; policies and procedures; monitoring and testing reviews; process and control assessments; and third- party oversight and training. The Principal Compliance Advisory will facilitate compliance with established Compliance Management System (CMS) governance and programs. In addition to these core advisory functions, the Principal Compliance Advisory will also have periodic involvement in regulatory exams, including drafting and reviewing exam responses. 

• Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management

How You’ll Do It

• Researches and understands regulatory compliance requirements to evaluate whether business policies, procedures, training, systems, processes, and controls comply with applicable laws and regulations; and to articulate those risks to stakeholders.

• Engages with business and risk partners to develop compliant solutions to mitigate and remediate consumer compliance risks; escalates risk appropriately.

• Executes compliance advisory functions within CMS programs.

• Support various risk assessments across the enterprise.

• Creates and updates status reports of program initiatives, activities, and compliance risks to management and committees.

• Maintains and enhances IT control testing process in support of the overall IT control testing program components. 

• Manages activities of the IT control testing staff (direct/indirect) and is responsible for the overall integrity and quality of the work product. 

• Collaborates with various levels of management within the areas of responsibilities, including the risk functions within the First Line of Defense. Evaluates and tests the adequacy of IT systems and applications with respect to risks, controls, and regulatory requirements identifying gaps and issues.  

Qualifications You’ll Need
The Basics:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management, Security and Intelligence, Law, Information Technology, Analytics, Finance, or related field.

• 6+ years of experience in compliance, law, risk management, or related field.

• In lieu of education experience, 10+ years of experience in compliance, law, risk management, or related field experience.

Physical and Cognitive Requirements
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by federal, state, and local laws:

• Primarily remain in a stationary position.

• No required movement about the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job.

• Primarily performed indoors in an office setting.

• Ability to operate office equipment such as but not limited to computer, telephone, printer, and calculator.

• Ability to communicate verbally.; Ability to communicate in written form.

Bonus Points If You Have

• Masters degree in Business Administration and Management, Security and Intelligence, Law, Information Technology, Analytics, Finance, or related field.

• 8+ years of experience in compliance, law, risk management, or related field.

• 4+ years of experience in:

• Models, champions, and reinforces a risk culture of compliance and transparency.

• Applies general understanding of risk identification and as