Compliance Governance Officer - AVP

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Metropolitan Commercial Bank (the “Bank”) is a full-service commercial bank based in New York City. The Bank provides a broad range of business, commercial, and personal banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, private and public middle-market and corporate enterprises and institutions, municipalities, and local government entities.

Metropolitan Commercial Bank was named one of Newsweek’s Best Regional Banks and Credit Unions 2024. The Bank was ranked by Independent Community Bankers of America among the top ten successful loan producers for 2023 by loan category and asset size for commercial banks with more than $1 billion in assets. Kroll affirmed a BBB+ (investment grade) deposit rating on January 25, 2024. For the fourth time, MCB has earned a place in the Piper Sandler Bank Sm-All Stars Class of 2024.

Metropolitan Commercial Bank operates banking centers and private client offices in Manhattan, Boro Park, Brooklyn and Great Neck on Long Island in New York State.

The Bank is a New York State chartered commercial bank, a member of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and an equal housing lender. The parent company of Metropolitan Commercial Bank is Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (NYSE: MCB).

Position Summary:

As the Compliance Governance Officer, you will support the Compliance Governance Lead and Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) in overseeing the development and implementation of the Bank’s Compliance Management System (CMS) strategies. Your responsibilities will include assisting in implementing strategies to enhance the CMS, helping to mitigate compliance risks, strengthening regulatory controls, identifying and assessing potential compliance risks, and producing various compliance reports for stakeholders. You will collaborate closely with members of the Compliance and Risk teams and various other departments to achieve these objectives. Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a thorough understanding of compliance risk management principles are essential for success in this position.

Reporting directly to the Compliance Governance Lead, your role is to help provide strong governance processes covering a wide range of CMS activities, practices, and reporting mechanisms. You will play a critical supporting role to ensure that the Bank effectively runs its CMS governance program, that compliance risks are properly aggregated across the enterprise, and that appropriate reporting and escalation processes are in place to inform key internal stakeholders (Executive Leadership, Board of Directors) and external stakeholders (regulatory agencies) of significant compliance issues or emerging risks. The successful candidate for this position will be a proactive, analytical individual with a foundational understanding of CMS and risk management principles, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic environment.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Assist in managing regulatory examinations, including preparing the Bank’s responses to regulatory requests and drafting comprehensive “closure packs” to address any findings.
• Help develop and implement a standard reporting deck for the Compliance Management Committee and other management committees.
• Assist in developing and implementing standard compliance risk reporting materials for the Board Risk Committee and other Board reporting as needed.
• Assist in preparing standardized compliance reports and decks for regulatory agencies.
• Work with the Compliance Governance Lead and the CCO to develop the agenda and record minutes for Compliance Management Committee meetings.
• Provide support during internal audit by coordinating required documentation and responses on behalf of the Compliance department.
• Support the implementation of the CMS enhancement project plan, helping to monitor progress on improvement initiatives and ensure timely completion of tasks.
• Help manage the compliance “issue management” process by tracking outstanding compliance issues and reporting on issue status and resolution to senior leadership.
• Support periodic compliance risk assessments to identify, evaluate, and document potential compliance risks across the enterprise.
• Assist in maintaining, reviewing, and updating compliance-related policies and procedures to ensure alignment with regulatory expectations and internal standards.
• Conduct and/or coordinate due diligence on third-party vendors and service providers that fall under Compliance’s purview.
• Perform other ad-hoc activities and special projects assigned by the Compliance Governance Lead or the CCO.

Required knowledge, skills and experience:

• Bachelor