VP, Compliance Technology and Analytics

Together we fight for everyone’s opportunity for a better financial future.

We will do this together — with customers, partners and colleagues. We will fight for others, not against: We will stand up for and champion everyone’s access to opportunities. The status quo is not good enough … we believe every individual and every community deserves access to financial opportunities. We are determined to support both individuals and communities in reaching a better financial future.  We know that reaching this future depends on our actions today.

Like our Purpose Statement, Voya believes in being bold and committed to action.  We are committed to a work environment where the differences that we are born with — and those we acquire throughout our lives — are understood, valued and intentionally pursued. We believe that our employees own our culture and have a responsibility to foster an environment where we all feel comfortable bringing our whole selves to work. Purposefully bringing our differences together to positively influence our culture, serve our clients and enrich our communities is essential to our vision.

Are you ready to join a company with a strong purpose and a winning culture? Start your Voyage – Apply Now

Summary

Represent the Compliance team as ‘Technology Champion’ to resolve issues and develop technology solutions to address business objectives. The candidate will be expected to interact with the legal, investments, trading, and operations teams and serve as the key Compliance liaison with the technology and security master/referential data departments. This position requires strong analytical skills, creative solutioning, prioritization, and an ability to drive positive change. The candidate will be expected to exercise sound judgment, to possess the ability to achieve thoroughness and accuracy when tackling tasks, and to observe the highest degree of confidentiality in the handling of information received in the course of discharging responsibilities. The individual will effectively and voluntarily take on additional roles and responsibilities including participating in projects and work closely with colleagues to solve problems.

Responsibilities

• Use knowledge of regulatory requirements and corporate policies to support the development of improved business processes through automated solutions
• Serve as the intermediary between Compliance / IT / Voya IM business units to manage communications regarding technical processes and efficiencies
• Participate in or manage business, technology, and compliance related projects, surface issues and report to management on topics related to projects
• Represent the compliance function in the model risk governance process
• Spearhead the integration of analytics into aspects of the compliance program
• Develop automated workflows to reduce risk and create efficiencies in the management compliance related tasks and processes
• Assist in developing and promoting a compliance function that effectively manages and mitigates risk, establishes proper controls, and protects the firm from legal and regulatory risk

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required with MBA desired
• Seven plus years’ relevant experience in investment advisory relevant industry experience
• Strong analytical abilities to assess technical constructs and issues
• Experience in managing technical projects in financial institutions
• Confident personality with strong verbal and written communication skills
• Creative and a forward thinker possessing a willingness to generate, share and implement ideas
• Broad, long-range approach to understanding emerging technology trends to strategize effectively
• Flexible, consultative, collaborative working style with the ability to motivate change
• Ability to handle high volumes of work under tight deadlines while maintaining accuracy and minimizing risk
• Working knowledge of trading and compliance systems (e.g., APL, BlackRock Aladdin, Bloomberg, etc.) highly desirable.
• Strong Excel and technology skills. The following skills are preferred:
  • Programming and database skills;
  • Experience in Business Intelligence/Reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, WebFocus, Tableau etc.);
  • Working knowledge or proficiency in SQL Databases to code business rules in data extraction scripts, stored procedures, ETL tools;
  • Translate business requirements to functional and technical documents to able to interact with IT development teams to build compliance system solutions;
  • Exposure to Data Extraction tools (SSIS, Informatica etc.) or Microsoft Power automatio