Senior Principal Compliance Program Coordinator

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Job Description:

What You’ll Do

The Senior Principal Compliance Program Coordinator will work closely with the Compliance functional Vice President to enhance and maintain overall strength of the relevant compliance program functions, developing and coordinating activities across compliance teams and leading compliance program enhancements in support of Compliance Management System (CMS) programs. This includes process development, identification of compliance program risks and mitigants related to regulatory commitments and CMS initiatives, including strategic enterprise-wide initiatives to support regulatory compliance program effectiveness, collaborating with business partners to operationalize regulatory compliance requirements, reviewing business processes and procedures, as well as providing advice and effective challenge related to regulatory and business process changes. Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.

How You’ll Do It

• Manage and develop all aspects of project plans and project/program management including but not limited to tracking all aspects of initiatives, status reporting, communications, initiatives, issues, and achievements for a variety of audiences.
• Supports management and takes ownership in the development, implementation, and maintenance of compliance programs and a culture of compliance.
• Assists with research of regulatory compliance requirements and evaluating the adequacy of business policies, procedures, training and reference materials, system and manual processes.
• Assists with the identification and assessment of compliance program risks and controls.
• Creates and updates status reports of program initiatives and metrics to management and committees.

Qualifications You’ll Need
The Basics

• Bachelor's degree in business administration and management, security and intelligence, law, information technology, analytics, finance, accounting, or related.
• 8+ years of experience in compliance, law, risk management experience, or related.
• In lieu of education, 10+ years of experience in compliance, law, risk management experience, or related.

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.
• Occasionally move about the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job.
• Ability to transport physical objects up to 10 pounds (5 kg).
• 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.
• Travel up to 10% of the time.

Bonus Points If You Have

• Master's degree in business administration and management, security and intelligence, law, information technology, analytics, finance, accounting, or related.
• 10+ years of experience in compliance, law, risk management experience, or related.
• 8+ years of experience in the following:
• Models, champions, and reinforces a risk culture of compliance and transparency.
• Applies general understanding of risk identification and assessment processes, tools and techniques to provide oversight and challenge to risk measurement activities.
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of compliance laws and regulations.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the Compliance Management System components related to: Policies and procedures, and clear communication of intended procedural expectations and process. Governance and reporting processes that provides a mechanism to identify, manage and escalate risks according to the o