Sr. Policy and Compliance Officer

Responsibilities :

• Ensures products, services, and operations comply with all internal policies, and legal and regulatory requirements.
• Assists Enterprise Risk Management in conducting internal compliance reviews and performing targeted compliance testing for consumer compliance requirements, as well as internal policies and procedures.

Recommends and partners with business units to develop and implement corrective actions.

• Monitors, conducts research, and analyzes complex issues relating to governance and compliance including federal and state laws, regulations, staff commentaries, court decisions, legal opinions, trade association guidance, and other resources, and employs technical compliance expertise to develop strategy for resolution.
• Counsels and advises management and business units on requirements of applicable laws and regulations through written and oral analyses, reports and other communications.
• Leads compliance efforts to implement new or changed compliance requirements.
• Responds to various compliance inquiries from the organizations’ business units.
• Performs other duties as required or appropriate.

Qualifications and Education Requirements :

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or the equivalent combination of training, education, and experience.
• Expertise relating, but not limited to real estate servicing regulations including Truth in Lending Act / Regulation Z, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) / Regulation X, TRID, Unfair, Deceptive, Abusive Acts or Practices (UDAAP), Equal Credit Opportunity Act / Regulation B, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Electronic Funds Transfer Act / Regulation E, SAFE Act, ESIGN Act, privacy, marketing rules, as well as requirements relating to flood and hazard insurance, appraisal rules and guidelines, and investor, insurer and guarantor requirements.
• Experience 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.
• Strong written and oral interpersonal communication skills with demonstrated ability to effectively communicate complex issues both orally and in writing.
• Team player with highly effective interpersonal skills for working closely with internal business units and for effective representation of organizational positions on issues with external parties and groups.
• Ability to act as the compliance lead for ongoing business unit projects.
• Ability to work independently on multiple issues concurrently and to exercise independent judgment in establishing priorities.
• Ability to organize work, make sound decisions and exercise good judgment.
• Ability to think strategically and advocate a proposed course of action while remaining flexible as circumstances change.
• Ability to perform effectively in fast-paced environment with short deadlines and changing priorities.

Desired Qualifications and Education Requirements :

• Graduate or law degree in related area.
• Professional certification as a compliance professional by a widely recognized certification authority, including without limitation, NCCO, CMCP, or CRCM.
30+ days ago