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Director, Central Compliance and Strategy

Social Finance, Inc. (SoFi), Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32290

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Director, Central Compliance and Strategy Shape a brighter financial future with us. Together with our members, we’re changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance. We’re a next-generation financial services company and national bank using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our millions of members reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation, and we’re at the forefront. We’re proud to come to work every day knowing that what we do has a direct impact on people’s lives, with our core values guiding us every step of the way.

Join us to invest in yourself, your career, and the financial world.

The role: The Central Compliance and Strategy Director will provide oversight and governance of the end-to-end compliance risk assessment process. This includes defining standards for the compliance risk assessments, overseeing execution of the process for adherence to standards, and analyzing and reporting risk assessment results to management and key stakeholders.

What you’ll do:

Evolve the overall compliance risk assessment process, including redesigning the risk assessment methodology

Develop tools, templates and methods (e.g., qualitative and/or quantitative) for performing compliance risk assessments

Train and provide ongoing guidance/support on the application and execution of the compliance risk assessment process

Coordinate and oversee execution of annual and periodic compliance risk assessments

Analyze and challenge risk assessment results, and ensure consistent application of methodology

Prepare reports to summarize risk assessment results, and present results/updates to executive management and other stakeholders including risk and compliance committees

Coordinate with stakeholders such as Independent Compliance Testing, Enterprise Risk Management, Internal Audit and other teams as necessary for key data/input needed to execute risk assessments, as well as sharing risk assessment results with such stakeholders accordingly to inform their processes

Maintain and update the inventory of applicable rules and regulations, and products

Coordinate and facilitate the execution of Compliance’s quarterly Risk and Control Self-Assessments (RCSAs)

Perform quality assurance (QA) reviews of Compliance’s risk and control inventory, and control self-assessments for conformance with enterprise policies and standards

Summarize and report quarterly RCSA results to executive management

Monitor and track findings issued to Compliance (e.g., from Internal Audit, regulatory, self-identified/RCSAs, etc.)

Monitor and track findings identified and issued by Compliance to enable timely closure by the applicable business units

Support Compliance (from a project management perspective) on timely closure of open issues, including ensuring issue management processes are followed

Prepare reports on the status of open issues and present status to executive management and other stakeholders including risk and compliance committees

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may be asked to perform other related duties as assigned by the supervisor to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

What you’ll need:

12+ years of relevant experience in Compliance, Legal, Audit, Regulatory Compliance Management or other related experience

Experience designing, building, and implementing risk assessment methodologies

Experience executing risk assessments

Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate with and influence various key stakeholders/partners across 1st, 2nd and 3rd lines

Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and the ability to communicate clearly with constituents at all levels of the organization, including playing the role of an effective challenger

Strong organizational and critical thinking skills capable of designing and implementing programs

Ability to analyze processes and recommend ways to improve quality and efficiency

Detail oriented and able to perform data analysis

Experience with developing management reports

Experience with managing projects

Independently determines methods to solve most problems and takes action to execute solutions with limited assistance

Exercises judgment in situations with limited risk (without management involvement)

Escalates and suggests solutions for complex issues to avoid unintended/negative impact with team and cross-functionally

Nice to have:

Professional certification such as Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM) is preferred

Compensation and Benefits: The base pay range for this role is $153,600.00 - $264,000.00. Payment frequency: Annual. This role is also eligible for a bonus, long-term incentives and competitive benefits.

SoFi provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, breastfeeding, and conditions related to breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (40 or over), physical or medical disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military and/or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable state or federal law.

The Company hires the best qualified candidate for the job, without regard to protected characteristics. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. SoFi is committed to an inclusive culture. As part of this commitment, SoFi offers reasonable accommodations to candidates with physical or mental disabilities. If you need accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, please let your recruiter know or email accommodations@sofi.com. Due to insurance coverage issues, we are unable to accommodate remote work from Hawaii or Alaska at this time. #J-18808-Ljbffr