Compliance Officer-Lending

City National Bank • Los Angeles, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Position is responsible for overseeing and maintaining assigned areas of the compliance program covering consumers, including monitoring business areas for compliance with applicable laws and regulations and ensuring controls are in place to mitigate compliance risk. The incumbent is responsible for monitoring issues remediation strategy for compliance identified issues and ensuring issues are closed in a manner which both adheres to the regulatory requirements while assisting business areas with implementing corrective actions or procedural changes, and applying a risk-based approach to remediation strategies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
• Minimum 7 years of compliance or regulatory reporting in the consumer lending space
• Minimum 5 years’ combined experience in consumer lending space or retail banking compliance or working in a legal department
• Minimum 3 years’ experience with managing projects or processes
• Advanced knowledge of banking and consumer compliance laws and regulations, as related to lending and bank operations (Examples include but are not limited to: ECOA/Regulation B, FCRA, Flood Disaster Protection Act,, MLA, SCRA, RESPA, TILA, TRID) .
• Ability to analyze complex situations and provide guidance, make recommendations, and/or escalate issues to appropriate levels of management
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast paced environment.
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with all levels of an organization.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in multi-tasking and prioritizing projects.
• Excellent time management skills and be accustomed to working with deadlines.
• Experience communicating and interacting with regulatory agencies, including exam management and other regulatory affairs.

Nice To Haves

• College degree preferred. Relevant, equivalent work experience may be substituted for degree preference.
• Experience with consumer credit cards and/or reviewing marketing materials is a plus.
• Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), and/or Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA) designation a plus.
• For Banking Compliance related roles, Certified Compliance Risk Manager (CRCM).
• For Wealth Management Compliance roles, experience with a financial institution such as a broker/dealer and/or registered investment adviser.
• For Wealth Management Compliance roles, experience working within a Compliance Investment Management role.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a compliance subject matter expert for assigned areas of responsibility
• Assists with compliance risk assessments, analyzing the Bank’s compliance risks; determine if current controls mitigate risk adequately.
• Analyze new and changing consumer laws and regulations through regulatory change management process and disseminate information to applicable business areas for implementation
• Assist with updates to consumer related compliance policies, procedures, and training material
• Assist the Sr Compliance Officer, Compliance Manager, and Risk Assessment team with the review and challenge of the compliance testing programs, controls and related processes.
• Performs research on regulations and provides guidance to business operations on lending compliance requirements.
• Maintain and report compliance testing or monitoring results for assigned business units.
• Attends meetings to discuss testing and risk assessment results and business to remediation plans.
• Review marketing materials for business areas or products including credit card, mortgage, small business, and consumer (lending or deposit) ensuring materials comply with regulatory and business standards
• Participates in compliance-related Committees and Advisory meetings as assigned, maintain minutes or notes as applicable.
• Performs independent compliance reviews on specific loan-level accounts, as necessary through review and challenge process
• Comply fully with all Bank Compliance policies and procedures as well as all regulatory requirements (e.g. Bank Secrecy Act, Community Reinvestment Act, Fair Lending Practices, Code of Conduct, etc.).
• Assist with regulatory examination and serve as liaison with regulators when requested.
• Provide guidance on regulations, requirements, and Bank procedures.
• Conducting and documenting reviews and addressing findings with employees and supervisors.
• Drafting and maintaining employee training for assigned topic areas.
• Analyze the Bank’s compliance risk; determine if current processes control risk.
• Other duties and special projects as assigned.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage, including Medical, Dental and Vision plans, available the first of the month following start date
• Generous 401(k) company matching contribution
• Career Development through Tuition Reimbursement and other internal upskilling and training resources
• Valued Time Away benefits including vacation, sick and volunteer time
• Specialized health and family planning benefits including fertility benefits, and cancer, diabetes and musculoskeletal support programs
• Career Mobility support from a dedicated recruitment team
• Colleague Resource Groups to support networking and community engagement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior