Head of Compliance

America’s Credit Unions•Washington, WA

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

America’s Credit Unions is a leading company in the Financial Services Trade Association sector, known for our advocacy on behalf of all Credit Unions. We fuel our employee’s professional growth at every level, stand committed to the financial well-being of every member and champion the credit union story at every turn. We are seeking a highly experienced Head of Compliance to lead the Compliance team within the Policy Engagement department of the Advocacy division. This position reports to the VP, Policy Engagement & Credit Union Operations.

Requirements

Highly experienced Head of Compliance
Subject matter expert on federal statutes, regulations, and guidance applicable to credit unions, including from the NCUA, CFPB, FinCEN, FHFA, SBA, CDFI Fund, and other agencies that impact depository financial institutions.
Mastery of credit union compliance issues
Experience responding to technical inquiries from credit unions and state league partners
Experience identifying and resolving compliance, operational, and examination issues
Experience providing guidance on complex regulatory compliance questions
Experience developing and maintaining compliance resources
Experience representing organizations in industry working groups, coalitions, interagency meetings, and external stakeholder forums
Experience providing guidance on new or ongoing litigation to assess compliance implications
Experience working cross-functionally to bring compliance issues to the forefront of advocacy efforts
Experience identifying regulatory burdens and translating compliance concerns into legislative and regulatory advocacy priorities
Experience participating in the comment letter process
Experience overseeing the writing of final analyses of new federal regulations
Experience updating and maintaining current compliance publications
Experience leading a team to produce new content
Experience optimizing workflow and driving efficiency
Experience anticipating new resource needs
Experience working with compliance solutions and learning team leaders on strategy and compliance education
Strategic leadership and supervision experience
Experience providing regular feedback and establishing performance goals

Nice To Haves

Experience with product design

Responsibilities

Serve as a subject matter expert on federal statutes, regulations, and guidance applicable to credit unions, including from the NCUA, CFPB, FinCEN, FHFA, SBA, CDFI Fund, and other agencies that impact depository financial institutions.
Serve as the primary point of contact for external and internal compliance inquiries and demonstrate mastery of credit union compliance issues by regularly delivering presentations at industry conferences and events, leading webinars, and acting as the key advisor for many of the association’s compliance education offerings.
Regularly engage with and respond to technical inquiries from credit unions and state league partners, identifying and resolving compliance, operational, and examination issues. Provide accurate, timely, and practical guidance on complex regulatory compliance questions to both internal and external stakeholders.
Develop and maintain compliance resources, including regulatory summaries and guides, FAQs, white papers, model policies, and other member tools.
Represent America's Credit Unions in industry working groups, coalitions, interagency meetings, and external stakeholder forums
Provide guidance on new or ongoing litigation that is of interest to the credit union industry to assess compliance implications.
Work cross-functionally within the Advocacy team to bring compliance issues to the forefront of our advocacy efforts by identifying regulatory burdens and translating compliance concerns into legislative and regulatory advocacy priorities. This includes participating in the comment letter process by contributing compliance expertise to regulatory rulemaking and agency proposals.
Develop, update, or otherwise procure content involving new compliance developments, updates, applications or clarifications. Proactively lead the Compliance team in timely delivering compliance content across various channels.
Independently oversee the writing of final analyses of all new federal regulations impacting compliance, and updates and maintains current compliance publications.
Lead and leverage America’s Credit Unions’ Compliance team to produce new content while finding ways to optimize workflow, driving efficiency especially when coordinating efforts across teams.
Anticipate new resource needs and innovative ways for the Compliance team to provide relevant and valuable resources for credit union members of all sizes.
Work closely with compliance solutions and learning team leaders on strategy and compliance education. Contribute ideas, strategies and efficiencies to the ‘what’s next’ of product design.
Provide strategic leadership and supervision to the team of Compliance attorneys.
Intuitively identify and solution ways to improve team and department health/engagement.
Ensure Compliance attorneys are fulfilling the duties of their role and maintaining the day-to-day operations of the Advocacy agenda.
Provide regular feedback and work with the team on the establishment of performance goals to promote skill and subject matter expertise development.