Specialist, Corporate Compliance

Nationwide Mutual Insurance•Columbus, OH

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Office of Compliance & Ethics (OCE) Shared Services team is seeking a Specialist to help advance the department’s data evolution and operational effectiveness. This role supports the operational backbone of OCE through responsibilities including: supporting regulatory training, including triaging intake, managing assignments, and developing reporting; supporting records management compliance activities, including resolving billing issues, updating disbursement code owners, and advancing the use of metrics; enhancing senior leadership reporting and conducting access reviews; and providing support across reporting, governance, and administrative priorities. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and collaborative, with strong communication skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively. Experience in reporting and data analytics using Databricks, Power BI, SharePoint, and Excel are strongly preferred. Preference is for a candidate to work from a primary Nationwide office, Columbus OH, Des Moines IA, or Scottsdale AZ with the option for a hybrid working environment. May be flexible to a remote working environment based on the candidate’s unique skills and experiences. Are you someone who is compelled to “do the right thing?” Are you able to make decisions to ensure regulatory and legal compliance that protects a business and its customers? If you thrive in an environment where you can solve tricky issues and find ways to achieve business goals within the complex, highly regulated insurance industry, we want to know more about you! We work across the enterprise to help our business partners find ways to work through issues successfully. Nationwide's culture of compliance and passion for providing extraordinary care to its customers makes the Office of Compliance & Ethics a valued partner across the Nationwide enterprise. As a Compliance Specialist, you will collaborate with our business partners to ensure business operations are conducted in compliance with regulatory, legal and organizational requirements. You’ll plan, perform and sometimes lead or assist in leading various types of compliance reviews with our business partners, detecting compliance issues and helping to build and deliver innovative solutions.

Requirements

Undergraduate studies in business administration, insurance, business ethics, criminal justice, computer science, finance or pre-law is preferred.
Typically, five or more years of related work experience in financial services, insurance, compliance or a related field.
Able to build and develop relationships.
Demonstrates strong communication skills.
Proven ability to set priorities, organize work, and meet deadlines.
Creative, innovative, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
Able to effectively evaluate and recommend solutions to compliance issues.
Demonstrated research and documentation development skills.
Insurance, and/or financial services knowledge is preferred.
Data analytic experience is a plus.
Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Nice To Haves

Experience in reporting and data analytics using Databricks, Power BI, SharePoint, and Excel are strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Analyzes various regulations impacting the products and procedures of assigned product and/or functional area.
Facilitates or assists with facilitating the development of policies and procedures and collaborates with our business partners to implement them.
Researches and clearly and effectively communicates policy changes/updates impacting compliance and responds to inquiries from the business.
Creates and maintains internal manuals, documentation files, and other related regulatory records to ensure that our records and resources are up-to-date and remain accurate.
Builds and manages various reports and metrics for trend analysis.
Performs testing on business unit procedures to ensure compliance.
Analyzes results to identify key trends and collaborates with business partners to make recommendations.
Utilizes data analytics where appropriate that help to further the efficiency and effectiveness of our Compliance programs.
Collaborates with business unit leadership to develop corrective actions for identified compliance issues.
May create and host, or assist with creating and hosting, various types of compliance training or presentations.
May coordinate the production of documents and requests for regulatory exams, investigations, subpoenas, etc., including responses to regulatory inquiries.
Identifies innovation and continuous improvement opportunities.
Follows through to develop the ideas in collaboration with business partners and other Compliance staff.
May performs other responsibilities as assigned.