Compliance Director Senior

Position Type :

Full time

Type Of Hire :

Experienced (relevant combo of work and education)

Education Desired :

Bachelor of Business Administration

Job Description

Every day, our teams innovate across the world of finance. We collaborate to work smarter, while making a difference. We believe in diversity and inclusivity, giving a voice to everyone on the team. And we celebrate our success together. If you want to make an impact in fintech, we'd like to know: Are you FIS?

About the role:

The Compliance Director Senior is a regulatory required position providing focused compliance support for the ChexSystems business. This role manages a team of compliance professionals who are tasked with providing robust and detailed regulatory oversight of the product and service offerings, which include both FCRA-governed products and non-FCRA governed products.

About the team:

ChexSystems is a specialty consumer reporting agency subject to oversight by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and multiple state regulatory agencies. It is highly regulated, has over 6000 financial institution clients that are furnishers and users of consumer information, and offers dozens of product and service offerings to financial institution clients and direct to consumer services.

What you will be doing:

• Monitors and communicates regulatory changes that impact FIS products, services and business activities.
• Establishes operational objectives and work plans.
• Develops, modifies and executes company policies that affect immediate operations.
• Oversees development and implementation of compliance program policies and standards as well as addressing other required regulatory policies.
• Responds to issues and matters pertaining to regulatory compliance of FIS products, services and business activities.
• Performs periodic reviews and evaluations of FIS products, services and business activities to validate compliance with applicable laws and regulations or detect regulatory violations, weak controls or other potential areas of exposure.
• Assists in providing final disposition of any discrepancies regarding compliance issues.
• Ensures strategic objectives of the Compliance & Ethics Program are met, including execution of risk assessment activities, coordination of risk response and program testing and validation.
• Identifies key business processes, performs evaluations of risk, assesses the effectiveness of controls and promotes improvement across the organization through the deployment of risk response activities.
• Designs and deploys processes to validate FIS products, services and business activities meet all applicable regulatory requirements.
• Participates in corporate development of methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for projects, programs and people.
• Creates and delivers training to other business areas to increase compliance awareness.
• Develops and motivates staff.
• Ensures budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
• Maintains knowledge of applicable laws and regulations.
• Offers guidance on implementing regulatory changes.
• Communicates detailed requirements to line of business, validate solution approach and monitor status.
• Provides compliance reviews and direction for new and expanding products and services.
• Conducts compliance assessments and provides direction on any deficiencies detected by those assessments.
• Meets with business unit Compliance Officers on a regular basis for status updates on compliance issues.
• Monitors line of business compliance activities to verify that regulatory compliance deadlines and requirements are met.
• Participates in training promoting compliance awareness.
• Identifies areas of potential improvement.
• Provides updates for periodic reports.
• Interfaces with legal counsel and federal, state, and local agencies, as needed to address regulatory or compliance issues, concerns or questions.
• Assists the business with responses to customer compliance-specific questions and concerns.
• Participates with and/or leads customer focus and advisory groups.
• Prepares and approves internal and customer communications covering compliance issues (bulletins, position statements, monthly reports, etc.

What you will need:

The individual must be well-versed in FCRA, GLBA, UDAAP, and general regulatory compliance needs as well as be a compliance professional with extensive experience in managing and maintaining a compliance program.

Bachelor's degree in business administration or law or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience. Typically requires a minimum of ten plus years of experience in banking or financial services compliance.

• Communicates ideas both verbally and in written form in a clear, concise, and professional manner
• Comprehensive knowledge of at least one substantive area of compliance, such as banking regulations, anti-money laundering, or anti-corruption
• Excellent analytical skills
• Ability to understand technical documents and legal or regulatory reference materials
• Ability to understand and apply learned concepts
• Demonstrated ability to plan and complete work within tight time limitations
• Ability to apply creative problem-solving techniques and tools to compliance issues
• Ability to follow and conduct a compliance monitoring program
• Ability to provide information to a variety of audiences and deal effectively with confidential issues that are sensitive in nature
• Ability to share information with awareness of its effect on others

What we offer you:

A career at FIS is more than just a job. It's the change to shape the future of fintech. At FIS, we offer you:

• A voice in the future of fintech
• Always-on learning and development
• Collaborative work environment
• Opportunities to give back
• Competitive salary and benefits

FIS is committed to providing its employees with an exciting career opportunity and competitive compensation. The pay range for this full-time position is $166, $278,910.00 and reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for this position based on the posted role, level, and location. Within the range, actual individual starting pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Any changes in work location will also impact actual individual starting pay. Please consult with your recruiter about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

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