Compliance Advisor (Lending)

The Compliance Advisor (Lending) is primarily responsible for providing compliance advice and direction across the enterprise in accordance with Aqua’s Compliance Management System.

Essential Functions

• Assists the Compliance Department with the execution of Aqua’s Compliance Management System, including regulatory change, issues management, risk assessment, complaint management, training, and monitoring

• Provides detailed and actionable guidance to business partners regarding compliance risk and mitigating controls

• Assists with implementation of corrective action plans, new products and services, and vendors

• Assists with responding to audits and examinations

• Assists with policy and procedure management

• Acts as the compliance point of contact for projects as assigned

• Maintains expertise in applicable state and federal regulations

• Develops and manages relationships with business partners, understanding business risks and providing effective challenge to business partners when compliance controls are lacking, inadequate, or ineffective

• Assist with compliance reporting

• Other projects as assigned

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or commensurate work experience required

• 5 years of compliance experience within financial services or consumer finance, in progressively elevated roles required

• Subject matter expertise in federal and state consumer lending laws and regulations (such as FCRA, ECOA, GLBA, TILA, UDAAP) required

• Knowledge of consumer lending compliance risk and the consumer regulatory framework required

• Attention to detail and accuracy required

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required

• Proficient in the utilization of Microsoft Office Suite

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment

• CRCM preferred

• Prior experience in indirect lending preferred

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, visualize, talk, hear, and handle or touch objects or controls. The employee may occasionally lift, push, or pull up to 20 pounds.

This position is an office-based position where you must be able to sit for long periods of time. The employee will be working on a computer 90% of the time.