Compliance Assistant Manager

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What you'll do:

What we are looking for:

Responsibilities:

• Guide the team to ensure continued progress on quarterly testing execution.
• Make recommendations for first line process improvements for issues identified through testing.
• Provide secondary oversight for written communications with first line.
• Communicate identified issues resulting from testing to first line managers, as necessary.
• Oversee the execution of the Testing Program standards.
• Assist with completion of reports to risk committee(s) / senior management.
• Recommend and implement process improvements for Testing Program.
• Update Testing Program procedures, guides, and templates, as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in law or business administration or a related field; or 7+ years' equivalent experience in research or regulatory compliance administration, risk management, internal audit, internal controls or other relevant experience.
• Knowledge of compliance laws and regulations applicable to large financial institutions and / or the mortgage industry.
• Subject matter expert of federal, state banking laws and regulations, such as ECOA, HMDA, TRID, UDAAP, and Privacy Compliance, with the capability to research and analyze other regulatory requirements.
• Prior experience in regulatory compliance testing.
• Demonstrated ability and success in interacting with senior leadership, including executive management.
• Strong verbal, written and analytical skills particularly regarding assessing and communicating the severity and root cause of identified issues related to the probability and impact of regulatory control deficiencies.
• Organize and manage time appropriately based on established timelines to meet department objectives.
• Expert knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint.
• Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM) designation is preferred.

Benefits you'll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want - like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

Western Alliance Bancorporation