Baas Regulatory Compliance Program Manager

Summary

Join Lead, a fintech building banking infrastructure, as a BaaS Compliance Program Manager. You will oversee compliance analysts, advise stakeholders on compliance requirements, and develop the Bank’s BaaS compliance program. This role involves direct engagement with BaaS partners, providing regulatory advisory across multiple domains. The ideal candidate will possess strong regulatory knowledge and experience managing junior staff. Lead offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and a dynamic work environment.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent
• 5-8 years of financial services regulatory experience (either at a financial institution or fintech company)
• At least 4 years of compliance advisory experience
• Extremely detail oriented and able to confidently communicate with internal and external stakeholders
• Experiencing managing junior staff and prioritizing their professional development and in role execution
• An ability to distill complex issues into solvable and actionable tasks
• Ability to execute independently and work with team members of all levels
• Adaptability in an agile and fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Oversee several compliance analysts that are responsible for day to day compliance oversight of the Bank’s BaaS partners from a compliance perspective; ideal candidates will have experience managing staff and exercising strong professional and interpersonal judgment when developing junior staff
• Advise cross-functional stakeholders across multiple domain areas on compliance requirements, and further develop the Bank’s BaaS compliance program to facilitate the growth and development of the Bank’s strategic goals
• Provide regulatory advisory across multiple domain areas including consumer and commercial lending, consumer and small business deposit products, and related products and services
• Possess strong consumer and commercial regulatory knowledge, maintain awareness of the changing regulatory landscape,e and be able to articulate the Bank’s obligations and positions
• Engage directly with BaaS Partners on a regular basis to gain awareness of their programs, products and regulatory obligations and provide ongoing consultation relating to their existing program or expansion plans
• Conduct due diligence and engage in ongoing program management activities of all BaaS Partners, inclusive of issue management, trend analysis, and remediation activities
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and partners at once while maintaining awareness of multiple deliverables and partner goals
• Maintain oversight and work directly with the Head of Risk & Compliance to further design and implement program controls, enhance fair lending risk assessments, oversee BaaS compliance programs, policies and procedures and compliance reporting to mitigate compliance risk by combining regulatory and industry best practices
• Work directly with the Head of Risk & Compliance to respond to audit and examination requests as well as work directly with BaaS partners on third-party auditing of individual partner programs

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including opportunities for equity grants, based on experience, geographic location, and role
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, 401k Matching, and other wellness benefits, including FSA, HSA and HRA
• Paid parental leave
• Flexible vacation policy, including PTO and paid holidays
• A fun and challenging team environment in a dynamic industry with ample opportunities for career growth