Analyst, Regulatory and Strategic Transformations

The role:

The Analyst of the Regulatory and Strategic Transformations team is responsible for supporting the successful implementation of the firm’s key regulatory and strategic initiatives. As a newly stood up function, this individual will support the Director of Regulatory and Strategic Transformations in building and maturing the function (e.g., helping to standardize a program governance framework, processes and artifacts) and driving forward the function’s business as usual activities (e.g., applying program management oversight and governance across regulatory initiatives, helping to drive timely regulatory remediation efforts, identifying and escalating risks for timely resolution, developing and administering regulatory exam self-assessments, and creating associated management and board reporting). This individual will be responsible for generating, capturing, analyzing and reporting key program metrics and risk/performance indicators as a core part of their ongoing book of work.

The ideal candidate thrives in a fast paced environment, is reliable and well organized, and is a collaborative and enthusiastic team player. The candidate maintains poise and professionalism in stressful situations. This candidate should have excellent communication skills, and has a high-level of attention to detail. The ideal candidate should have prior financial services, regulatory and program management experience. A record of successfully supporting large, cross-functional, complex projects in highly regulated environments would be an asset. Proficiency with Google Suite of products and Asana (or similar program management software) would be a strong plus. 

What you’ll do: 

• Support the Director of Regulatory and Strategic Transformations and broader team in executing on the Regulatory Relations team’s objectives and tasks;

• Assist with the program management and successful execution of the firm’s critical regulatory and strategic initiatives, such as supporting internal stakeholders in the build out and maintenance of detailed project plans, and assist with tracking, reporting and overseeing these efforts through to completion;

• Support documentation requirements for program management book of work, including the migration of program management artifacts into appropriate tooling;

• Conduct credible challenge of stakeholder status reports to help surface risks and issues related to the firm’s regulatory and strategic programs   

• Create enhanced management and board reporting across programs, and manage reporting of the firm’s bank/nonbank regulatory developments;

• Identify and inventory potential areas of improvement, monitoring and overseeing the implementation of any required enhancements; 

• Assist with regulatory exam preparation activities, such as developing self-assessment templates based upon regulatory requirements and guidance, helping to administer self-assessments to internal stakeholders, and analyzing results to identify improvement opportunities 

• Support the coordination and drafting of regulatory responses and planning remediations

• Support management in the analysis of critical program metrics and key risk/performance indicators

• Track, monitor and report out on team’s portfolio of work

• Provide miscellaneous office support to other members of the team as needed

What you’ll need:

• Highly motivated, analytical, strong attention to detail, communicative and organized;

• 3+ years in financial services, legal or other control-related functions;program management and regulatory experience preferred;

• Experience developing management and board reporting and dashboards and/or synthesizing large amounts of data for senior management/board consumption; 

• Strong competency developing attractive visual presentations using Google Slides / Microsoft PowerPoint

• Competency in analyzing and formatting data and automating steps using Google Sheets / Microsoft Excel;

• Previous experience and demonstrated proficiency using Asana or similar program management software is a plus;

• Experience in the design and delivery of critical programs and projects involving heavily regulated areas, and assisting with project managing highly complex projects with regulatory impact; 

• Must be capable of interacting directly with management and stakeholders from other departments as necessary with a high level of discretion and professionalism;

• Strong written, verbal, and analytical skills, and ability to make presentations in person or by conference calls, and draft clear and detailed reports;

• Attributes of a self-starter that is appropriate for level; collaborative and positive mindset with a team-first mentality;

• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with a strong focus on collaboration, attention to detail, and accuracy;

• Ability to identify issues that require escalation and manage escalation process through to resolution;

• Knowledge of US regulators, principles of risk management, supervisory expectations and requirements.