The Compliance Attorney reports directly to General Counsel and supports the Office of General Counsel by leading regulatory compliance initiatives across multiple jurisdictions and before a wide range of regulatory agencies. This role provides strategic legal analysis and guidance on regulatory obligations, manages regulatory inquiries, examinations, and other escalated matters, oversees and enhances compliance workflows, and partners with internal stakeholders and external counsel to mitigate risk and ensure enterprise-wide adherence to applicable laws and regulations.
Essential Functions
- Lead regulatory compliance efforts across multiple jurisdictions, including advising on state and federal regulatory requirements, monitoring regulatory developments, and driving compliance initiatives.
- Manage and respond to any regulatory inquiries, examinations, investigations, or other escalated stakeholder matters, including overseeing document holds, review, analysis, and production.
- Conduct legal analysis and draft legal memoranda, correspondence, and responses to regulators.
- Supervise and provide legal oversight to one or more Regulatory Compliance Paralegal(s) and Legal Assistant(s), including review of work product, guidance on issue escalation, and quality control.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for internal teams and Executive Leadership on compliance-related matters, providing clear legal guidance and risk assessments.
- Coordinate and manage external counsel, including scoping work, reviewing deliverables, and tracking timelines and budgets.
- Support internal investigations by advising on legal strategy, evidence collection, and findings.
- Assist with the development, review, and maintenance of compliance policies, procedures, and training materials.
- Identify and escalate material compliance risks to the General Counsel and recommend mitigation strategies.