Compliance Manager, Regulatory Change Management

The role:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced compliance professional to lead and execute regulatory change management activities as part of our enterprise Compliance Management System (CMS). This second line of defense (2LOD) role is responsible for maintaining an enterprise-wide regulatory change framework that monitors, assesses, documents, and operationalizes federal and state regulatory developments.

The ideal candidate is a strong executor who thrives in dynamic environments, brings hands-on experience executing regulatory change management programs at a financial institution, and is skilled in translating complex regulations into actionable business guidance. This role supports enterprise compliance readiness and accountability through strong collaboration with legal, business units, risk teams, and compliance subject matter experts.

What you’ll do: 

• Own and manage the end-to-end Regulatory Change Management (RCM) process including intake, impact assessment, stakeholder engagement, and change tracking through to implementation and validation.
• Monitor regulatory developments from primary sources (e.g., CFPB, OCC, FDIC, FRB, state regulators) and secondary services (e.g., Wolters Kluwer, Compliance.ai).
• Facilitate regulatory applicability analysis and collaborate with legal and compliance SMEs to assess business impact.
• Maintain a centralized regulatory inventory, including taxonomy alignment with products, services, business units, and laws/regulations.
• Partner with business, legal, and first-line risk owners to ensure timely action planning, control development, and compliance implementation.
• Develop dashboards and reports for senior leadership and regulatory examiners to provide transparency on regulatory developments and compliance status.
• Support Compliance Policy and Training teams in ensuring affected documents and training are updated in response to regulatory changes.
• Lead working groups or cross-functional forums to track implementation of regulatory changes, document decisions, and escalate risk issues.
• Continuously evaluate and enhance regulatory change protocols, including triggers, roles, documentation standards, and effectiveness testing.
• Serve as a strategic partner to the enterprise on compliance readiness, guiding sustainable compliance with new or amended regulations.
• Contribute to regulatory exam preparedness and response, including producing evidence of effective regulatory change governance.

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Law, or related field.
• Minimum of 6-8 years of experience in regulatory compliance, legal, or compliance risk management in a bank or financial services company.
• Strong working knowledge of federal and state banking laws and regulations including, but not limited to, Reg Z, E, DD, CC, UDAAP, FCRA, BSA/AML, and Fair Lending.
• Demonstrated success in implementing or managing regulatory change programs within a compliance or enterprise risk function.
• Deep understanding of the CMS and 2LOD responsibilities including independence, credible challenge, documentation standards, and escalation protocols.
• Excellent analytical, writing, and communication skills, with the ability to convert regulatory language into actionable and digestible guidance.
• Highly organized and accountable; able to manage multiple priorities and tight deadlines with accuracy and clarity.
• Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills across lines of defense.

Nice to have:

• CRCM, CAMS, or CCEP certification are highly preferred.
• Experience with GRC systems (e.g.,ServiceNow) to track regulatory changes and tie them to controls and policies.
• Experience with Reg Change Management tools (e.g., Compliance AI, Regology, Cube).
• Familiarity with regulatory exams and supervisory expectations related to change management (OCC 2011-29, OCC 2017-43).
• Experience contributing to or leading compliance transformation programs including automation of compliance processes and taxonomy standardization.
• Understanding of policy governance, training updates, and control testing in response to regulatory change.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel/PowerPoint or Google Suite tools with a strong command of visualization techniques for dashboards and summaries.
• Strategic problem-solver with a bias for action and the ability to drive sustainable compliance solutions across the enterprise.
• Comfortable in an agile, entrepreneurial environment and able to deliver results under changing priorities.