Principal Compliance Third Party Specialist
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Job Description
Responsible for maintaining and enhancing department or functional units in support of the overall third-party compliance program components. Ensures that legal requirements are appropriate and accurate for linked vendor engagements.
Responsibilities
- Maintains and enhances department or functional units in support of the overall third-party compliance program components.
- Interprets complex federal, state, and local legal requirements applicable to third party engagements with knowledge to provide effective challenge of linked vendor engagements, as needed.
- Evaluates the adequacy of a third-party’s business policies, procedures, training, and reference materials, system and manual processes based on identified laws and regulations and legal requirements.
- Reviews identified third-party compliance program risks and controls and internal controls at the Company to oversee and monitor third-parties.
- Develops reports to communicate overall status of vendor engagement due diligence and third-party compliance issues to management. Ensures the business is adhering to standards with respect to oversight of third parties.
- Supports management in the development, implementation, and maintenance of compliance programs and a culture of compliance.
Minimum Qualifications
At a minimum, here’s what we need from you:
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Security and Intelligence, Law, Information Technology, Analytics, Finance or related field
- 6+ years of experience in Compliance, law, risk management experience, or related
- In lieu of a degree, 10+ years in Compliance, law, risk management experience, or related
Preferred Qualifications
If we had our say, we’d also look for:
- Master's Degree in Business, Security and Intelligence, Law, Information Technology, Analytics, Finance or related field
- JD, CISA, CIPP, CRMP, PMP, RIMS or similar preferred
- Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager
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