Manager, Compliance Suitability

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West Des Moines, IA, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Fintech • Insurance
The Role
Leads the Compliance Suitability Team overseeing annuity application reviews, reconsideration requests, quality assurance, regulatory compliance, and staff development. Evaluates complex consumer financial information, applies suitability and best-interest requirements, manages escalations, analyzes trends, maintains procedures, supports audits and examinations, monitors remediation, and partners with Legal, Compliance, Sales, Marketing, and distribution teams on training and regulatory changes.
Summary Generated by Built In

We are driven to do more. More for our customers and the financial professionals who offer our products. If you are driven to do more and love the challenge of pursuing more, Athene is your kind of company. You will find we offer more than the basics to create an inclusive and dynamic work environment at our various locations.


Purpose & Impact:

Lead Athene’s Compliance Suitability Team (CST), overseeing daily operations and supporting an effective annuity suitability and best interest oversight program. Manage compliance professionals responsible for escalated application reviews, reconsideration requests, and quality assurance. Apply Athene’s Standard of Care Guidelines and applicable state requirements to ensure decisions align with consumers’ financial circumstances, insurance needs, and financial objectives.

Key Deliverables:

  • Lead, coach, and develop the Compliance Suitability Team, managing daily workloads, performance, and turnaround times to ensure timely, consistent reviews.
  • Oversee and perform reviews of escalated annuity applications and producer reconsideration requests, evaluating consumer financial information and approving or declining cases within delegated authority.
  • Ensure decisions align with Athene’s Standard of Care Guidelines and applicable suitability and best interest requirements, with clear documentation and appropriate escalation of significant risks.
  • Oversee quality reviews, analyze case trends, and implement coaching, corrective actions, and improvements to guidelines, workflows, forms, and system controls.
  • Maintain suitability procedures and partner with Compliance, Legal, and business teams to implement regulatory changes through updated processes, training, and controls.
  • Support annual suitability reviews and reporting, distribution partner compliance reviews, audits, and regulatory examinations; document findings and monitor remediation.
  • Prepare management reporting and serve as a suitability resource for internal teams and distribution partners, partnering with Sales and Marketing to deliver education, training, and guidance.


What You Need to Bring:

  • 5+ years of relevant professional experience in insurance compliance, annuity suitability, or insurance operations, including reviewing complex annuity cases, preferred.
  • 2+ years of supervisory, team lead, or comparable experience coaching staff and managing work quality.
  • Strong knowledge of annuity products, the NAIC Suitability in Annuity Transactions Model Regulation, and applicable state suitability and best interest requirements.
  • Strong analytical skills and sound judgment, with the ability to evaluate complex consumer financial information, manage competing priorities, and maintain accurate, confidential records.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including explaining decisions, delivering training, and partnering with management and distribution teams; proficiency with Microsoft Office, case management systems, and reporting tools.
  • LOMA coursework or relevant professional designations preferred; insurance or securities licenses are a plus.
  • Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

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Athene is committed to inclusion and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

Skills Required

  • 5+ years of relevant professional experience in insurance compliance, annuity suitability, or insurance operations
  • Experience reviewing complex annuity cases
  • 2+ years of supervisory, team lead, or comparable experience coaching staff and managing work quality
  • Knowledge of annuity products, the NAIC Suitability in Annuity Transactions Model Regulation, and applicable state suitability and best-interest requirements
  • Strong analytical skills and sound judgment for evaluating complex consumer financial information and managing competing priorities
  • Ability to maintain accurate, confidential records
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, case management systems, and reporting tools
  • LOMA coursework or relevant professional designations
  • Insurance or securities licenses
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience

Athene Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Athene and has not been reviewed or approved by Athene.

  • Retirement Support — Retirement savings support is highlighted through a strong employer match and structured retirement programs. Feedback suggests these offerings add meaningful long-term value to total compensation.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off policies span flexible or paid time off, a robust holiday schedule, volunteer time, and paid parental, family care, and military leave. Feedback suggests this breadth is a standout element across many roles.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing resources include comprehensive health coverage, mental-health support, onsite fitness centers, and one‑on‑one coaching. HQ amenities and wellness perks are positioned as differentiators for on-site employees.

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The Company
HQ: West Des Moines, IA
1,254 Employees
Year Founded: 2009

What We Do

Athene, through its subsidiaries, is a leading retirement services company that issues, reinsures and acquires retirement savings products designed for the increasing number of individuals and institutions seeking to fund retirement needs. The products offered by Athene include: • Retail fixed, fixed indexed and registered index-linked annuity products; • Reinsurance arrangements with third-party annuity providers; and • Institutional products, such as funding agreements and group annuity contracts related to pension risk transfers. Athene's subsidiaries include Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company, a Delaware-domiciled insurance company, Athene Annuity and Life Company, an Iowa-domiciled insurance company, Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company of New York, a New York-domiciled insurance company, Athene Securities, LLC, an Iowa-domiciled registered broker-dealer (member FINRA), and Athene Life Re Ltd., a Bermuda-domiciled reinsurer. -- The financial industry is ripe for change and Athene is leading the way. We’re determined to make retirement easier for you and other Americans by harnessing our passion, smarts and relentless spirit. Learn how to become an Athene financial professional at www.athene.com/contact. If you love a challenge and are driven to succeed, then Athene is your kind of company.

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