Senior Analyst - Regulatory Affairs

About Covista

Covista is America's largest healthcare educator, serving more than 97,000 students and supported by a community of 385,000 alumni across five accredited institutions. Through personalized, tech-enabled education powered by 10,000 faculty and colleagues, Covista expands access to healthcare careers and addresses the U.S. healthcare workforce shortage at scale. Covista is the parent company of American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine and Walden University.

Our colleagues come from a wide range of backgrounds, business, academia, healthcare, government and nonprofits, and are part of a culture where doing exceptional work and making a meaningful difference for students and society aren't separate goals—they're one and the same. This means creating an environment where colleagues can develop new skills, build careers that match their ambitions and see the tangible impact of their work on healthcare education and workforce development. Colleagues who deliver results and embrace new tools to work smarter are valued for their contributions. But what makes working at Covista distinctive is our impact. Our faculty and colleagues don't just support healthcare education—they shape it. This isn't abstract purpose work. It's solving real problems for real people in real communities while advancing careers.

We operate on a hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week (Monday–Thursday). This approach enhances creativity, innovation, communication, and relationship-building, fostering a dynamic and collaborative work environment.

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Opportunity at a Glance

The Senior Regulatory Affairs Analyst is responsible for interpreting statutes, regulations and administrative rules of various issuing bodies and developing procedures and processes to assure compliance with those rules and monitoring the performance of those procedures and processes. The senior analyst will serve as a liaison to operations, campuses, and appropriate regulatory entities for the implementation, update and communication of all program changes.

Responsibilities

• Works with colleagues in all institutions and functional areas to ensure processes, procedures, internal and external reporting, materials and communications are developed in compliance with federal, state and internal standards and regulations.

• Works on specialized assignments such as marketing material review and approval

• Represents the organization in professional organizations and government entities.

• Represents Regulatory Affairs in institution meetings; provide regulatory guidance and recommendations for organizational programs and initiatives.

• Executes controls in high risk areas to mitigate non-compliance risk exposure.

• Provides information and guidance to colleagues throughout the organization on regulatory requirements and internal policies.

• Coordinates with other ERRA functional units to continuously improve the service that is provided to all institutions.

• Prepares and delivers presentations to senior management.

• May be assigned to mentor a new colleague, depending on experience.

• Assists Regulatory Affairs Manager with escalated questions and projects as assigned; act as a delegate to the manager in their absence.

• Analyzes new and amended state and federal regulations and accreditor requirements to determine the organizational impact

• Develops, implements, and maintains the organization's written compliance policies and procedures to ensure requirements remain observant to all current federal and state, regulations and internal standards.

• Ensures that corrections in the areas of non-compliance are made timely and accurately; escalates unresolved items to manager as needed.

• Work with all functional areas as needed to develop new reporting capabilities and improve existing

• processes; serve as team liaison and provide guidance to business on projects.

• Trains colleagues and external partners on compliance with relevant policies, procedures and regulatory requirements.

• Performs other duties as assigned

• Complies with all policies and standards

• Bachelor's Degree required and Master's Degree preferred
• 4+ years in a federal/state regulated environment required
• Experience in higher education regulatory compliance preferred
• Experience with Microsoft Office, Outlook, Excel and internet applications required
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, critical thinking, analytical, verbal and written communication skills
• Is a detail-oriented problem-solver
• Can demonstrate a consistently great work ethic in a high productivity environment
• Can travel 10%

In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $49199.33 and $86253.75. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.

Covista offers a robust suite of benefits including:

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
• Participation in Covista’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• 12 Paid Holidays
  
  For more information related to our benefits please visit:
  https://careers.covista.com/benefits
  
   

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