Compliance Associate

World-Business-Lenders,-LL; Bogotá; Remote; COP 97,100,000 - 174,780,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

PTO

Compensation in USD

Job summary

World Business Lenders (WBL) seeks a Compliance Analyst to support daily operations of the compliance program, performing monitoring and testing, maintaining policies and training records, documenting findings, and tracking corrective actions to ensure adherence to regulatory standards.

The role requires evaluating business processes, escalating control gaps, and helping teams follow practical compliance requirements in a fully remote, multinational environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field.
• Compliance, risk, audit, or financial-services certification is preferred but not required.
• Experience in regulated financial-services environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform monitoring and testing of lending, servicing, disclosure, licensing, and corporate compliance controls.
• Document findings and retain evidence to support conclusions.
• Enter findings, risks, owners, due dates, and corrective actions into the issue-management process.
• Prepare routine dashboards and reports for monitoring, training, policy reviews, and remediation.

Skills

Analytical skills

Documentation

Spreadsheet skills

Deadline management

Education

Bachelor's degree in compliance, finance, business, accounting, legal studies

Compliance/risk/audit certification (preferred)

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Compliance/workflow systems

Job description

Overview

• World Business Lenders (WBL) is a privately held portfolio lender specializing in real estate-secured business loans for underserved businesses. WBL operates with a fully remote, multinational workforce and an experienced executive leadership team.
• Typically, the work schedule is from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, though additional hours may be required based on business needs.

AbouttheRole

• WBL is seeking a Compliance Analyst to support the day-to-day operation of WBL's compliance program. The Analyst will perform monitoring and testing, maintain policies and training records, document findings, track corrective actions, and help confirm that business processes follow established legal, regulatory, and internal requirements.

WhatSuccessLooksLike

• Completes monitoring and testing accurately, consistently, and on schedule.
• Maintains complete evidence for policies, training, reviews, findings, and remediation.
• Identifies trends and recurring control gaps and escalates them promptly.
• Helps business teams understand and follow practical compliance requirements.

WhatYou'llBeDoing(CoreResponsibilities)

• Compliance Monitoring and Testing
  • Perform scheduled monitoring and testing of lending, servicing, disclosure, licensing, and corporate compliance controls under approved procedures.
  • Select samples, review records, document results, and retain evidence sufficient to support conclusions.
  • Identify exceptions, assess patterns, and elevate potentially material or repeated issues to the Team Lead.
  • Support quality-assurance reviews and validate completion of agreed corrective actions.
• Policies, Procedures, and Training
  • Maintain the inventory, review schedule, approval history, and published versions of compliance policies and procedures.
  • Coordinate periodic updates with process owners and confirm required approvals and distribution.
  • Support compliance training administration, including assignments, attendance, attestations, completion tracking, and follow-up
  • Prepare practical checklists, job aids, communications, and reference materials using approved guidance.
• Issue and Remediation Management
  • Enter findings, risks, owners, due dates, and corrective actions into the issue-management process.
  • Follow up with action owners, review supporting evidence, and maintain accurate status records.
  • Assist with root-cause analysis, trend reporting, and identification of recurring control weaknesses.
  • Maintain audit-ready documentation for open and closed compliance issues.
• Reporting and Business Support
  • Prepare routine dashboards and reports on monitoring, training, policy reviews, findings, and remediation.
  • Respond to documentation requests from Internal Audit, Operations, and other authorized stakeholders.
  • Support compliance reviews of operational changes by gathering information and comparing practices to approved requirements.
  • Recommend practical workflow and documentation improvements based on testing results and recurring questions.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in compliance, finance, business, accounting, legal studies, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Compliance, risk, audit, or financial-services certification is preferred but not required.
  

RequiredExperience

• 2+ years of experience in compliance, quality assurance, risk, audit, lending operations, servicing, or another controlled environment.
• Experience performing sample-based reviews, documenting findings, maintaining evidence, or tracking corrective actions.
• Familiarity with regulated financial-services processes is preferred.
• Strong analytical, documentation, spreadsheet, and deadline-management skills.

PreferredIndustryExperience

• Financial services, commercial lending, private lending, banking, fintech, specialty finance, mortgage lending, or another highly regulated industry.

SpecificTechnicalSkills

• Compliance monitoring, testing, sampling, and workpaper documentation.
• Policy, procedure, training, and attestation administration.
• Issue logging, remediation tracking, and evidence validation.
• Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and compliance or workflow-management systems.

Must-Have Requirements

• Must be able to read and speak English fluently.
• Strong ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple deadlines.
• Proficiency in Outlook and Teams for scheduling, communication, and collaboration.

Key Competencies

• Objectivity
• Attention to detail
• Professional skepticism
• Clear communication
• Organization
• Accountability
• Strong English communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to connect well with different teams and stakeholders.
  

Remote Work Requirements

• Stable, reliable internet connection.
• Professional and dedicated remote working setup.
• Ability to work effectively across a remote, multinational organization and maintain confidentiality.

What We Offer

Compensationin USD.

Benefitsinclude paid time off (PTO).

Work Environment:Fully remote work environment.