Assistant Compliance Officer

AmeriServ Bank; Johnstown (Cambria County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AmeriServ Bank in Johnstown, PA seeks a Compliance Support professional to help implement risk-based, enterprise-wide compliance programs and Identity Theft Red Flags controls.

The role includes coordinating HMDA data, contributing to annual testing, tracking development activities and reviewing marketing for regulatory alignment. It involves committee participation and leading the annual training plan while maintaining policy updates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree is required; ten years of banking-related experience preferred.
• Experience in Compliance, Audit or Operations is advantageous.
• Database program experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Support the Compliance function by implementing risk-based corporate-wide programs.
• Act as HMDA Coordinator, scrub quarterly data and prepare for annual submission.
• Assist in the annual compliance testing program and identify gaps.
• Track Community Development activities including investments, lending, donations, and service hours.
• Review marketing materials for regulatory compliance.
• Maintain corporate policies and updates in the organization’s compliance system.
• Review Identity Theft Red Flags, risk assessments, procedures and training.
• Sit as a member of the Compliance, CRA/Fair Lending, and IT Tech Committees.
• Manage the annual Compliance Training Plan.

Skills

Strong computer skills

Analytical skills

Deadline oriented

Organizational skills

Ethical conduct

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Database programs

Job description

Support to the Compliance function by assisting in the implementation of the risk-based corporate-wide Compliance Management and Identity Theft Red Flags Programs.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Utilize training to become familiar with regulatory expectations in the areas of Regulatory Compliance. Develop an understanding of how changes in regulation impacts the Bank’s policies, procedures, and programs.

2. Function as the HMDA Coordinator, responsible for the quarterly scrub of HMDA data provided by the respective business lines and compiling the data to prepare for annual submission.

3. Assist in the completion of the annual compliance testing program. Analyze information to identify gaps in the AmeriServ’s Compliance Management System and suggest corrective actions.

4. Track Community Development activities, to include tracking investments, lending, donation and service hours.

5. Review of all marketing materials to ensure they meet applicable regulatory guidelines.

6. Manage the Ncontract Ncomply to ensure corporate policies are current, complaint management and regulation updates.

7. Review of the bank’s Identity Theft Red Flags, to include review of red flags risk assessment, procedures, and training.

8. Sit as a member for both the Compliance, CRA/Fair Lending Committees and IT Tech Committee.

9. Manage the organization’s annual Compliance Training Plan.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:

This position requires no supervision of employees.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The employee is frequently required to: 1) Type or otherwise work with fingers; 2) Talk expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers or clients accurately, loudly, or quickly; 3) Hearing – perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with/without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and make the discriminations in sound; 4) Specific vision abilities required by this job include: viewing a computer monitor; extensive reading.

Sedentary work may require occasionally lifting of up to 10 pounds and/or move up to 25 pounds. This work involves sitting most of the time with walking and sitting.

TRAVEL:

No travel is required for this position except for possible training and conferences.

COMPETENCIES:

2. Strong Computer Skills

3. Analytical Skills

4. Deadline Oriented

5. Organizational Skills

7. Ethical Conduct

EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor’s Degree is required, along with Ten (10) years of banking related experience. Banking experience in Compliance, Audit or Operations is preferred. Database program experience is required

Qualifications

Education

Required

Bachelors or better.

Experience

Required

10 years:

Ten (10) years of banking related experience.Database program experience is required.

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