The Compliance Specialist II logs, investigates, and responds to Complaints and Formal Inquiries from consumers and federal and state regulators. This position reports to the Manager of Complaints & Regulatory Affairs.
- Draft accurate and persuasive responses to complaints received.
- Ability to assist with reviewing and approving responses.
- Understand and apply statutes and regulations, including but not limited to the FDCPA, FCRA, and HIPAA.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of work processes, standards and guidelines.
- Conduct detailed research and investigation to resolve CFPB, AG, BBB and other Inquiries in accordance with legal statutes and regulations.
- Participate in routine team reviews of proposed actions to be taken in complaint resolution. Provide critical feedback to peers and respond to feedback from peers and from the Senior Specialist.
- Investigate and determine appropriate decision based on Resurgent’s hardship process.
- Act as a liaison for Resurgent Capital Services with regulatory agencies and servicers regarding complaints and formal inquiries.
- Investigate and respond to privacy requests and other state agencies' requests.
- Assist in tracking causes of complaints and maintaining the complaint database.
- Handle questions from AskCompliance, GeneralCompliance inbox and other sources as required.
- Assist with projects as necessary or tasks identified by management.
- Provide training as necessary.
- Coordinate remediation efforts with other departments, relay observations and concerns and work directly with them to develop viable solutions to issues identified during complaint investigation.
- Conduct investigation into issues identified as a risk and able to discuss issue with various Resurgent departments, servicers, courts, law firms,or other.
- As required, assist in developing reports for Compliance.
Skills & Qualifications
- At least 1-2 years of relevant work experience
- Relevant work experience in any of the following areas is a plus: Resurgent Capital Services, debt collection, compliance, complaint department, law firm.
- Knowledge of collections processes and legal statutes/ regulations, including but not limited to the FDCPA, FCRA, UDAAP, and HIPAA.
- Previous experience with CFPB, BBB, AGO, or other regulatory agencies is a plus.
- Strong desire to “get to the bottom of an investigation” and can quickly identify whether processes were followed.
- Competence in Excel and Word applications.
- Ability to operate in high stress, potentially adversarial situations/conversations.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills required to communicate effectively with external and internal parties.
- Ability to learn quickly and perform many different tasks.
- Detail-oriented, analytical, and extremely organized.
- Self-starter and willing to present process issues to management and/or executive personnel.
Educational Requirements
- Four-year degree strongly preferred, but not required