Public Policy Associate Senior

Pathward, N.A.; United States; Hybrid; USD 72,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Travel up to 25%

Job summary

Pathward, N.A. is seeking a Public Policy professional to support federal and state policy initiatives across banking, payments, fintech, and rural development finance.

You will partner with internal stakeholders and external resources to deliver clear, compelling policy communications across earned media and stakeholder engagements. The role involves tracking legislation and regulatory activity, drafting internal memos and briefing materials, and supporting executive decision-making.

Qualifications

• Monitor, analyze, and summarize federal and state legislative and regulatory activity relevant to Pathward.
• Draft internal memoranda, issue summaries, briefing materials, talking points, and other written materials.
• Plan events and activities to support organization policy objectives.
• Frequent travel to perform role – up to 25% travel.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, analyze, and summarize federal and state legislative and regulatory activity relevant to banking, payments, fintech, and rural development finance.
• Contributes to state public policy capabilities; liaise with associations and consultants; support advocacy.
• Draft internal memoranda, briefing materials, talking points, and leave-behinds.
• Administer PathwardPAC: tracking activity, solicitations, events, and filings.
• Engage in government, regulatory, trade association and coalition engagement; conduct background research.

Job description

We are a hybrid, remote-office company dedicated to growing our talent anywhere!

We have onsite locations in: Sioux Falls, SD, Phoenix, AZ, Louisville, KY, Troy, MI, Franklin, TN, Easton, PA.

At Pathward, we take tremendous pride in our purpose to create financial inclusion for all™.We area financial empowerment company that works with innovators to increase financial availability, choice, and opportunity for all. We strive to remove barriers that traditional institutions put in the way of financial access, and promote economic mobility by providing responsible, secure, high quality financial products.

We are a team of problem solvers and innovators who celebrate our differences and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger and well-positioned for success. We celebrate, and embrace, our team members through our*HUMBLE*HUNGRY*SMARTapproach, and we believe that we are strongest when we embrace the voices of our employees, customers, partners, and the communities we serve.

About the Role:

Responsible for supporting Pathward’s Public Policy function on issues affecting the banking, payments, financial technology, small business lending, and rural development finance sectors.Partners with internal stakeholders and external resources to deliver clear, consistent, and compelling public policy communications across earned media, corporate channels, executive platforms, and stakeholder engagements.

What You Will Do:

• Monitor, analyze, and summarize federal and state legislative and regulatory activity relevant to Pathward, including banking, payments, fintech, digital assets, bank-fintech partnerships, small business finance, rural development finance, and other issues affecting Pathward’s businesses.
• Contributes to the development of Pathward’s state public policy capabilities, including tracking priority state legislative and regulatory developments, identifying emerging risks and opportunities across key jurisdictions, liaising with state trade associations and external consultants, and state-level advocacy and engagement as appropriate.
• Drafts internal memoranda, issue summaries, briefing materials, talking points, leave-behinds, and other written materials that help inform Public Policy strategy, stakeholder engagement, and senior leadership decision-making.
• Responsible for the administration of Pathward’s PAC, including tracking PAC activity and participation, preparing materials, supporting solicitations and events, maintaining records, coordinating with external vendors on filings and compliance-related processes, and supporting execution across Public Policy priorities.
• Participate, as appropriate, in federal and state government, regulatory, trade association, coalition, PAC, and industry engagement, including meeting preparation, background research, agendas, follow-up notes, and related tracking.
• Leverage systems and processes for tracking policy priorities, stakeholder engagement, lobbying activity, regulatory developments, consultant deliverables, invoices, expenses, reporting obligations, and follow-up items.
• Plans events and other activities to support organization policy objectives.
• Acts as an information resource for internal partners and external consultants to advance issue advocacy, internal reporting, stakeholder engagement, and execution across Public Policy priorities.
• Frequent travel to perform role – Requires travel up to 25% of the time, including overnight and out of state.
• Other duties as assigned.

Salary range: $72,000 – $120