Senior Regulatory Affairs Lead—Exams & Audits

Early Warning; Scottsdale (AZ); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

401k match

Paid time off

Parental leave

Family planning

Job summary

Early Warning, a leading player in payments infrastructure, seeks a seasoned regulatory compliance professional to manage external regulator/auditor requests. You will coordinate across stakeholders, prepare documentation, and ensure timely responses while improving exam processes and controls.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Information Security, IT, and cyber teams, ensuring policy alignment and robust audit readiness across multiple regulatory regimes.

Qualifications

• Experience with external audits (OCC, CFPB, PCI, SOC2) & engagement with auditors.
• Working knowledge of technology infrastructure, systems, and information security terms.
• Typically a minimum of 8+ years of related experience.
• Ability to build relationships across leaders, departments and external partners.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple projects.
• Resourceful and able to leverage internal relationships for quick engagement.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Explain audit requests clearly and identify gaps in audit evidence or responses.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support regulatory exams logistics.
• Gather, coordinate and standardize exam documentation.
• Monitor timely delivery of exam documentation to regulators.
• Identify efficiencies in the Compliance Regulatory Relations program.
• Review policies, procedures and systems for regulatory alignment.
• Review historical exam data and support exam preparation activities.
• Provide reporting to leadership and support risk management.
• Coordinate audit activities with IT and security teams.

Skills

External audits

Tech infrastructure

Organizational skills

Relationship building

Bachelor’s degree

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Audit management software

Job description

Early Warning, a leading player in payments infrastructure, seeks a seasoned regulatory compliance professional to manage external regulator/auditor requests. You will coordinate across stakeholders, prepare documentation, and ensure timely responses while improving exam processes and controls.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Information Security, IT, and cyber teams, ensuring policy alignment and robust audit readiness across multiple regulatory regimes.