Senior Risk & Regulatory Compliance Lead

Forvis Mazars US; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Forvis Mazars, LLP seeks an experienced Senior Manager to lead regulatory compliance engagements for financial institutions in the Middle Market. You will oversee engagement execution, staff development, and client relationships, delivering practical risk-based solutions to complex regulatory matters.

The role demands broad banking regulatory compliance experience, strong technical judgment, and the ability to guide engagement teams and client executives through examinations, remediation, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Risk Management, or a related field.
• 8+ years in banking regulatory compliance, risk management, internal audit, or financial services consulting.
• Experience across regulatory compliance, CMS, consumer compliance, testing, fair lending, CRA, HMDA, BSA/AML, examinations, remediation.
• Led regulatory compliance programs, risk initiatives, audits, or consulting engagements.
• Managed teams, timelines, budgets, and deliverables with senior leadership and regulators.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and executive-level communication skills.
• Ability to travel based on client and business needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex regulatory compliance engagements including internal audit, testing, and remediation.
• Serve as primary relationship contact for assigned clients and manage engagement scope and budgets.
• Monitor delivery quality, timelines, and client satisfaction; communicate findings to executives and boards.
• Advise clients on regulatory expectations, risk, and leading practices; develop staff and grow the practice.

Skills

Regulatory leadership

Client relationship management

Executive communication

Project leadership

Technical risk judgment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Risk Management, or related field

Tools

Compliance Management Systems

Job description

Forvis Mazars, LLP seeks an experienced Senior Manager to lead regulatory compliance engagements for financial institutions in the Middle Market. You will oversee engagement execution, staff development, and client relationships, delivering practical risk-based solutions to complex regulatory matters.

The role demands broad banking regulatory compliance experience, strong technical judgment, and the ability to guide engagement teams and client executives through examinations, remediation, and