Senior Risk & Regulatory Compliance Leader

Forvis Mazars US; New York (NY); On-site; USD 149,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Forvis Mazars in New York is seeking a Senior Manager to lead the Middle Market Risk & Regulatory practice. You will guide regulatory compliance engagements for community banks, credit unions, and regional financial institutions, building trusted client relationships.

You will supervise engagements, mentor teams, and advise executives on control environments, regulatory expectations, and remediation strategies to deliver practical, risk-based results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Risk Management, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in banking regulatory compliance, risk management, internal audit, regulatory affairs, or financial services consulting.
• Experience across multiple areas including regulatory compliance, compliance management systems, consumer compliance, compliance testing and monitoring, fair lending, CRA, HMDA, UDAAP/UDAP, BSA/AML, regulatory examinations, remediation, risk assessments, internal audit, third-party risk management, or fintech/banking-as-a-service compliance.
• Demonstrated experience leading regulatory compliance programs, risk initiatives, audits, or consulting engagements.
• Experience managing teams, project timelines, budgets, and deliverables while partnering with executive leadership, regulators, auditors, and other key stakeholders.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and executive-level communication skills.
• Ability to travel based on client and business needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead regulatory compliance engagements for clients including internal audits, testing, and remediation.
• Serve as primary relationship contact for assigned clients and manage engagement scope, budgets, timelines, and staffing.
• Oversee compliance reviews, risk assessments, gap analyses, and program evaluations; advise on regulatory expectations.
• Provide technical leadership and perform reviews to ensure accuracy and practical applicability of findings.
• Lead reviews of consumer lending, deposit compliance, fair lending, CRA, HMDA, and related programs.
• Oversee BSA/AML program assessments and regulatory remediation efforts.
• Assist clients in preparing for examinations and audits; guide documentation and responses.
• Develop proposals, scopes of work, and client solutions; participate in business development.
• Lead and coach engagement teams; support workforce planning and performance management.

Skills

Executive-level communication

Team leadership

Regulatory compliance

Project management

Travel-ready

Education

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

Job description

Forvis Mazars in New York is seeking a Senior Manager to lead the Middle Market Risk & Regulatory practice. You will guide regulatory compliance engagements for community banks, credit unions, and regional financial institutions, building trusted client relationships.

You will supervise engagements, mentor teams, and advise executives on control environments, regulatory expectations, and remediation strategies to deliver practical, risk-based results.