Senior Risk & Regulatory Compliance Leader - Banking

Forvis Mazars US; Port Reading (NJ); On-site; USD 149,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total rewards program

Flexible work environment

Job summary

Forvis Mazars, LLP is seeking an experienced Senior Manager to lead regulatory compliance engagements for community banks, credit unions, and regional financial institutions. You will drive engagement execution, staff development, and client relationships while advising on regulatory expectations and leading change initiatives.

The role emphasizes risk-based guidance, collaboration with executives, boards, regulators, and auditors, and the ability to deliver practical remediation across banking

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Risk Management, or a related field.
• 8+ years of banking regulatory compliance, risk management, internal audit, or financial services consulting.
• Experience across multiple areas including HMDA, BSA/AML, CRA, UDAAP/UDAP, regulatory examinations, remediation.
• Experience leading regulatory compliance programs, risk initiatives, audits, or consulting engagements.
• Willingness to travel based on client and business needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex regulatory compliance consulting, internal audit, testing, and remediation engagements.
• Serve as a primary relationship contact for assigned clients.
• Establish engagement scope, workplans, budgets, timelines, and staffing requirements.
• Monitor engagement economics, delivery quality, and client satisfaction.
• Communicate findings and recommendations to executive management, boards, audit committees, and regulators.
• Identify emerging client needs and coordinate resources across the firm.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with financial institution executives and other key stakeholders.
• Lead compliance reviews, risk assessments, gap analyses, and program evaluations.
• Assess the design and effectiveness of Compliance Management Systems.
• Advise clients on regulatory expectations, emerging risks, and leading practices.
• Evaluate and enhance policies, procedures, controls, monitoring programs, and governance structures.
• Oversee compliance testing and monitoring activities.
• Lead regulatory remediation and corrective action initiatives.
• Support regulatory change management and implementation efforts.
• Provide technical leadership and review across regulatory compliance engagements.
• Perform engagement quality reviews and other technical reviews.
• Promote consistency, quality, and risk-based execution across engagement teams.
• Lead reviews of consumer lending and deposit compliance programs.
• Oversee fair lending risk assessments, reviews, and disparity analyses.
• Evaluate HMDA processes, controls, data integrity, and reporting.
• Assess lending operations for compliance, fair lending, and fair banking risks.
• Advise clients on CRA program governance, risk management, and regulatory readiness.
• Provide guidance regarding UDAAP/UDAP, complaints, and consumer protection risks.
• Assist clients in preparing for regulatory examinations and audits.
• Advise management on examination strategy, document production, and responses to regulatory inquiries.
• Evaluate findings, action plans, and remediation efforts.
• Facilitate communication among management, boards, regulators, internal auditors, and external auditors.
• Lead validation and sustainability reviews of completed corrective actions.

Skills

Regulatory compliance leadership

Client relationship management

Engagement management

Regulatory examinations

Team development

Education

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

CPA/CAMS/CRCM or equivalent certifications (preferred)

Job description

Forvis Mazars, LLP is seeking an experienced Senior Manager to lead regulatory compliance engagements for community banks, credit unions, and regional financial institutions. You will drive engagement execution, staff development, and client relationships while advising on regulatory expectations and leading change initiatives.

The role emphasizes risk-based guidance, collaboration with executives, boards, regulators, and auditors, and the ability to deliver practical remediation across banking