Senior Risk & Regulatory Leader — Banking Compliance

Forvis Mazars US; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Forvis Mazars US seeks an experienced Senior Manager to join our Middle Market Risk & Regulatory practice. This role leads regulatory compliance engagements for community banks, credit unions, and regional financial institutions, serving as a primary client contact and establishing engagement scope, budgets, timelines, and staffing.

You will drive compliance reviews, risk assessments, and program evaluations, advising on regulatory expectations, and coordinating resources across the firm.

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 community banks, credit unions, regional financial institutions, and other financial services organizations.
• 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 appropriate 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, as appropriate.
• Evaluate complex findings, conclusions, and recommendations for technical accuracy and practical applicability.
• Promote consistency, quality, and risk-based execution across engagement teams.
• Consult with engagement leaders and clients on complex or emerging regulatory matters.
• Support the development and maintenance of methodologies, tools, templates, and technical guidance.
• 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.
• Lead or support BSA/AML program assessments, independent reviews, and remediation efforts.
• Evaluate enterprise and business-line risk assessments and control environments.
• Assess controls related to higher-risk customers, products, services, transactions, and geographies.
• Advise management and boards regarding program governance, regulatory expectations, and emerging risks.
• Assist clients in preparing for regulatory examinations and internal or external 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.
• Lead, coach, and develop engagement teams.
• Provide timely feedback and support the professional development of managers, consultants, and associates.
• Assist with workforce planning, staffing, recruiting, and performance management.
• Develop proposals, scopes of work, presentations, thought leadership, and client solutions.
• Participate in business development activities and cultivate new and existing client relationships.
• Represent Forvis Mazars at industry events, conferences, and professional associations.
• Contribute to strategic practice initiatives, service development, and market expansion.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Risk management

Internal audit

Client relationship

Team leadership

Executive communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree

CRCM/CAMS/CIA/CAPT (certs)

Job description

Forvis Mazars US seeks an experienced Senior Manager to join our Middle Market Risk & Regulatory practice. This role leads regulatory compliance engagements for community banks, credit unions, and regional financial institutions, serving as a primary client contact and establishing engagement scope, budgets, timelines, and staffing.

You will drive compliance reviews, risk assessments, and program evaluations, advising on regulatory expectations, and coordinating resources across the firm.