Sr. Customer & Regulatory Relations Manager

Socket.dev; Scottsdale (AZ); Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare Coverage

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Early Warning Services, LLC is seeking a Senior Customer & Regulatory Relations Compliance Manager in a hybrid role across multiple U.S. locations.

Responsibilities include leading the Customer Relations team, handling complex audits, expanding programs, and coordinating onsite examinations with cross-functional stakeholders. The role requires 12+ years in related fields, bachelor’s degree or equivalent, strong relationship-building, and a track record with external audits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Typically 12+ years of progressive related experience including external audits with regulators.
• Ability to build productive relationships across leaders, departments and partners.

Responsibilities

• Leads Customer Relations team; provides guidance and training to succeed.
• Manages complex customer account escalations and fosters positive partnerships.
• Expands programs to support new products; aligns with audit rights in contracts.
• Coordinates responses for onsite audits and exams; documents materials across lines.

Skills

Audits experience

Stakeholder management

Regulatory compliance

Leadership

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Overall Purpose

The Senior Customer & Regulatory Relations Compliance Manager is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the Customer Relations process and serves as the primary point of contact for requests from auditors, examiners, and external parties, coordinating with key stakeholders across the organization. The role oversees, develops, and implements the customer relations program to ensure alignment with company policies and customer contracts.

Essential Functions

• Acts as a team leader providing direction and support to the Customer Relations team, ensuring they have the necessary resources, guidance, and training to succeed.
• Effectively manages complex customer account escalations by thoroughly understanding company requirements and expectations, minimizing conflicts, and fostering positive, productive partnerships.
• Expands programs to support new products ensuring alignment with customer audit rights within their contracts; developing and implementing procedures to support program changes.
• Coordinates and responds to new and existing customer requests for onsite audits and/or exams, gathers, standardizes, and documents required materials across business lines with leadership approval.
• Manages logistical support for audits, including scheduling, sending out calendar invites, meeting room coordination, and resource availability.
• Manages and leads exams and customer audits and responses, including but not limited to questionnaires, inquiries and findings.
• Tracks deliverables to ensure timely and accurate completion; reviewing submitted materials for relevance and compliance and providing recommendations for improvement when necessary.
• Monitors exam and audit findings, follows up with stakeholders to ensure timely remediation and responds and serves as backup facilitator for regulatory exams and assessments.
• Reviews and analyzes historical exams and audit data to support preparation and oversight; ensuring current Annual Risk Report documentation is shared appropriately.
• Continuously identifies and implements efficiencies across the Compliance Regulatory Relations Program, including supporting the implementation of an exam management application workflow.
• Assists in comparing controls, policies, procedures, work instructions, and other documentation to audit requirements, regulations, and exam manuals; collaborates with appropriate teams to address self-identified issues and gaps.
• Provides support by reviewing updates to policies, procedures, and systems based on audit findings and regulatory requests; contributes to projects involving regulators, auditors, and the compliance department.
• Supports the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education and/or experience typically obtained through completion of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Typically 12 or more years of progressive related experience including experience actively participating in external audits (OCC, CFPB, PCI, SOC2, etc.) and engagement with the external auditors.
• Ability to establish and maintain productive relationships between various leaders, departments and partners across the organization and externally.
• Strong organizational skills, including ability to prioritize multiple simultaneous projects.
• Resourceful and able to leverage internal relationships to obtain quick engagement.
• Background and drug screen.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of key laws, regulations and guidance in the financial services industry typically gained through five or more years in a compliance or risk management role.
• Compliance certification (CCEP, CRCM) or related degree.

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Physical Requirements

Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling, and reaching. Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.
Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

The base pay scale for this position in:
Phoenix, AZ/ Chicago, IL / Washington, DC in USD per year is: $129,000 - $161,000.

Some of the Ways We Prioritize Your Health and Happiness

• Healthcare Coverage–Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan–Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
• Paid Time Off –Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.

AndSOmuch more! We continue to enhance our program, so be sure to check our Benefits page here for the latest. Ourteamcan share more during the interview process!

Early Warning Services, LLC (“Early Warning”) considers for employment, hires, retains and promotes qualified candidates on the basis of ability, potential, and valid qualifications without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our employees.

Early Warning Services LLC is a proud participant in E-Verify, a federal program to help ensure a legal and authorized workforce. As part of our hiring process, we electronically verify the employment eligibility of all new hires through E-Verify. For more information on your rights and responsibilities under E-Verify please visit Home | E-Verify.