VP - Employee Compliance, Central Compliance Team CIB
Santander US · New York, NY · 3 wk ago
Legal$135k/yrFull-time
The Role
The VP, Employee Compliance is responsible for administering the Firm's Employee Compliance Program with a primary focus on Personal Securities Trading ("PST"), Personal Account Dealing ("PAD"), employee brokerage account monitoring, conflicts of interest, and compliance with applicable regulatory requirements and Firm policies.
Responsibilities
- Administer the Firm's Personal Securities Trading and Personal Account Dealing program.
- Review and approve employee personal trading requests, personal account disclosure in accordance with Firm policies and regulatory requirements.
- Maintain employee account inventories and ensure required account certifications and attestations are completed.
- Support monitoring of outside business activities, private investments, and other employee investment activities requiring review or approval.
- Interpret and apply applicable regulatory requirements, including SEC, FINRA, broker-dealer, investment adviser, and Firm-specific obligations.
- Support compliance risk assessments and regulatory change management initiatives.
- Perform reviews and exception analysis related to employee trading and conduct.
- Conduct investigations of potential policy violations and prepare findings, recommendations, and escalation materials.
- Identify trends, emerging risks, and opportunities to enhance monitoring controls.
- Advise management on current issues regarding banking.
- Lead and influence cross-functional enterprise projects or compliance teams.
- Provide compliance input on business action plans, projects, or operational requests.
- Provide insight and guide management on issues.
- Ensure proper implementation of business requirements and identify outstanding compliance issues.
Requirements
- 5+ Years Compliance, Legal, Regulatory, or Financial Services.
- Experience with employee compliance platforms such as StarCompliance, MCO (MyComplianceOffice), Schwab Compliance Technologies, or similar systems.
- FINRA registrations (Series 7, 79, or similar) preferred or willingness to obtain.
- Demonstrated experience administering personal securities trading or employee compliance programs.
- Strong understanding of FINRA, SEC, and broker-dealer regulatory requirements.
- Experience managing complex investigations and regulatory matters.
- Advanced knowledge of regulatory compliance, relevant industry regulations and regulatory data sources.
- Demonstrated experience facilitating change to achieve measurable results.
- Demonstrated subject matter expertise compliance opportunities and resolution.
- Experience working with surveillance and monitoring tools.
- Strong analytical, investigative, and critical thinking skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced regulatory environment.
- Ability to be adept in identifying and resolving complex risk management problems.
- Ability to build and foster internal and external relationships.
- Ability to analyze risk and design efficient control practices to minimize risk.
- Ability to lead, influence and direct peers, subordinates and management.
- Ability to make effective decision making on complex matters.
- Ability to convey a sense or urgency and drive.
- Ability to multi-task and meet strict deadlines.
- Ability to adjust to new developments/changing circumstances.
- Ability to interact with senior level management; experience interfacing with multiple levels of the organizational structure.
- Self-directed, self-motivated and demonstrated experience providing ideas and solutions to further business understanding.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree: in related field or equivalent demonstrated through a combination of work experience, training, military service, or education - Required
- Master's Degree: in related field or equivalent demonstrated through a combination of work experience, training, military service, or education - Preferred