Compliance Analyst

The Compliance Analyst is responsible for ensuring that all mortgage lending activities within the organization comply with federal, state, and local regulations. This role involves monitoring, analyzing, and reviewing the company’s mortgage operations to identify and address potential compliance issues, mitigate risks, and ensure adherence to applicable laws and regulations.

Responsibilities:

• Review and analyze mortgage lending policies, procedures, and practices to ensure they are compliant with all applicable regulations, including TILA, RESPA, HMDA, and others.
• Stay updated on changes in mortgage regulations and industry standards to ensure ongoing compliance.
• Conduct regular audits of mortgage files, processes, and documentation to identify any potential compliance issues or discrepancies.
• Monitor ongoing compliance with established regulations and company policies.
• Assist in the development, revision, and implementation of compliance policies and procedures.
• Provide recommendations to improve compliance practices and reduce risk exposure.
• Conduct training sessions for staff on compliance requirements and any updates to laws or regulations.
• Serve as a resource for employees regarding compliance-related questions and issues.
• Prepare detailed compliance reports for management, highlighting any compliance issues, audit results, and areas for improvement.
• Document and track all compliance activities, including audit findings and corrective actions.
• Assess potential risks related to non-compliance and work to develop strategies to mitigate those risks.
• Collaborate with other departments to ensure cross-functional compliance.
• Serve as a liaison with regulatory bodies during audits, examinations, and inquiries.
• Ensure timely and accurate submission of required regulatory reports and filings.
• Ensure preventative measures are carried out to fully comply with current rules, regulations and internal policies relating to risks pertaining to BSA, USA Patriot Act, OFAC and other AML-related issues
• Identify, evaluate, monitor and make any recommendation deemed necessary to the Risk Management Committee to assess, reduce, eliminate or control any current or prospective risks to earnings or capital arising from violations of, or nonconformance with, laws, rules regulations, prescribed practices, internal policies and procedures or ethical standards. 
• Perform Other Duties as assigned.

Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Minimum of 5 or more years of residential compliance experience, in regulatory compliance at a bank, mortgage lending company, or government agency. 

Proficiency using Microsoft Office 365 products including MS Word, MS Visio, MS Excel, MS Teams, and MS PowerPoint