Claims Legal Specialist – Conditional Demands
Sentry
VP, Enterprise Risk Management – Legal Affairs
First Entertainment Credit Union
full-time
Posted on:
Location: California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $200,000 - $250,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Provide leadership oversight of enterprise risk, regulatory, legal, compliance, and audit functions.
- Promote a culture of risk awareness and accountability; collaborate with internal business partners to support day-to-day operations and strategic projects.
- Apply risk-based methodologies to simplify, automate, and strengthen controls across the Credit Union.
- Monitor regulatory and legal developments and establish procedures to ensure compliance with relevant rules and regulations.
- Represent the Credit Union at conferences, seminars, summits, and grassroots activities.
- Assess, manage, and resolve control issues with transparency while adhering to policies, laws, and regulations.
- Oversee policy administration, vendor management, and legal support.
- Mature the ERM framework: facilitate risk identification and assessments, risk appetite/profile monitoring, risk inventory and heatmap, and training/awareness.
- Coach, mentor, and motivate team members; serve as an active member of the Senior Leadership Team.
- Lead teams partnering with external counsel and auditing firms; facilitate production of materials for executive management, boards, and regulators.
- All other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree is required. CA bar license a huge plus.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in a high control-related function such as risk, compliance, legal, or audit within an organization in the financial services industry, a regulatory agency, a consulting firm, or a combination thereof.
- Prior experience practicing law highly preferred.
- At least 5 to 7 years of people leader experience.
- In-depth knowledge of financial products and services, operating procedures and guidelines, and rules and regulations applicable to a bank or credit union.
- Skilled at navigating industry outreach efforts and connecting with the Credit Union’s federal and state delegation.
- Prior experience supporting or building governance, risk and compliance (GRC) programs at a bank or credit union.
- Thorough knowledge of laws and regulations applicable to essential responsibilities.
- Effective communication skills across all levels of audience.
