Coordinate responses to state regulatory inquiries, filings, forms, applications, renewals, surety bonds, and anything else required for license maintenance
Assist in managing regulatory exams and inquiries, responding to regularly exam matters and monitoring the implementation and closure of any remediation items
Stay abreast of regulatory changes, particularly with respect to digital assets, and how they impact regulatory affairs’ licensing and exam management program activities and responsibilities
Establish and maintain relationships with internal and external partners and business units, relevant state and local agencies, licensing consultants, and outside counsel
Work proactively with Legal, Finance, Financial Crimes, Product, and other key stakeholders on managing the regulatory affairs’s licensing and examination program
Support any end-to-end licensing, examination and related ad hoc inquiries as required in partnership with key stakeholders
Engage in special projects in support of the regulatory affairs program in North America
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Political Science, Economics, or a related field
5+ years experience in financial services, with significant experience in payments— familiarity with money transmitter statutes, NMLS, the BSA, and other areas of financial services, such as digital assets, lending, loan brokering and collections
A history of professional achievement, including excellent academic credentials and success at a payments startup, financial institution, public sector organization, law enforcement agency, or top in-house legal department
The ability to effectively and credibly communicate with senior executives, regulators and other stakeholders
Great interpersonal and critical thinking skills, good judgment, and the ability to work effectively with a wide variety of people inside and outside the company