Compliance and Audit Manager – Enterprise Risk, Investor Compliance

The Community Preservation Corporation

Compliance and Audit Manager leading compliance and audit programs for CPC, focusing on housing finance entities. Engaging with cross-functional teams to ensure adherence to investor and legal requirements.

Posted 5/26/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $125,000 - $140,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner cross‐functionally and across CPC’s entities, businesses and functions to continuously evolve a compliance program that ensures:
Adherence to enterprise-level processes and procedures as required by relevant investors, program agreements, etc.
Adaptation to changes in the legal, cybersecurity and industry landscapes.
Identification and escalation of compliance risks.
Provide ongoing oversight and review of investor and program requirements, manage updates to compliance policies and procedures, and coordinate with functional owners to ensure consistency.
Create a consistent monitoring program for guidance documents that range from a few to as many as multi-thousands of pages in size, and which may be static for a defined period or iterate on an ongoing basis.
Lead cross-functional working groups internally, creating and implementing project plans to ensure new requirements are met and that processes and procedures are documented, complementary, efficient and compliant.
Create and implement an internal audit program, whereby key processes and procedures are tested on a rotating basis.
Manage relevant annual audits and/or compliance requirements by external parties, leading coordination of in person visits where required, collection and distribution of responses, provision of documentation and resolution of identified issues.
Manage a minimum of five audits or compliance processes on annual basis.
Frequency and intensity of audits will vary depending on investor and partner-driven timelines and will include cross-functional internal controls testing that will be ongoing throughout any given year.
Proactively and independently identify and resolve timeline and documentation provision issues for individual audits.
Effectively and professionally communicate concerns, issues and opportunities related to the annual requirements internally and externally.
Maintain a macro view of compliance and risk mitigation requests and best practices across CPC’s investors and partners, and:
Escalate relevant trends to leadership
Propose and implement responses that simplify redundant requests
Manage audits on aggregate and outside of specific audit events; responsible for driving remediation outcomes on a rolling and ad hoc basis.
Own end‑to‑end strategy and execution for in‑person reviews, including agenda setting, executive preparation, materials quality control, stakeholder alignment, and logistics oversight; ensure seamless day‑of execution (space, technology, access), delegating logistics as appropriate while remaining accountable for outcomes and stakeholder experience.
As CPC pursues new programs and/or investor opportunities, frame operational impact for the compliance function by participating in stand-up meetings, submitting registrations/contributing to applications and/or performing document reviews. Complete or coordination completion of, and manage submission or distribution of certifications, investor forms or other compliance documentation on an annual or other cadence as required.
Oversee vendor risk management program, including overseeing completion of relevant due diligence, performance reviews and other investor or program requirements.
Manage annual Business Continuity Plan updates, calendar for tabletop testing and drive annual compliance training process.

Requirements

What you’ll need

BA/BS required.
5+ years of experience in compliance, audit, risk management, or internal controls, with experience in housing finance, real estate finance, or a similar financial services environment preferred.
Comfort with application configuration and system management related to compliance monitoring and documentation strongly preferred.
Experience with compliance systems (e.g., Bridger, Venminder) preferred but not required.
Familiarity with FMAC and FNMA Guide Requirements preferred but not required.
Proactive, independent problem solver with strong judgment and attention to detail.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.
Strong track record of managing agenda for cross‐departmental and external partner meetings required.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation
401(k) retirement plans with employer match
Medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
Commuter benefits
PTO for vacation, personal days, sick leave, holidays, jury duty, bereavement, parental leave, and disability
Tuition assistance program
Two “work from anywhere” weeks per year
Summer Fridays
Collaborative working spaces
Service days to support our communities
Employee development and engagement events

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Hard Skills & Tools

complianceauditrisk managementinternal controlsapplication configurationsystem managementcompliance monitoringdocumentationvendor risk managementBusiness Continuity Plan

Soft Skills

problem solvingjudgmentattention to detailverbal communicationwritten communicationcross-departmental collaborationstakeholder alignmentproject managementoversightcoordination