Western Alliance Bank

Compliance

• supports the Compliance Manager and Compliance Director of Corporate Compliance in managing enterprise-wide regulatory and business change activities.
• responsible for assessing, identifying, and supporting the implementation of regulatory and operational changes impacting business lines, products, services, and processes.
• provides oversight, guidance, and effective challenge related to business, process, and service changes.
• collaborates closely with stakeholders across the first, second, and third lines of defense to evaluate compliance risk.
• supports regulatory change management, enhances governance and reporting, and contributes to ongoing risk mitigation efforts.
• maintains documentation, reports to risk management committees, and supports continuous improvement of compliance policies, practices, and tools.

Compliance Assistant Manager

Vice President

• responsible for analyzing, structuring, underwriting, and coordinating closing of loans
• manage loans to ensure credit risks are monitored and identified
• assist in attaining established Bank, region, and branch goals
• assure compliance with all Bank policies and procedures
• interface with clients to assess credit needs and determine best structure
• gather and analyze necessary information for financing requests
• coordinate processing of approved loans and ensure loans are processed per agreement

Vice President, Portfolio Manager

Business Intelligence Analyst

• Support development and maintenance of operational procedures and reporting processes
• Assist in gathering and organizing data and updating documentation
• Support routine reporting tasks for compliance and operational efficiency
• Prepare and maintain operational reports and dashboards
• Collaborate with team members on procedures and escalate potential issues
• Use internal systems to research and verify customer data
• Participate in team meetings and training sessions
• Maintain accurate records for data handling and reporting

Associate Reporting Analyst, Part-time

• Analyzing, structuring, underwriting, and coordinating the closing of major and complex loans in compliance with the Bank's lending policies and procedures.
• Work with the Vice President, Commercial Banker to manage loans to ensure the credit risks are responsibly monitored and identified.
• Assist in attaining established Bank, region, and branch goals through active participation in underwriting and closing desirable credits with the Vice President, Commercial Banker.
• Assure compliance with all Bank policies and procedures, as well as all applicable state and federal banking regulations.
• Interface with clients in-person, over the phone and email in order to assess their credit needs.
• Gather and analyze necessary information to present along with the Relationship Manager, a financing request to senior management or Loan Committee for approval.
• Coordinate processing of approved loans; ensure loans are processed according to agreement, customer needs and conform to Bank lending policies; obtain sufficient information and/or documentation from customers; assist in solving problems relative to processing and servicing of loans within the Relationship Managers portfolio.
• Reinforce superior customer service through examples along with appropriate follow-through with involved customers and employees.
• Handle various other underwriting, portfolio management and upkeep tasks and responsibilities related to new loan requests and/or the existing Relationship Managers portfolio.

Assistant Vice President, Portfolio Management – Innovation Banking

Auditor

• Assist in assessing the design and operational effectiveness of controls within various audits
• Prepare for and attend process walkthrough meetings
• Document process narratives and test controls for adherence to bank policies and procedures
• Support the execution of the department's annual audit plan
• Report to an Associate Audit Director and work with audit leaders across the department
• Participate in audits in finance, banking operations, credit administration, risk management and compliance disciplines
• Create audit documentation for process narratives using audit software
• Respond to review notes generated by Audit Project Manager and Associate Audit Director
• Assist in the closure of audit issues per audit methodology
• Provide ad-hoc reports and status updates to supervisors
• Comply with department annual training requirements
• Attend team, peer and one-on-one meetings

Auditor – Finance

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Be a trusted finance partner to managers within specified business line(s)
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of the financial planning and analysis process
• Lead in providing annual budget and monthly forecast cycles
• Conduct periodic management reporting and ad hoc analysis
• Investigate and resolve variances, recommending corrective actions
• Support assigned lines of business with Financial Planning and Analysis processes
• Analyze trends in data and present findings
• Develop financial performance reports by transforming data into actionable metrics
• Maintain control of management reporting data and produce reports on the SharePoint site
• Collaborate effectively with Accounting and Financial systems teams.

Senior Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst

Underwriter

• Responsible for the leadership and management of a team of underwriters to achieve the Company’s production and quality goals
• Manage underwriters to ensure mortgage loans are underwritten per AmeriHome and Investor underwriting guidelines
• Ensure team members are fully trained and current on company’s philosophy and policies/procedures
• Manage and review day-to-day tasks escalated by the underwriting team, Operation Account Representative managers, clients and exceptions team
• Coordinate with Senior Underwriting Manager to review and respond to QA, QC or secondary post-closing/post purchase requests
• Responsible for the training, coaching and supervision for all underwriters within the associated interpretation and application of all company overlays and agency requirements
• Track and monitor underwriting metrics including productivity, quality, turn-times, customer service communication and all required service level agreements
• Evaluate the structure of the Underwriting team and plan for continuous improvement in efficiency and effectiveness
• Provide a consistent approach to new hire training of underwriters and peer managers
• Responsible for interviewing, hiring and onboarding of new hires
• Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with other departments
• Perform other duties as assigned

Underwriting Manager – Non-Delegated

Analyst

• Supporting the Lending segment specifically the Regional Banking organization
• Play a key leadership role in advancing major business and technology initiatives
• Leverage deep process and data expertise to evaluate current operating models
• Identify constraints, determine root causes, and uncover opportunities
• Lead the development, review, and maintenance of key artifacts
• Guide cross functional stakeholders through complex problem solving
• Provide data driven recommendations and drive implementation of solutions
• Assess alternative process options, evaluate their impact on KRIs, KPIs, and operational metrics
• Engage with subject matter experts across the enterprise to clarify problem statements
• Maintain strong business domain knowledge to translate requirements into clear, actionable solutions
• Drive quality through consistent tracking, product evaluation, and adherence to SDLC expectations
• Oversee end-to-end testing and validation to ensure solution readiness and alignment with business goals
• Lead on programs to ensure business outcomes are achieved and aligned to business strategy

Principal Analyst

Data Engineer

• Provide expertise in a suite of technical tools and products in a given domain to ensure solutions are safe, secure, compliant and reliable
• Identify develop and support needs, as well as taking on design responsibilities supporting project tasks
• Facilitate dialogue and activities to ensure team collaboration including teams outside of your domain
• Develop effective presentations and narratives for their teams
• Champion data quality and discipline in the full data lifecycle
• Partner closely with enterprise architects to understand and implement solutions based on the recommended Azure Cloud data architecture and capabilities
• Know and/or learn modern automation and integration methods and tools, with Cloud-First design patterns, frameworks, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Lead the strategic planning of a project as it relates to technical solution design
• Design and implement engineering principles aimed at reliability practices and sound recovery procedures
• Design transaction specific application performance monitoring metrics that can be captured and passed to business partners
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including system configurations and procedures while also ensuring compliance with IT policies, procedures, and industry standards
• Develop desktop procedures when needed that others follow
• Implement data engineering solutions that satisfy the full data lifecycle including efficient technical hygiene and the use of Azure DevOps for the implementation of the Western Alliance Bank Regulatory Reporting and Analytics strategy and roadmap
• Develop ETL and data pipeline capabilities considering how data is created, transformed, maintained, stored, archived, analyzed, and shared across Western Alliance Bank and our partners
• Implement Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines in accordance with Western Alliance Bank technical standards
• Implement data governance and data quality controls in all data solutions in accordance with enterprise standards
• Apply Test Driven Development methodology to all data solution design and implementations
• Implement methods to include unstructured data and big data
• Lead the implementation of outcomes, recommendations, and designs from Data Governance and Enterprise Architecture
• Actively participate in making data architecture decisions
• Collaborate with product owners and business stakeholders to gain a working understanding of business requirements and operational processes
• Provide technical mentorship to team members and other data professionals
• Perform data exploration and data profiling with tools such as Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud and/or SPSS when needed.

Senior Data Engineer

• play a critical role in driving data-driven decision-making across the organization
• develop, maintain, improve reporting solutions, analyze large data sets, and provide actionable insights to stakeholders
• ensure data analysis needs by the business are met while operating within data governance requirements
• deliver and communicate complex findings in a clear and concise manner to your assigned business line
• lead the design, build, and maintenance of advanced dashboards and reporting tools to monitor key business performance metrics
• uphold data and reporting standards, ensuring consistency and compliance across all projects worked on
• identify and develop automation techniques from available technology to produce efficient and effective processes
• perform deep-dive analysis on large, complex datasets to extract meaningful insights
• identify trends, patterns, and anomalies
• provide data-based recommendations to help drive operational improvements and strategy
• understand business unit reporting and analytical needs and translate business questions into analytical tasks
• present analytical findings and recommendations to senior management and key stakeholders
• design and implement systems to ensure data accuracy and reliability by performing thorough validation and quality checks
• collaborate with IT teams to enhance data infrastructure and improve data accessibility.

Senior Analyst – Analytics and Reporting

Client Services Representative

• working on client relationships and ensuring excellent client service
• manage deals independently
• creating technical report specifications from indenture language
• receive, map, and reconcile periodic collateral data
• compile monthly, quarterly and annual payment and tax reports
• coordinate with operations teams to ensure correct payments are received and made
• perform quality control review of reports
• perform portfolio compliance tests on a selection of structured fixed income deals
• participate in new client proposals
• lead business-related projects

Client Services Analyst III

Account Manager

• Manage client relationships and ensure excellent client service
• Drive product efficiency projects and lead business-related projects
• Collaborate with business development staff
• Oversee day to day operations and reporting delivery to clients
• Develop and maintain relationships with Corporate Trust clients
• Review and accept new client relationships based on account acceptance policies and procedures
• Provide quality service based on client needs

Client Relationship Manager

• managing significant client relationships and ensuring excellent client service and delivery to the client base
• driving product efficiency projects and may lead other business-related projects
• working closely with new business development staff
• overseeing the day to day operations and reporting delivery to clients done with the client service associates
• providing feedback and working with the team leader to conduct annual reviews
• developing and maintaining relationships with Corporate Trust clients
• reviewing and accepting new client relationships based on business line account acceptance policies and procedures
• providing quality service based on client needs, wants, and expectations; aligning actions accordingly; remaining sensitive and responsive to both internal and external clients
• resolving problems quickly and effectively
• Identifying business risks and operational challenges and takes steps to mitigate risk and enhance operating systems and processes
• coordinating the development and implementation of operational changes within the unit
• managing staff, hiring new staff, and/or training staff to successfully meet business objectives
• reviewing client reporting and working with clients and other interested parties on any issues or changes needed
• making sure clients are getting the required information at all times

Client Relationship Manager III

• review information, reports or data to determine if the applicable process is in compliance with internal policy or regulations
• perform compliance monitoring, testing or advising
• maintain strong working relationships with key business partners
• assess key risks and evaluate associated control design and effectiveness
• independently conduct planning, monitoring and testing on regulatory compliance risk activities and controls of first line business units
• participate in and host meetings, provide supporting material, engage in dialog that seeks clarity, and document outcome results
• prepare testing results for reporting purposes
• identify opportunities for improvement in the design and effectiveness of regulatory adherence, and compliance controls as appropriate for first line business units
• issue final reports and communicate results, verbally and in writing, to first line management

Compliance Officer

Backend Engineer

• provide expertise in a suite of technical tools and products in a given domain to ensure solutions are safe, secure, compliant and reliable
• identify develop and support needs, as well as taking on design responsibilities supporting project tasks
• facilitate dialogue and activities to ensure team collaboration including teams outside of your domain
• develop effective presentations and narratives for their teams
• lead the strategic planning of a project as it relates to technical solution design
• design and implement engineering principles aimed at reliability practices and sound recovery procedures
• design transaction specific application performance monitoring metrics that can be captured and passed to business partners
• develop and maintain technical documentation, including system configurations and procedures while also ensuring compliance with IT policies, procedures, and industry standards
• develop desktop procedures when needed that others follow