Senior Compliance Specialist

About Long Beach Planning Group

Small businesses use our merchant services for card processing, POS terminals and next-day funding. Mortgage brokers in California send us loans to underwrite, close and fund. Licensing exams (SIE, Series 7, Series 66) are paid for, with study time during work hours.

Job summary

Long Beach Planning Group needs someone who knows BSA/AML and consumer compliance and can explain regulations to branch staff in plain terms. This role prepares for regulatory exams and works directly with examiners. Remote within the US. The team meets in Long Beach once a quarter, travel covered. Flexible schedule. We have one team call a day, usually in the morning. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Investigate customer complaints that raise compliance issues.
• Review suspicious activity alerts and prepare SAR filings within deadlines.
• Train employees on annual compliance topics and new rules.
• Vet new products, marketing materials and disclosures before launch.
• Monitor compliance with BSA/AML, OFAC and consumer rules such as Reg E, Reg Z and TRID.
• Coordinate regulatory exams and audit requests, and follow findings to closure.

About you

• 5+ years of compliance, audit or risk experience in banking or financial services.
• Working knowledge of BSA/AML, OFAC and consumer lending regulations.
• Familiar with AML monitoring systems such as Verafin or Abrigo.

Nice to have

• Prior work as a bank examiner.
• Fair lending (HMDA, CRA) experience.
• Experience with fintech partnerships.

Benefits

Expected salary range: $116,000 - $146,000 per year, plus bonus eligibility.

• Health, dental and vision coverage starting on day one.
• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 5%.
• Three weeks of PTO to start.
• Employee discount.
• Home office stipend.
• Vision insurance.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Interview process: a phone call, a meeting with the hiring manager, and a final conversation with the team.

Start: Immediately.

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