Compliance Analyst

For companies building financial technology and transforming the financial services space, the biggest bottleneck to their growth and innovation is often the underlying banks and infrastructure stack they rely on. We have spent our careers founding and scaling companies like Plaid, Square, SoFi, Blend, and Affirm, and have seen this problem firsthand — builders and developers needing to partner with traditional banks, and creating API and abstraction layers over the patchwork that is the bank, its core, and many other vendors. All of this results in a complex (and often expensive) banking supply chain involving a user, fintech, BaaS middleware provider, bank, core and the Federal Reserve.

At Column, we set out to simplify and fix this. We are a bank and a software company built from the ground up, offering builders and developers technology-forward banking solutions that cut out the hundreds of vendors, middleware providers, and abstraction layers. This means a safer, more transparent, and less costly banking supply chain. Come build with us!

Column's Compliance team plays a critical role in ensuring that, as the Bank grows and expands its customer base, it does so in a way that is aligned with legal and regulatory standards in order to safeguard the interests of our customers. As part of this team, the Compliance Analyst will be responsible for helping deliver a best-in-class Compliance program, utilizing the Bank's technological capabilities to design innovative approaches to monitor and execute against regulatory expectations.

This role will be responsible for executing Column’s Compliance Testing & Monitoring program, working with cross-functional partners throughout the Bank to ensure changes to compliance obligations are implemented appropriately, and supporting our Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) team to ensure compliance expectations are being met by the Bank’s Partners.

The role reports to the Bank’s Head of Regulatory Compliance. While an in-person position at the Bank’s San Francisco headquarters is strongly preferred, the role is open to remote applicants with the expectation of periodic travel.

• Conduct compliance testing, both across the Bank’s products and services and at the Bank’s partners, in support of Column’s Compliance Testing & Monitoring Program  

• Clearly document assessment findings, and own drafting and reporting of results derived from the Compliance Testing Program

• Design, implement, and execute opportunities for Compliance Data Monitoring analysis to measure the Bank’s compliance obligations over full population data sets. You’ll be able to utilize the Bank’s core technology capabilities to help create and execute compliance monitoring to drive consistent measurement of compliance obligations on an ongoing basis

• Identify potential areas of weakness (inadequate/ineffective controls, areas of non-compliance, etc.) within the Bank and work with partners to strengthen the associated control environment

• Identify, understand, and assess potential regulatory change events that may impact the Bank. Work with business, risk, and legal partners to ensure new regulatory requirements are clearly understood and processes are implemented prior to effective dates to adhere to new requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

• 3+ years of experience as a compliance or audit professional - experience at a financial institution is a plus

• Detail oriented with excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills

• Experience understanding how to navigate banking regulations and applying rules to the Bank’s products

• Demonstrated project management skills and the ability to juggle execution across multiple stakeholders

• Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), or equivalent certification a plus

• Curiosity, eagerness to learn, and excitement about regulatory compliance and partner banking

•  Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans, including options that are 100% covered by Column for you and 100% covered for your dependents!

•  Comprehensive family planning and fertility benefits via partnership with Carrot, including reimbursement of up to $20,000 in qualified expenses

•  FSA and HSA account options to enable use of pre-tax money for medical and dependent care expenses

•  401k plan, including self-directed brokerage options

•  Flexible time-off policy - take the time off that you want and need to relax and recharge

•  100% paid parental leave, including 16 weeks for birth mothers, 12 weeks for primary caregivers, and 8 weeks for secondary caregivers

• ️ Catered lunches and dinners for SF employees

•  Commuter benefits

•  Regular team building events, including annual offsite

Compensation packages at Column include base salary, equity, and benefits. New hire offers are made based on a candidate's experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.

The annual base salary range for this position is $85,000 - $130,000 + equity.

Column is committed to working with the best and brightest people from the broadest talent pool possible. We value bringing together a team with different perspectives, educational backgrounds, and life experiences, and believe a diversity of ideas is what allows us to develop the best solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application and recruiting process, please reach out to [email protected].

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