Regulatory Associate

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Turkey, +5 more countries.

📋 Description

• Conduct research on relevant federal and state regulations impacting lending, servicing, and corporate operations.

• Keep track of legal and regulatory changes related to usury, licensing, disclosures, and other obligations.

• Create summaries of regulatory updates, affected procedures, effective dates, and suggested next steps.

• Revise the inventory of regulatory obligations and monitor implementation efforts.

• Manage licensing, registration, renewal, filing, and reporting schedules, along with necessary documentation.

• Oversee the preparation of applications, renewals, reports, certifications, and other submissions.

• Aid in regulatory examinations, inquiries, and responses by organizing requests, responsible parties, evidence, drafts, approvals, and deadlines.

• Maintain records that are audit-ready for submissions, approvals, correspondence, and follow-up commitments.

• Support regulatory evaluations of new products, processes, vendors, and expansions into new jurisdictions.

• Analyze requirements against existing policies, procedures, disclosures, and operational practices to identify discrepancies.

• Collaborate with Legal, Operations, Lending, Servicing, Finance, and other departments.

• Assist in updating policies, procedures, guidance, training materials, and regulatory reference tools.

• Generate status reports on regulatory changes, licensing, filings, examinations, and pending actions.

• Recognize upcoming deadlines, incomplete records, conflicting information, and overdue actions for escalation.

• Maintain organized research files, trackers, checklists, templates, and workflows.

• Safeguard confidential and privileged information while adhering to quality-control standards.

• Typically work from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, with additional hours as required.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in law, legal studies, compliance, finance, business, public policy, or a related discipline.

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in regulatory compliance, legal research, licensing, risk management, audit, or financial services operations.

• Ability to clearly summarize complex requirements and differentiate confirmed requirements from those needing legal review.

• Strong organizational, writing, documentation, and deadline-management capabilities.

• Preferred experience in researching rules, maintaining regulatory calendars, preparing filings, or assisting with examinations.

• Background in financial services, commercial lending, private lending, banking, fintech, specialty finance, mortgage lending, or another heavily regulated industry is preferred.

• Familiarity with federal and state regulatory research.

• Experience in managing regulatory changes, obligations, licensing, and filing trackers.

• Knowledge of examination and information-request coordination.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and legal, compliance, or regulatory research systems.

• Reliable and stable internet connection.

• Professional and dedicated remote work setup.

• Ability to work efficiently within a remote, multinational organization while maintaining confidentiality.

• CV submission in English is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid time off (PTO).

• Fully remote work environment.

• Compensation in USD (amount not specified).