M&T Bank is hiring a Senior Compliance Consultant - Consumer Lending to provide guidance on complex compliance risk management activities. You will execute the compliance strategy, assist in identifying compliance risk exposure, and help the organization prioritize compliance risks within your assigned area.

What You'll Do

Consult with managers of business units on compliance matters.
Provide timely and thoughtful regulatory expertise in response to business initiatives, line of business guidance requests, internal and external audits, and regulatory examinations.
Ensure compliance with existing processes and procedures and recommend new ones that most effectively anticipate, manage, and reduce risk to the business.
Assist in development and communicate recommendations that support adherence to regulations, industry best practices and/or the CRM program.
Maintain a thorough knowledge and understanding of the laws, rules and regulations with which the business and/or CRM must comply and an awareness of issues of recent regulatory focus.
Develop and/or deliver training to support employees in fulfilling their compliance responsibilities.
Escalate and measure compliance risk issues to leadership and the lines of business, as well as the 1st and 2nd Lines of Defense, as necessary.
Liaison with CRM departments as appropriate in the execution of CRM program components.
Assist in Risk Assessment to identify compliance risk exposure and help the organization prioritize compliance risks.
Assess compliance issues presented through new/revised product and service offerings and work closely with lines of business to plan a response.
Work with business units and/or CRM to design a plan for timely and effective resolution of complex issues identified through monitoring and testing.
May interact with State and Federal Regulatory Agencies, numerous risk and executive management, lines of business, and support organizations such as Internal Audit and Legal on an ongoing and regular basis.

What We're Looking For

Bachelor's Degree in a related field and 6 years’ experience in compliance, legal, audit, risk or other relevant function.
OR, in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 10 years higher education and/or work experience, including 6 years in compliance, legal, audit, risk or other relevant function.