Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) for Truist Investment Services, Inc. and Truist Advisory Services, Inc.
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Regular or Temporary:
Regular
Language Fluency: English (Required)
Work Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)
Please review the following job description:
The Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) for Truist Investment Services, Inc. and Truist Advisory Services, Inc. is responsible for leading an integrated broker-dealer and SEC-registered registered investment adviser (RIA) compliance program and serving as the primary regulatory-facing executive for the firms.
This role partners closely with business leadership and key control functions to implement and maintain a compliance framework that is reasonably designed to ensure adherence to applicable SEC (including Investment Advisers Act requirements), FINRA, and MSRB regulatory requirements.
• Regulatory face of the broker-dealer and SEC-registered RIA: Serve as the primary point of contact for regulators and self-regulatory organizations (including the SEC, FINRA, and MSRB), including managing routine interaction, regulatory inquiries, and examinations.
• Compliance program design and oversight: Establish, implement, and maintain policies, procedures, and internal controls that are reasonably designed to achieve compliance with applicable securities laws and regulations and firm standards.
• Supervision and surveillance: Oversee the supervisory control framework, surveillance program(s), and periodic testing/monitoring to identify, escalate, and remediate compliance risks; ensure timely issue resolution and sustainable corrective actions.
• Governance and escalation: Provide clear risk-based guidance to the line of business; escalate material compliance issues and trends through appropriate governance forums and senior management reporting.
• Regulatory reporting and rule implementation: Lead assessment and implementation of new or changing SEC/FINRA/MSRB requirements; coordinate updates to procedures, training, disclosures, and controls.
• Policies and procedures management: Own the maintenance cycle for compliance-owned written supervisory procedures (WSPs) and related compliance documentation, including periodic reviews and attestations as required.
• Training and advisory: Ensure effective compliance communications and training to business partners and registered personnel; provide advisory support on product, sales practice, advertising/communications, and conduct matters.
• Risk assessments: Conduct and/or oversee periodic enterprise and broker-dealer compliance risk assessments to inform program priorities, monitoring plans, and resource allocation.
• Third-party and vendor oversight: Oversee compliance due diligence and ongoing monitoring for relevant third parties, as applicable to broker-dealer activities.
• Team leadership: Lead, develop, and coach a team of compliance professionals; set strategy, goals, and performance expectations aligned to regulatory and business priorities.
• Cross-functional partnership: Collaborate with Legal, Risk, Audit, Operations, AML/Financial Crimes, Technology, and other control partners to ensure an integrated control environment and consistent regulatory messaging.
• RIA expertise and coordination: Provide compliance leadership for advisory activities within an SEC-registered RIA framework (including Advisers Act obligations such as disclosures, conflicts management, Code of Ethics oversight, and best execution), and coordinate broker-dealer/RIA requirements to promote consistent client outcomes and a cohesive control environment.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.
1.Developing and maintaining a robust compliance program, with a focus on compliance with all laws, regulations, and other guidance related to assigned business and operational activities.
2. Sets strategy and direction of functional area.
3. Scope of coverage may include one or more large business units or compliance functions and management of other managers.
4. Identifying and mitigating compliance risks proactively and maintaining a strong regulatory relationship with all applicable regulators.
5. Developing sufficient internal controls to promote an effective compliance control environment.
6. Performing periodic risk assessments of business and operational activities to identify compliance gaps and potential exposure.
7. Partnering with business units to remediate compliance findings identified in internal and external examinations and audits.
8. Providing strategic leadership to design and implement compliance standards and procedures to mitigate compliance risks and improper conduct, ensuring these standards are institutional throughout the business units, and monitoring compliance with such standards.
9. Provide reports and summaries of compliance risks for aggregation up to Risk Committees.
10. Keep pace of demands of business by anticipating problems, offering appropriate solutions and providing the necessary leadership to implement changes effectively.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required Qualifications:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1. Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics