Risk and Compliance Manager

The Role

LeafLink seeks a highly skilled Risk and Compliance Manager with expertise in high-risk, complex banking environments. In this role, you will perform critical risk and compliance activities for a fast-moving company, serving as subject matter expert on core regulatory functions. This is not a routine compliance role – it requires regulatory prowess, a broad compliance acumen, business judgement, and the ability to operate with independence and ambiguity.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Engaging in audit preparation and readiness activities, responding to audit requests
• Supporting partner bank pass-through regulatory examinations and due diligence requests
• Drafting policies and procedures, building out a centralized governance framework
• Evaluating the effectiveness of internal controls, suggesting enhancements and engaging in effective challenge
• Managing enterprise training content and ensuring timely completion
• Monitoring the regulatory landscape for developments that affect LeafLink, its subsidiaries and its partner banks
• Developing Board-level reporting of KRIs, KPIs and other metrics
• Conducting enterprise risk assessments and gap analyses

What You’ll Bring to the Team

• 3-5+ years of experience in a risk and compliance function in a high-growth environment; fintech or cannabis banking is a plus
• Experience in drafting and maintaining libraries of policies and procedures; building governance infrastructures is a plus
• Experience with regulatory exam management and audits; managing exams and audits is a plus
• Ability to identify relevant regulatory and industry changes and translate them into digestible, actionable pieces
• Experience in conducting gap analyses and risk assessments
• Knowledge of KPIs, KRIs and other reportable metrics; experience with Board-level reporting is a plus
• CRCM certification a plus