Compliance Manager - Remote, US_

Denver

**Earnest’s mission is to make higher education accessible and affordable for everyone.** We empower past, present, and soon-to-be students to maximize their financial futures through thoughtful guidance and impactful products.

We build tools that help people feel in control of their financial future, including:

+ **Private student loans** - low rates, people-first service, and flexible payments.

+ **Student loan refinancing** - break free from high interest rates or monthly payments.

+ **Scholarships** - access to thousands of scholarships to help students pay less.

**The Compliance Manager position will report to the Senior Manager, Compliance.**

**As the Compliance Manager, you will:**

+ Engage the business to determine key areas of potential risk and work closely with the process owners to establish and document procedures and controls around those processes to mitigate risk effectively and efficiently.

+ Assist in identifying Compliance Risks and emerging issues applicable to ongoing and proposed business activities.

+ Develop and implement written policies/procedures and checklists designed to ensure compliant business operations.

+ Assist in designing processes that comply with the Laws and Regulations and emerging compliance trends, including creating and implementing effective manual, automated, preventive and detective internal controls around the marketing and customer communications functions.

**Your Impact:**

+ Play a key role in the First Line of Defense Compliance Team and work closely with the business to develop procedures and controls around critical business operations to ensure the processes are operating effectively while maintaining Earnest's risk appetite.

+ Act as a liaison between the 2nd Line of Defense Compliance Team and Internal Audit for compliance and risk related items.

**About You:**

+ 6+ years of regulatory management or operational risk experience

+ 5 years of direct experience in consumer compliance as well as a solid familiarity with consumer lending and fair lending laws

+ Bachelor’s degree

**Even Better:**

+ Fin-tech experience

+ Experience with Compliance Marketing Reviews

+ A CRCM or other equivalent certification

+ Experience in data analytics

**About Us:**

What makes an “Earnie” culture:

+ **Drivers** – Drivers are satisfied by making things happen, not coming along for the ride. They feel a strong sense of ownership for their projects and teams and demand high standards from themselves and others.

+ **Humility** – Humble team players check their egos and consider the team’s needs above their own. They are self-aware of their strengths and opportunities for improvement.

+ **Growth Mindset** – People with a growth mindset approach challenges and failures as learning opportunities. They seek feedback to improve, give feedback to others, and genuinely want to perform well.

Earnies are committed to helping students live their best lives, free from the stress of student debt. If you’re as passionate as we are about our mission, read more below, and let’s build something great together!

**Earnest believes in enabling our employees to live their best lives. We offer a variety of perks and competitive benefits, including:**

+ Health, Dental, & Vision benefits plus savings plans

+ Work anywhere in the U.S.

+ Mac computers + work from home stipend to set up your home office

+ Monthly internet and phone reimbursement

+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan

+ RSUs

+ 401(k) plan to help you save for retirement plus a company match

+ Robust tuition reimbursement program

+ $1,000 travel perk on each Earnie-versary to anywhere in the world

+ Competitive days of annual PTO

+ Annual “my day”

+ Pet insurance!

+ Competitive parental leave

+ Plenty of Earnest swag, optional in person team gatherings, picnics, celebrations, and plenty of fun virtual events

**At Earnest, we are committed to building an environment where our employees feel included, valued, and heard. Our belief is that a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging enables us to move forward with our mission. We are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team and encourage anyone to apply if your experience is close to what we are looking for.**

_Earnest provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status disability or genetics. Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for the position in a manner consistent with the Fair Chance Ordinance._

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A little about our pay philosophy: We take pride in compensating our employees fairly and equitably. We are showcasing a range of your potential base salary, determined primarily based on a candidate’s location. Earnest takes a market-based approach, categorizing U.S. locations into one of five zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will also be determined based on job-related qualifications, internal compensation, and budget. This range may be modified in the future.

Pay Range

$113,000—$142,000 USD