Demand Compliance ConsultantsSenior Partner - Banking and Investment Regulatory Compliance
Aug. 2009 - Feb. 2019Houston, Texas Area-Provided consulting and contracted compliance services to global banks, firms, and high-income clientele for services ranging from responses to regulatory inquiries, internal assessments, regulatory change management, regulatory forecasting, architecture of compliance programs from ground-up, and everything in between. -Identified and mitigated regulatory and investor compliance risks for all clients and support staffs by assisting in construction and maintenance of framework and development of sustainable processes. Implemented regulatory reform and rule change initiatives impacting businesses and clients, and assisted with creation and implementation of compliance policies, protocols, and processes with proved success record. -Led initiatives for timely resolution of regulatory (OCC, SEC, FINRA, NYDFS, and FRB, SOC2, among others) and internal investigations and inquiries, communicating results to client management. Ensured ongoing compliance with financial and data privacy laws such as GDPR, CCPA, PCI-DSS, PSD2, among others) as well as crucial long-standing requirements (SOC2, NYDFS, among others). -Conducted extensive compliance reviews of internal client policies, procedures, controls, and program framework to ensure ongoing compliance with legal, regulatory, and business requirements. Served as subject matter expert on financial regulatory environment and reported upcoming changes impacting client. -Developed, initiated, maintained, and revised policies and procedures to ensure ongoing compliance with financial regulatory requirement -Developed controls framework and compliance risk assessments to identify risks and established monitoring systems to track compliance and report -Conducted extensive compliance reviews of internal client policies, procedures, controls, and program framework to ensure ongoing compliance with legal, regulatory, and business requirements