Job Title: Licensing Manager
Reports To: SVP Chief Compliance Officer
FLSA Status: Exempt
Department: Legal
JOB SUMMARY: Responsible for managing and coordinating all aspects of state licensing including lender collection and broker licenses as well as selecting corporate filings and renewals. This role ensures that all licensing requirements are met accurately and on time in compliance with applicable regulations. This role also oversees the preparation and execution of state audits regulatory reporting and examinations ensuring timely and thorough completion in accordance with each jurisdictions requirements.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Review analyze oversee and prepare licensing applications filing of all license reports and renewals in current and new states.
- Stay abreast of changes in financial regulations laws and industry standards that may impact the organization.
- Oversee licensing of collections personnel in states requiring separate licensure/registration and corporate licensure via the NMLS online system.
- Coordinate and oversee state auditing processes.
- Coordinate and create new processes and applications with states licensing needs.
- Oversee regulatory communication relating to licensing including but not limited to regulatory examinations.
- Provide input and analysis with corporate filings and renewals.
- Gatekeeper and educational base for Business Units with respect to Licensing requirements.
- Manage escalated licensing functions as necessary.
- Oversee reporting file maintenance notary assistance and scanning as required.
- Offer input and analysis for large-scale ad hoc projects as needed.
- Attend required training on pertinent compliance laws and regulations as required by LendingPoint.
- Work closely with legal finance operations and other departments to ensure a cohesive approach to licensing and compliance.
- Assist legal compliance with internal and external compliance matters.
- Generate regular reports for senior management on the status of compliance activities potential risks and corrective actions.
- Establish mechanisms to monitor and evaluate compliance with laws regulations and internal policies.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the minimum knowledge skill and/or ability required.
- Bachelors degree in Accounting Business Finance or similar field preferred.
- Minimum of two years relevant experience required.
- Licensing (Lending or Insurance) contract administration or lending compliance preferable.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office software applications.
- Excel spreadsheet working knowledge to pull data and familiarity using pivot tables is a plus.
- Working knowledge of how to research policies laws and changes using commonly accepted legal tools and familiarity with the NMLS and SES online systems is a plus.
COMPETENCIES:
- Customer Service: Exceptional attitude and a passion for providing outstanding service to internal customers.
- Attention to Detail: Thoroughness in accomplishing a task through concern for all the areas involved no matter how small. Monitors and checks work or information and plans and organizes time and resources efficiently.
- Analytical Skills: Collects and researches data; Designs workflows and procedures; Identifies data relationships and dependencies.
- Business Ethics: Inspires the trust of others. Keeps commitments. Treats people with respect. Upholds organizational values. Works with integrity and ethically.
- Communications: Exhibits good listening and comprehension. Expresses ideas and thoughts in verbal and written form. Keeps others adequately informed. Selects and uses appropriate communication methods.
- Problem Solving: Ability to solve issues efficiently and quickly.
- Relationship Management: Manages interactions to service and support the organization; establishes credibility with all interactions.
- Teamwork: Contributes to building a positive team spirit. Exhibits objectivity and openness to others views.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand walk reach and sit for a minimum of 8 hours with or without reasonable accommodation. The employee is required to use hands to finger handle or feel objects and/or tools. The employee is required to talk or hear with or without reasonable accommodation and must sometimes lift and move up to 10 pounds.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
While performing the logistics duties of this job the employee is frequently exposed to moderate noises such as computers printers and other light traffic noise in an office setting.
This role is in-office. Remote work may be performed from a pre-approved location as arranged and scheduled by team management and approved by department leadership.
OTHER DUTIES
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change or be supplemented at any time with or without notice.
Required Experience:
Manager