Consumer Compliance Analyst

We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. Were dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo SoFi several of the Fortune 500 and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaids network covers 12000 financial institutions across the US Canada UK and Europe. Founded in 2013 the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York Washington D.C. London and Amsterdam.

The Compliance team is responsible for ensuring Compliance at Plaid with all the laws and regulations that apply to us as well as our internal policies. We help make sure Plaid stays within the bounds of our legal obligations and partner with business stakeholders to build processes and systems to demonstrate our compliance.

As a Consumer Compliance Analyst youll be the front line of Plaids consumer complaint program. Youll review escalated complaints dig into the data to spot patterns and systemic issues and work cross-functionally to drive fixes that improve the consumer experience. Youll own reporting to senior leadership build relationships with compliance teams at Plaids customers and help calibrate our Consumer Support team to maintain quality and consistency. This role sits at the intersection of compliance product and operations youll need to be equal parts analytical empathetic and collaborative.

Responsibilities

• Review escalated consumer complaints ensuring timely and accurate resolution with a consumer-first approach grounded in empathy and transparency

• Screen complaints for potential regulatory and legal risks and escalate as appropriate
  Conduct quarterly sample testing of non-escalated consumer inquiries to verify correct categorization and handling by the Consumer Support team

• Analyze complaint trends and root causes to identify systemic issues partnering with product engineering operations and legal to implement preventative solutions

• Prepare and deliver regular reporting on complaint performance insights and key metrics to senior leadership and quarterly complaint reporting to the Boards Audit and Risk Committee (ARC) and partner banks

• Build and maintain relationships with compliance counterparts at Plaids customers

• Manage bi-weekly office hours for Consumer Support to address real-time compliance questions

• Run calibrations with the Consumer Support team to identify training gaps and ensure alignment with internal policies and procedures

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of experience in Compliance Legal Risk or a related function in a regulatory or consumer-facing environment

• Experience in Fintech and consumer-focused financial products preferred

• Deep understanding of consumer protection regulations and industry best practices (e.g. UDAAP CCPA GDPR TILA EFTA) preferred

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to prepare clear regulatory summaries and executive-level reporting

• Strategic mindset with the ability to balance compliance requirements risk considerations and consumer experience

• Proven ability to collaborate with technical teams Marketing/Communications Account Owners and other cross-functional partners to advance compliance initiatives communicate findings and drive remediation efforts

• Strong analytical capabilities and problem-solving skills including trend identification root-cause analysis and transforming data into actionable recommendations

• Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership

• Experience building or improving complaint taxonomy/classification systems

• Experience working with partner banks or in a BaaS/program management model

• Experience with QA programs for consumer-facing support teams

Our mission at Plaid is to unlock financial freedom for everyone. To support that mission we seek to build a diverse team of driven individuals who care deeply about making the financial ecosystem more equitable. We recognize that strong qualifications can come from both prior work experiences and lived experiences. We encourage you to apply to a role even if your experience doesnt fully match the job description. We are always looking for team members that will bring something unique to Plaid!

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