About Column
For companies building financial technology and transforming the financial services space, the biggest bottleneck to their growth and innovation is often the underlying banks and infrastructure stack they rely on. We have spent our careers founding and scaling companies like Plaid, Square, SoFi, Blend, and Affirm, and have seen this problem firsthand — builders and developers needing to partner with traditional banks, and creating API and abstraction layers over the patchwork that is the bank, its core, and many other vendors. All of this results in a complex (and often expensive) banking supply chain involving a user, fintech, BaaS middleware provider, bank, core and the Federal Reserve.
At Column, we set out to simplify and fix this. We are a bank and a software company built from the ground up, offering builders and developers technology-forward banking solutions that cut out the hundreds of vendors, middleware providers, and abstraction layers. This means a safer, more transparent, and less costly banking supply chain. Come build with us!
The opportunity
The Regulatory Affairs, Compliance, and Legal teams provide guidance to the Bank on a wide range of financial services and Bank regulatory matters. They serve as a key point of contact for the Bank’s primary regulator, and are responsible for management of the Bank’s regulatory relationships, legal affairs, exam management, and compliance management systems.
Regulatory & Legal Operations will be responsible for assisting members of the Regulatory Affairs, Compliance, and Legal functions with key projects related to regulatory relations, exam management, legal documentation, compliance-related deliverables, and corporate governance. This individual has direct experience managing projects that involve a variety of stakeholders at either a financial institution or financial technology company. They have the ability to track deliverables and prepare reports for Senior Management and the Board on progress against those deliverables, including overall status, key milestones and blockers. A strong candidate is detail-oriented with strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects at once.
What you’ll do
Develop detailed project plans to track deliverables associated with regulatory exams and requests for information;
Assist members of Senior Management in preparing Board and Committee meeting materials, including presentations and associated reporting;
Track key corporate governance activities, including required Board & Committee reviews to ensure timely approvals and documentation;
Maintain schedules of key regulatory and corporate governance-related meetings;
Work with the Legal Department to ensure organization of key legal documents, including contracts and associated materials;
Coordinate subpoena responses and litigation deliverables under supervision of Legal Department;
Support key governance processes, including the Bank’s New Products Program and Third-Party Risk Management Program, as needed;
Maintain organized documentation related to client and supplier relationships and regulatory interactions and requests
What you’ll need to be successful
Bachelor’s degree and minimum of 3 years of project management experience, preferably at a financial institution or FinTech company
Bank regulatory experience preferred but not required
Detail oriented with excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
Experience managing cross-functional projects and working with stakeholders across different departments
Familiarity with corporate governance processes (Board of Directors, Committees etc.) a plus
Experience responding to regulatory exam, subpoena, and litigation requests strongly preferred
Notary public in NY or CA preferred
What you’ll get from us
Flexible PTO
Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans (including options 100% subsidized by Column)
FSA + HSA options
401(k) plan
Commuter benefits
Sponsored lunches and dinners
We look forward to hearing from you
Column is committed to working with the best and brightest people from the broadest talent pool possible. We value bringing together a team with different perspectives, educational backgrounds, and life experiences, and believe a diversity of ideas is what allows us to develop the best solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application and recruiting process, please complete the form here.
We look forward to hearing from you
Column is committed to working with the best and brightest people from the broadest talent pool possible. We value bringing together a team with different perspectives, educational backgrounds, and life experiences, and believe a diversity of ideas is what allows us to develop the best solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application and recruiting process, please reach out to [email protected]
