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Head of Fair and Responsible Banking

Head of Fair and Responsible Banking

SoFiSan Francisco, CA, United States
5 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Join to apply for the Head of Fair and Responsible Banking role at SoFi

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Base pay range

$182,400.00 / yr - $313,500.00 / yr

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The role :

The Head of Fair and Responsible Banking is a key member of the Compliance senior leadership team responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing the enterprise-wide strategy for fair lending, responsible banking, and consumer complaint management. This role leads the fair lending advisory and analytics functions, which ensures that all business practices are aligned with fair lending regulatory expectations and internal standards.

What you’ll do :

  • Develop and lead the bank’s Fair and Responsible Banking program, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements, enterprise risk appetite, and core values
  • Serve as the enterprise subject matter expert on fair lending, UDAAP, and related consumer protection laws (e.g., ECOA, FHA, regulatory guidance)
  • Provide strategic and operational leadership to the Fair Lending Advisory, Fair Lending Analytics, Responsible Banking, and Complaints Management Oversight teams
  • Build, lead, and mentor a team of highly experienced compliance professionals and data scientists focused on all aspects of fair and responsible banking

Fair Lending Advisory

  • Maintain and execute the fair lending program
  • Lead a team of experienced fair lending officers to execute the program
  • Act as subject matter expert to both the first and second lines, regarding fair lending risk and oversight expectations
  • Advise compliance, risk, product, credit, marketing, etc., teams on fair lending risks across the lending lifecycle
  • Design and execute the fair lending risk assessment
  • Design and execute fair-lending related review and monitoring activity
  • Ensure appropriate and effective fair lending training across the organization
  • Fair Lending Analytics

  • Maintain and execute the fair lending analytics program
  • Lead a team of data scientists to execute the program
  • Act as subject matter expert to both the first and second lines regarding fair lending analytics and ongoing monitoring processes and oversight expectations
  • Oversee the use of advanced statistical and analytics tools to detect and monitor fair lending risk
  • Responsible Banking

  • Maintain and execute the responsible banking program
  • Lead a team of responsible banking officers to execute the program
  • Design and execute the responsible banking risk assessment
  • Act as subject matter expert to both the first and second lines regarding responsible banking risk and oversight expectations
  • Ensure appropriate and effective responsible banking training across the organization
  • Complaints Management

  • Oversee the enterprise complaints management program, ensuring robust intake, analysis, resolution, and escalation processes.
  • Analyze complaint trends to identify systemic issues and opportunities for product or service enhancements
  • Implement effective regulatory complaint response policies
  • Report findings to senior management and help drive root-cause remediation efforts
  • What you’ll need :

  • Deep, applied knowledge of federal and state fair lending and consumer protection laws and regulations (e.g., ECOA, FHA, UDAAP, etc.)
  • 15+ years directly leading fair lending and responsible banking programs at mid to large sized national banks
  • 10+ years directly leading fair lending analytics teams
  • 10+ years applying fair lending concepts to mortgage products and processes (additional experience in the 1LOD preferred)
  • 10+ years applying fair lending concepts across multiple other products and processes (personal loans, student lending, card, auto)
  • 10+ years applying responsible banking concepts across a broad range of banking and financial products and services
  • 7+ years directly leading enterprise complaints oversight programs and broad understanding of a range of associated regulations (Reg E, Reg Z, Reg DD, etc.)
  • Proven ability leading large, highly experienced, teams of compliance officers and data scientists
  • Significant experience leading relationships with regulatory agencies (e.g., CFPB, OCC)
  • Strategic thinker with strong solutions-focused business acumen and ability to influence across all levels of the organization
  • Proven ability to build collaborative relationships with cross-functional partners
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Comfortable presenting to and advising executive leadership and regulators
  • High integrity, ethical judgment, and commitment to advancing financial inclusion and fairness
  • Experience operating in a fast-paced, growth-oriented company
  • Nice to have :

  • Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree in related field
  • Experience working in a bank 1LOD
  • Certification in compliance or risk management (e.g., CRCM, CCEP, FRM).
  • Compensation And Benefits

    The base pay range for this role is listed below. Final base pay offer will be determined based on individual factors such as the candidate’s experience, skills, and location.

    SoFi provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, breastfeeding, and conditions related to breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (40 or over), physical or medical disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military and / or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable state or federal law.

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