Sr. Compliance Specialist

Job description

The Sr. Compliance Specialist is responsible for the facilitation, coordination, and execution of regulatory-related projects (with a current emphasis in privacy) on behalf of DFA’s Value Integrity Compliance Program. Work involves diverse and complex tasks across projects, including understanding the applicability and potential impact of certain regulations on DFA, and collaborating with business units to document internal controls, ensure compliance, and mitigate risk. Job Duties and Responsibilities: - Lead cross-functional projects for compliance initiatives (with a current emphasis in privacy) across the organization - Collaborate with business units in the development of solutions to limit compliance risk, support risk mitigation plans to completion, and provide guidance to address changes in the regulatory environment - Research, evaluate, and respond to unique or unprecedented compliance and regulatory inquiries - Navigate ambiguity and incomplete information by identifying the right stakeholders (e.g., business owners, IT, Security, Legal, and outside counsel), facilitating discussions or fact-finding, and documenting outcomes, decisions, and next steps - Drive cross-funct...