Privacy Lead Compliance Specialist
Discover. A brighter future.
With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.
Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.
Job Description
What You’ll Do
Become a member of a talented and dynamic team which hones Discover’s competitive edge by championing the fair and respectful treatment of consumers and their personal information. Continued growth and enhancement of Discover’s enterprise privacy program allows for the opportunity to interact with business and demonstrate privacy expertise across the organization.
- Help management maintain and enhance department or functional units in support of the overall compliance program.
- Collaborate with management to identify compliance issues and corrective action plans and communicate the scope and severity of identified concerns to the applicable level of management.
How You’ll Do It
- Assist in obtaining and developing content for presentations for committee reporting.
- Support the business in operationalizing legal and regulatory requirements.
- Understand key data privacy regulations (e.g. GLBA, FCRA, TCPA, CAN-SPAM, GDPR and CCPA).
- Maintain a high level of awareness and knowledge of regulatory compliance requirements and assist in the identification of compliance risks.
- Manage the activities of the Compliance staff (direct/indirect) and take responsibility for the overall integrity and quality of the work product.
- Collaborate with business partners in the first line of defense regarding compliance risks and controls.
- Create and maintain work product and supporting documentation.
- Communicate results and/or concerns verbally and in writing.
- Ensure compliance issues are brought to the attention of senior compliance professionals.
- Monitor and validate the status of corrective actions taken by business partners to remediate concerns.
- Review and investigate elevated complaints as key Compliance point of contact in areas such as DCC/EOCA, review tracking and trending, and assist business with identification of process improvements to mitigate compliance risks identified by complaint analysis.
- Evaluate, monitor and/or test the adequacy of business processes and practices with respect to risks, controls, and regulatory requirements, and identification of gaps and issues.
- Assist more senior compliance professionals in evaluating the adequacy of business policies, procedures, training and reference materials, system and manual processes, and provides support for research of regulatory requirements.
- Assist Principals, Managers, or Senior Manager in discrete portions of larger projects.
Qualifications You’ll Need
The Basics
- Bachelor's degree in any field
- 4+ years of experience in Project Management, Compliance, Risk, Operations, Governance, or related field
Bonus Points If You Have
- 6+ years of experience in Compliance, Law, Risk Operations, Governance, or related field
- 2+ years of experience in Privacy or Information Security
- In lieu of a degree, 8+ years of experience in Compliance, Law, Risk Operations, and Governance
- Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager
- JD, CISA, CIPP, CRMP, PMP, RIMS, or similar license/certification
At Discover, be part of a culture where diversity, teamwork and collaboration reign. Join a company that is just as employee-focused as it is on its customers and is consistently awarded for both. We are all about people, and our employees are why Discover is a great place to work. Be the reason we help millions of consumers build a brighter financial future and achieve yours along the way with a rewarding career.
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