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San Jose, CA, US

• Play a key leadership role in mitigating risks and meeting the challenges of a rapidly evolving regulatory environment characterized by a heightened regulatory surveillance. Promoted to senior leadership role with.
• Manage, coach, and develop a team leading and executing global regulatory compliance audit projects across EMEA, APAC, and NA.
• Provide strategic and thought leadership in the development of the annual internal audit plan, and execution of a wide range of internal audit projects from the planning through to reporting, while collaborating.
• Strategically partner with executives across the organization to identify emerging areas of risk through participation in key risk management committees, working groups and boards.

San Jose, CA, US

• Provide global strategic leadership for PayPal’s Black employee resource group to attract, develop and retain diverse individuals, while elevating culture.
• Actively work with the Head of Talent and the Diversity & Inclusion team to design and implement strategies and initiatives to shape PayPal’s culture of inclusion, equity, employee engagement through the launch of an.
• Co-leading alongside legal counsel, compliance, and other subject matter experts PayPal’s self-identification data collection project for baseline and additional dimensions of diversity that would allow PayPal to.

San Jose, CA, US

• Oversaw a portfolio of global compliance audits covering key consumer compliance regulations, including Regulation E, Regulation Z (Truth In Lending Act), Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (Including Regulation P), Unfair.
• Monitored and strengthened internal controls related to compliance and legal risks, while partnering effectively with key stakeholders.

New York, NY, US

• Strategic partner to business for all bank regulatory matters, charged with holistically managing day-to-day regulatory interactions and relationships to ensure alignment with regulatory expectations
• Consulted with business partners to provide context, insight, market intelligence and cross-enterprise perspective, ensuring consistent messaging across the company and facilitating an understanding of regulatory.
• Solicited input from stakeholders and provided oversight for the development and implementation of technology resources and infrastructure necessary for managing critical interactions, data retention, reporting and.

New York, NY, US

• Responsible for strategic leadership and oversight for a team of 12 project managers and $18MM budget to effectively scope, track and report on strategic initiatives and projects that address process enhancements.
• Repurposed and enhanced the team's bench strength by developing a vision and roadmap for roles and responsibilities to drive superior performance
• Added rigor to the project management office processes through the development and formalization of policies and procedures to provide enhanced governance, controls, and transparency
• Leveraged company and industry knowledge and relationships to develop win-win solutions contingent on a variety of technologies, business processes, and techniques to enable growth by eliminating waste

New York, NY, US

• Partnered with compliance, operational risk, and business management functions across the company to identify and assess the impact of risk factors for Internal Audit's risk management processes and business monitoring.
• Utilized organizational, leadership, and technical skills to manage, develop, and lead a team of twelve auditors to assess and report on the control environment, providing actionable recommendations to mitigate.
• Led the team through global audits for Bank Secrecy Act/ Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Corruption, and consumer compliance, covering various regulations including Truth-In-Lending and Credit CARD Act (Regulation Z).
• Effectively managed competing priorities on ad hoc projects including external regulator requested projects, quality assurance reviews, and standard audit program development to enhance and drive efficiencies across.
• Facilitated monthly team meetings to enhance the technical and soft skills of the Internal Audit compliance team and provide a forum to promote team camaraderie and employee engagement

New York, NY, US

• Developed standard audit programs to enhance Internal Audit's regulatory compliance reviews of Bank Secrecy Act/ Anti-Money Laundering and consumer compliance regulatory requirements
• Facilitated annual employee development programs that covered topics including Anti-Money Laundering, consumer compliance regulations, Professional Presence, and Time Management
• Led the American Express Healthy Living and Diversity Organization committees and coordinated quarterly seminars and career mentoring sessions to drive employee engagement

Worldwide, OO

• Applied risk based audit strategies and project management skills to supervise over 2,000 hours of planning, executing, and reporting on financial services, gaming, and lodging Internal Audit projects for domestic and.
• Participated in annual audit planning processes for multi-million dollar gaming, lodging, and financial services clients
• Developed a new hire orientation program and a formal regulatory compliance training program (including Anti-Money Laundering) for the Enterprise Risk Services group and audit clients

Bethesda, MD, US

• Utilized business risk assessment methodologies to develop and execute business unit audit plans and strategies for the company's domestic and international lodging and casino portfolios
• Developed standard audit programs to drive efficiencies and streamline the department's compliance and operational audit engagements across the audit portfolio
• Facilitated the development of a new hire training program for the Internal Audit department to retain and develop top talent