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Diamond Bar, Ca, Us

St Petersburg, Florida, Us

Managing vendor analysts that work with product developers and business stakeholders to identifyvendor risk issues in a Corporate Credit Union Service Organization environment. Develop new program allowing the organization to implement subject matter specific reviews. Build out process to re-focus policies and procedures to take a risk-based approach to vendor risk. Ensure vendor risk issues are managed under the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) framework. Assist internal business partners in managing third party relationships and tracking third party risk. Contribute to the yearly audit process for the organization’s Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements System and Organization Controls (SOC) Reporting and PCI-DSS Attestation of Compliance. Draft reports for senior managers and executive management teams to provide transparency into vendor risk issues. Working closely with the Enterprise Risk Management Team confirming controls are designed appropriately and operative effectively.

Los Angeles, California, Us

Responsible for executing the ongoing activities related to the development, implementation, maintenance of and adherence to Banc of California’s privacy policies and procedures and access to Nonpublic Personal Information (NPI) in compliance with federal and state laws. Work closely with business units, subject matter experts and executive leadership to manage information privacy risk. Acts as GLBA compliance subject matter analyst. Conducts access and entitlement reviews on applications with access to NPI as required by regulations. Knowledge of, adherence to, monitoring and responsibility for compliance with state and federal regulations and laws as they pertain to this position including but not limited to the following: Regulation Z (Truth in Lending Act), Regulation B (Equal Credit Opportunity Act), Fair Housing Act (FHA), Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) in conjunction with the USA PATRIOT Act, Anti­Money Laundering (AML) and Customer Information Program (CIP), Right to Financial Privacy Act (RFPA, state and federal), Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) regulations. Manage all Third Party Risk aspects.

Los Angeles, California, Us

Act as a primary interface for identifying and analyzing Third Party Risk issues, compliance, and other requirements for various governmental agencies including the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB), and the Federal Reserve Board (FRB). Assist internal business partners in managing third party relationships and tracking third party risk. Use independent judgment and discretion to identify, analyze and summarize contract issues or key points ensuring compliance with Third Party Risk Management policy, laws and regulations. Contribute to the development and implementation of Third Party Risk processes, tools, policies, standards and procedures in alignment with the Enterprise Risk Framework program. Effectively communicates with business owners and leadership on contract requirements, concerns, and/or contract revision needs. Review and analyze incoming third party contracts in collaboration with various stakeholder and subject matter experts.

Analyze state and local policy issues in order to execute strategic plans for progressive and equitable solutions. Draft briefings outlining policy findings for lobbying and community organizing teams. Work with a team of community organizers and lobbyists identifying federal and state policy issues to develop unique solutions to extraordinary problems. Clients areas of focus include - Education Reform, Environmental Justice, Transportation Accessibility, Voting Rights and Civil Rights. Also create, review and negotiate a variety of sales, vendor, labor, employment and other contracts. Drafted standard form agreements, employee and consultant contracts, and improved legal approval processes by assisting with template updates, and creation of new templates. Provide support to ensure legal compliance for various political advocacy efforts. Compliance duties include focus on federal and state campaign finance, lobbying disclosure, and government ethics laws.

San Francisco, California, Us

Conduct detailed research and analysis ensuring key business and regulatory provisions are addressed and implemented within agreements or other project documents. Responsible for assisting in the development and preparation of third-party service provider agreements and other documentation. Work with business units and provides compliance expertise, risk expertise and consulting for projects and initiatives with moderate to high risk to identify, assess and mitigate regulatory risk in all business activities. Evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of agreements, policies, procedures, processes, initiatives, products and internal controls and identifies issues resulting from internal and/or external compliance examinations. Develop, implement, and monitor a risk-based program to identify, assess and mitigate potential operational risks that may arise from inadequate or failed internal processes, people, systems or external events while maintaining a balance between risk mitigation and operational efficiency. Managed project teams and provide guidance to specialists and consultants.

Review and negotiate a variety of sales, vendor, labor, employment and other contracts; draft standard agreements, employee and consultant contracts, and improved legal approval processes by assisting with template updates, and creation of new templates. Draft and maintain documents for corporate entities, including, drafting minutes, maintaining corporate minute book and stockholder records, drafting amendments to bylaws, articles of incorporations, resolutions and written consents. Assisted with proxy statements and annual meetings (notices, proxy materials, ballots, affidavits of mailing, and agendas). Maintain contracts database for corporate clients, including, archive of important clauses for breach, insolvency and material change in ownership. Oversee all Chapter 11 compliance issues with the Office of the United States Trustee. Supervise a group of paralegals to support the firm’s corporate Chapter 11 bankruptcy and litigation practice. Assist attorneys with the day-to-day management of litigation cases; prepared court filings including, cite and fact checking legal briefs, and assembling of exhibits and appendices; draft discovery documents, subpoenas, document productions, and privilege logs. Maintain electronic and hard copy case files.

Review and draft intellectual property contracts, including Terms of Use for websites, Terms and Conditions for internet advertising, End User License Agreements for mobile applications, and Privacy Policies. Review and perform risk analysis regarding transactional contracts. Work with in-house corporate counsel on continuing compliance for a publically traded company. Research developing issues of intellectual property regarding management of online content. Develop, review, and coordinate employee benefit plans. Interpret and monitor third-party vendor contracts and resolve complex contractual issues. Develop various employee benefits materials, such as benefit plan documents, summary plan descriptions, and open-enrollment information. Key member of the due diligence team assisting in document production and review for AT&T-Ingenio merger. Research and draft memoranda for corporate documents, business contracts review and intellectual property contract review. Manage contracts for third-party service providers, vendors and partners. Work with General Counsel to maintain intellectual property rights, including trademarks, patents, copyrights and end-user online agreements. Responsible for benefits administration, including analysis and management of medical, dental, vision, health and wellness, and other benefits. Research, interpret and apply Federal and State employee benefits laws.

Oversee all programs, including voting rights, international diplomacy trips, education policy, legislative advocacy, community development and census redistricting. Draft responses to Requests for Proposals (“RFPs”) to submit to potential corporate and private donors. Meet with potential donors to obtain financing from foundations, corporations and other donors. Analyze and research information on policy impacts of local and national legislation. Coordinate fundraising and policy discussion events. Meet with elected officials and other policy makers to advocate organization’s position on proposed legislation. Write and edit articles for quarterly newsletter with information regarding policy changes. Draft press releases for all national media campaigns and create content for online presence. Organize grassroots leaders to provide testimony for legislative committee hearings. Supervise all staff and manage day-to-day operations.

J.D., International Comparative Law

B.A., Political Science