Sr. Compliance Manager

Unum • Portland, ME

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About The Position

This is a multi faceted Ethics & Compliance program role where you’ll perform key enterprise compliance processes, drive communications, and partner across the business to keep global compliance programs running smoothly and engaging for employees. You’ll manage the annual Ethics and Compliance training—from planning, scheduling, and tracking progress to reporting and handling training exceptions. You will also serve as the lead for our Conflicts of Interest and Corporate Policy Compliance programs. The role works closely with Communications, HR, L&D, Finance/Expense teams, and SMEs across the U.S., UK, and Ireland to support policy management, create communications, deliver training engagement, and lead events such as Compliance, Ethics, and Risk Week. We’re seeking someone proactive, organized, and detail oriented, who communicates clearly, manages multiple deadlines, builds strong relationships, brings creativity to training and communications, and can navigate ambiguity with confidence. Corporate communications or training experience is a plus, Workiva experience is a bonus, and the ideal candidate brings energy, critical thinking, and the ability to influence and motivate partners across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required or equivalent business experience
• Minimum 5+ years regulatory experience and/or working in the legal environment
• Extensive technical skills – Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
• Strong/proven knowledge of business processes and structure within an insurance environment
• Proven ability to research various areas and gather relevant information and positively impact project delivery with solution recommendations and implementation
• 8+ years demonstrated strength in project management, experience working on process improvement and ability to manage multiple, conflicting priorities
• Expert verbal and oral communication ability
• Expert organization skills for documentation and other aspects of position
• Extensive experience for successful partnering with areas outside own department
• Extensive ability to resolve issues/conflict and negotiate and facilitate with project groups with proven experience driving group to successful completion
• Expert ability to analyze complex issues, resolve problems and appropriate recommendations for solutions

Nice To Haves

• Corporate communications or training experience is a plus
• Workiva experience is a bonus
• the ideal candidate brings energy, critical thinking, and the ability to influence and motivate partners across the organization

Responsibilities

• Perform complex project planning and management/implementation and reporting
• Develop, implement, and manage workflow process and measures and ad hoc reporting to support key compliance initiatives
• Streamline and manage reporting to establish effective reporting
• Assists with responsibility for responding to regulatory investigations/audits and sensitive compliance projects
• Direct and partner with senior management to improve and build data to effectively manage projects, trends and initiatives for global compliance and regulatory affairs
• Develop, implement, and monitor programs to prevent, detect and correct compliance issues
• Develop comprehensive recommendations on improving compliance related processes and/or procedures; partner with management to implement solutions and generate savings
• Direct and facilitate productivity improvements plans necessary to support compliance programs
• Oversee risk identification, evaluation and assist with risk mitigation, and for coordinating with other business areas in addressing compliance risks
• Exercises leadership and critical thinking skills to provide strategic coaching to the business/staff areas on compliance and regulatory requirements, coordinating across multiple segments, subsidiaries, and product lines
• Develops and conducts training on regulatory compliance for business partners
• Serve in leadership role on department and compliance initiatives working closely with management and peers
• May perform other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Award-winning culture
• Inclusion and diversity as a priority
• Performance Based Incentive Plans
• Competitive benefits package that includes: Health, Vision, Dental, Short & Long-Term Disability
• Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!)
• Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution
• Mental health support
• Career advancement opportunities
• Student loan repayment options
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible work environments

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level