# Corporate Compliance Team Lead

**Company:** [World Business Lenders, LLC](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/nsA2DtLTXP3vd9cubZCcqV.md)
**Location:** Remote
**Workplace:** remote

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## Description

**About World Business Lenders** [(www.wbl.com)](https://wbl.com/)

World Business Lenders (WBL) provides short-term, real estate–collateralized commercial loans to small and medium-sized businesses across the United States that do not have access to traditional financing. The company also services its own loan portfolio and those of third parties, with a focus on managing non-performing loan pools and REO.

-   WBL is a U.S.-based company with a fully remote workforce.
-   Working hours are 9:00am–6:00pm Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.
-   The role requires strong spoken and written English.

-   All resumes must be submitted in English.

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Overview**

-   We are seeking a **Corporate Legal Compliance Team Lead** to oversee regulatory compliance related to corporate operations, contract governance, and licensing requirements across U.S. federal and state frameworks. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience ensuring adherence to laws impacting corporate transactions, lending activities, and regulatory reporting obligations.

### **Job Duties and Responsibilities**

-   Take the lead in owning and continuously enhancing our company's compliance management framework.
-   Design, roll out, and upkeep comprehensive compliance policies and procedures that keep us ahead of the curve.
-   Create and deliver engaging compliance and risk management training programs throughout the organization.
-   Foster a robust compliance culture grounded in clear accountability and strong ethical values.
-   Develop a dynamic compliance monitoring and testing program to ensure ongoing adherence.
-   Perform thorough compliance risk assessments and spearhead effective remediation initiatives.
-   Stay informed and vigilant by researching, monitoring, and maintaining up-to-date knowledge of state-by-state legal and regulatory requirements related to lending activities, including interest rate caps, usury laws, licensing, disclosure rules, collateral limitations, and filing or notice obligations.
-   Identify necessary registrations, notices, NMLS-related actions, and other local compliance requirements, collaborating closely with internal teams to implement them smoothly.
-   Translate complex legal and regulatory mandates into clear, actionable guidance for business, operations, legal, and management teams.

## Requirements

**Role Requirements**

-   **Education:** 

-   A degree in Law (Juris Doctor or international equivalent, such as LLB or LLM); **U.S. law school preferred.**

-   **Experience:**

-   We're looking for someone with at least 7 years of experience in U.S. Legal and/or Compliance roles.
-   It’s important to have proven experience working with U.S. federal and state regulatory compliance, legal risk management, as well as policy development and implementation within complex organizations.
-   You’ll benefit from hands-on experience researching and applying multistate U.S. laws and regulations regarding lending, commercial finance, licensing, registrations, disclosures, interest rate limits, usury, and other related operational requirements.
-   Experience in analyzing state-specific legal requirements that impact loan products, collateral structures, governing law, and regulatory or filing obligations—and being able to translate those into clear business rules and internal guidance—is key.
-   We also highly value experience working with or preparing materials for U.S. regulatory and supervisory bodies, such as state regulators, licensing authorities, Secretaries of State, and other relevant agencies.

**Preferred Background / Industry Experience**

-   A solid understanding of U.S. federal and state regulatory frameworks is essential.
-   We highly value experience in financial services, commercial lending, mortgage, consumer finance, fintech, or other industries that are closely regulated.
-   It’s great to have experience with multistate lending compliance, licensing analysis, NMLS-related reviews, state registrations, and managing local filing or notice requirements.
-   If you’ve worked on creating or maintaining state law matrices, lending charts, compliance guidance, or similar tools that help manage state-by-state legal requirements, that’s a big plus!
-   Familiarity with U.S. real estate law, secured transactions, and issues related to collateral compliance would be an added bonus.

**Technical Skills Required**

-   Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and Adobe Acrobat;
-   Strong legal research and regulatory analysis capabilities;
-   Experience conducting compliance monitoring, testing, and risk assessments;
-   Ability to draft policies, procedures, controls, and compliance documentation;
-   Skilled in reviewing and interpreting multi-state legal and regulatory requirements;
-   Experience preparing regulatory summaries, licensing analyses, trackers, and compliance memoranda;
-   Ability to create professional reports, presentations, and business guidance materials.

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Soft Skills Required**

-   Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
-   Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities;
-   Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills;
-   Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment;
-   Strong judgment and ability to handle confidential information professionally;
-   Collaborative mindset with the ability to work cross-functionally with business teams;
-   Proactive, adaptable, and solutions-oriented approach to work.

## Benefits

-   Enjoy Paid Time Off (PTO).
-   Salary paid in USD.
-   Work comfortably 100% from home.