Analyst, Internal Controls & Remediation

Octane is unlocking the power of financial products for merchants and consumers. Our cutting-edge technology and innovative financial products empower businesses with more control and flexibility, enabling them to deliver seamless digital experiences, drive customer loyalty, and build long-term value.  

Octane supports merchants throughout the sales cycle: connecting dealerships with high-intent buyers, driving transparent, fast, and easy closings with award-winning technology, and providing on-going customer care with superior loan servicing.

Founded in 2014, Octane supports over 60 OEM partner brands and over 4,000 dealer partners, and has a team of over 600. Visit www.octane.co.

We are currently looking for an Analyst, Internal Controls and Remediation to join our Operations team. You will also support project management of self-identified issues remediation. You will assist with development, execution and support of the self-identified issue closure testing.  The right candidate will have operational experience in the consumer financial services industry, experience with developing test planning, scripting and execution.  The right candidate will also be extremely detail oriented and comfortable with project management.  This is a remote position reporting to the Senior Director, Internal Controls & Remediation with limited travel throughout the year. 

Responsibilities:

• Support development of self-identified issues closure testing methodologies, planning, scripting, sampling, execution and documentation.
• Assist in development of proper monitoring programs to ensure 1st LOD controls and processes are working as intended.
• Partner closely with peers to understand the process risks and develop process control reporting requirements.
• Must be capable of determining the root cause of issues and develop effective remediation plans to mitigate the risks.
• Must be capable to perform manual control testing to ensure that procedures are being followed as written and approved with no control gaps.
• May act as a Project Manager for 1st LoD Business Controls & Remediation related initiatives, tracking business decisions and ensuring outcomes to meet policy and procedure standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners and Legal to design, implement, and support a procedurally compliant program.
• Work closely with the Servicing, Collections and Credit Ops and Risk teams to support Octane business processes, decisioning models and credit policies while ensuring compliance is properly embedded and monitored for completeness and accuracy.
• Experience in requirement gathering and analysis, working with stakeholders, workflows Business processing, Mapping and control gap analysis.
• Provide 1st LoD Business Controls and Remediation advisory support on assigned processes and procedures.
• Troubleshoot the process control reporting environment, database and reports.
• Evaluate and fully understand current policies & procedures.
• Develop KRIs and KPIs.
• Limited travel (maybe 3-5 times) per year.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree followed by 3 -5 years of professional experience in Risk & Compliance (Fair Lending experience preferred) with background in compliance testing, audit or risk.
• 5+ years of direct data management and data controls testing and reporting experience.  Includes experience in the utilization of related technology tools.
• Strong technical skills with programs such as Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong knowledge of regulations governing financial institutions.
• ​​Experience in testing technical controls in financial institutions associated with compliance, SOX, audit, operational risk or related functions.
• Experience in requirement gathering and analysis, working with stakeholders, workflows Business processing, Process Mapping and GAP analysis.
• Experience working with consumer financial laws and regulations including but not limited to ECOA, TCPA, FCRA, TILA, UDAAP, FDCPA, EFTA.
• Familiarity with risk measurement approaches including development of Key Risk Indicators and thresholds and associated reporting and analytics tools (e.g., Tableau).
• Experience with a GRC tool (Orion, Archer, SAI360, etc.).

Compensation: The role described above offers a base salary of $65,000 to $85,000.  Your offer will be based on the alignment of your qualifications with the requirements of the job, location, and internal equity.  In addition to the above-mentioned salary, Total Rewards include a stock option package, and benefits as outlined below.

Benefits:

• Robust Health Care Plans (Medical, Dental & Vision) 
• Generous Parental Leave
• Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy - Time off when you need it. 
• Retirement Plan (401K) with company match
• Educational Assistance/Tuition Reimbursement up to $3K/year
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Short Term/Long Term Disability
• Robust Ancillary benefits including accident insurance, hospital insurance etc.

Disclaimer:  The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by associates assigned to this classification.  They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.  All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

Octane Lending is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected status with respect to recruitment, hiring, promotion and other terms and conditions of employment.