Regulatory Associate

Overview

•  World Business Lenders (WBL) is a privately held portfolio lender specializing in real estate-secured business loans for underserved businesses. WBL operates with a fully remote, multinational workforce and an experienced executive leadership team.
• Typically, the work schedule is from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, though additional hours may be required based on business needs.

About the Role

• WBL is seeking a Regulatory Associate to support regulatory research, change management, licensing, filings, disclosure requirements, examinations, and regulatory reporting. This role will help maintain a clear inventory of obligations affecting WBL's lending, servicing, and corporate activities and coordinate timely implementation across the business.

What Success Looks Like 

• Keeps regulatory obligations, changes, licenses, filings, and deadlines accurate and current.
• Converts research into clear summaries, assigned actions, and documented implementation evidence.
• Supports complete and timely regulatory submissions and examination responses.
• Escalates unclear, high-risk, or overdue matters to the Team Lead promptly.

What You'll Be Doing (Core Responsibilities)

• Regulatory Research and Change Management
• • Research applicable federal and state requirements affecting WBL's lending, servicing, and corporate operations.
  • Monitor legal and regulatory developments involving usury, licensing, disclosures, and related obligations.
  • Prepare clear summaries of changes, affected business processes, effective dates, and recommended next steps for review by the Team Lead or legal counsel.
  • Update the regulatory obligations inventory and track assigned implementation actions through completion.
• Licensing, Filings, and Examinations
• • Maintain licensing, registration, renewal, filing, and reporting calendars and supporting documentation.
  • Coordinate information collection and preparation of applications, renewals, reports, certifications, and other submissions.
  • Support regulatory examinations, inquiries, and responses by organizing requests, owners, evidence, drafts, approvals, and deadlines.
  • Maintain accurate, audit-ready records of submissions, approvals, correspondence, and follow-up commitments.
• Business and Policy Support
• • Assist with regulatory reviews of new products, processes, vendors, and jurisdictional expansion.
  • Compare requirements against current policies, procedures, disclosures, and operational practices and identify potential gaps.
  • Coordinate with Legal, Operations, Lending, Servicing, Finance, and other teams to gather facts and implementation evidence.
  • Support updates to policies, procedures, guidance, training materials, and regulatory reference tools.
• Reporting and Process Improvement
• • Prepare status reports on regulatory changes, licensing, filings, examinations, and outstanding actions.
  • Identify approaching deadlines, incomplete records, conflicting information, and overdue actions for escalation.
  • Maintain standardized research files, trackers, checklists, templates, and workflows.
  • Protect confidential and privileged information and follow documented quality-control requirements.

• Education
• • Bachelor's degree in law, legal studies, compliance, finance, business, public policy, or a related field.
  • Paralegal training, JD coursework, or a compliance or regulatory credential is preferred but not required.
    
• Required Experience
• •  2+ years of experience in regulatory compliance, legal research, licensing, risk, audit, or financial-services operations.
  • Experience researching rules, maintaining regulatory calendars, preparing filings, or supporting examinations is preferred.
  • Ability to summarize complex requirements clearly and distinguish confirmed requirements from items requiring legal review.
  • Strong organization, writing, documentation, and deadline-management skills.

Preferred Background / Industry Experience

• Financial services, commercial lending, private lending, banking, fintech, specialty finance, mortgage lending, or another highly regulated industry.

Specific Technical Skills Needed

• Federal and state regulatory research.
• Regulatory change, obligations, licensing, and filing trackers.
• Examination and information-request coordination.
• Microsoft Office and legal, compliance, or regulatory research systems.

Key Competencies

• Research discipline
• Analytical thinking
• Clear writing
• Attention to detail
• Follow-through
• Sound escalation judgment
  

Remote Work Requirements

• Stable, reliable internet connection.
• Professional and dedicated remote working setup.
• Ability to work effectively across a remote, multinational organization and maintain confidentiality.

What We Offer

💰 Compensation in USD.

🏖️ Benefits include paid time off (PTO).

🌍 Work Environment: Fully remote work environment.

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