Director of Regulatory Affairs

Come work with us:

Metropolitan Commercial Bank (the “Bank”) is a New York City based full-service commercial bank that provides a broad range of business, commercial and personal banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, private and public middle-market and corporate enterprises and institutions, municipalities and local government entities. The Bank operates banking centers and private client offices in Manhattan and Boro Park, Brooklyn in New York City and Great Neck on Long Island in New York State.

The Bank is a New York State chartered commercial bank, a member of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and an equal housing lender. The parent company of Metropolitan Commercial Bank is Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (NYSE: MCB).

For more information, please visit the Bank’s website at MCBankNY.com.

Metropolitan Commercial Bank was named one of Newsweek's Best Regional Banks and Credit Unions 2024. The Bank was ranked by Independent Community Bankers of America among the top ten successful loan producers for 2023 by loan category and asset size for commercial banks with more than $1 billion in assets. The Bank finished ninth in S&P Global Market Intelligence’s annual ranking of the best-performing community banks with assets between $3 billion and $10 billion for 2022 and eighth among top-performing community banks in the Northeast region for 2022.

About the role:

As the Regulatory Affairs leader within our bank, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring compliance with all relevant regulatory requirements and standards. You will be responsible for navigating the complex regulatory landscape, interpreting regulatory guidelines, and implementing strategies to ensure the bank’s operations adhere to all applicable laws and regulations.  You will serve as a primary point of contact for our regulatory authorities and manage all correspondence, meetings, and examination deliverables with minimal supervision.  Your role, reporting directly to the Bank’s Chief Risk Officer (CRO), will be to provide sound governance processes that cover all of our regulatory engagements to ensure an efficient and coordinated response to all regulatory requirements.

Duties and responsibilities of the job include the following (but is not limited too):

• Regulatory Liaison: Serve as the primary point of contact for regulatory agencies, facilitating communications and ensuring regulatory inquiries and examinations are addressed promptly and accurately. Work closely with senior leadership across the bank to coordinate collection and facilitate organized submissions for regulatory requests for information and materials. Provide governance and leadership around meeting expected timelines and deliverables.  Review all regulatory submissions closely to ensure the bank provides accurate, comprehensive, and quality information and materials.
• Regulatory Compliance: Monitor, interpret, and implement changes in banking regulations, ensuring the bank’s policies, procedures, and operations remain compliant. Maintain thorough knowledge of banking regulations, bank operations, procedures, accounting, risk management controls, and other internal control objectives and practices.
• Policy Development: Develop and maintain regulatory policies and procedures to ensure adherence to all regulatory requirements. Assist the Risk Management and Compliance departments, in coordination with legal, to maintain sound policies and procedures related to all regulatory requirements and expected practices.
• Risk Management: Identify and assess regulatory risks associated with the bank’s operations and develop strategies to mitigate these risks effectively. Work closely with the CRO, and senior leadership, to identify, discuss, and address emerging regulatory trends that may impact relevant business operations from a risk management and regulatory compliance perspective.  Assist senior leadership with regulatory change management functions to ensure the bank is managing effectively changing regulatory landscapes. 
• Regulatory Reporting: Oversee the preparation and submission of regulatory reports to senior management, the Board of Directors, and relevant authorities, ensuring accuracy and timeliness. Provide detailed reporting concerning any regulatory issues outstanding along with up to date (monthly) commentary on regulatory engagement activities across the enterprise.
• Assist the Enterprise Risk Management department with developing issues management tools and reporting, including regulatory remediation activities, and required follow up with remediation plan owners.

Preferred experience, education, and qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business administration, law, or a related field. Advanced degree or professional certifications are preferred (e.g. JD, MBA, CRCM, CAMS).
• Extensive experience (10-15+ years years) in regulatory affairs or compliance within the banking or financial services industry.
• Knowledge of Federal Reserve, New York State Department of Financial Services and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules and regulations.
• In-depth knowledge of banking regulations and regulatory frameworks, including but not limited to Basel III, Dodd-Frank Act, BSA/AML, and consumer protection laws. Knowledge of requirements for banks exceeding the $10 billion asset threshold.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex regulatory requirements and assess their impact on business operations.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate regulatory requirements and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Proven leadership abilities, with experience leading cross-functional teams and driving regulatory compliance initiatives.
• Detail-oriented and organized, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Sound judgment and decision-making skills, with the ability to balance regulatory requirements with business objectives and risk considerations.

Potential Salary: $200,000 - $250,000 annually

This salary range only reflects base wages and does not include benefits, bonus, or incentive pay. Salary bands are purposefully wide ranging to encompass the different factors considered in determining where a candidate falls in the range, including but not limited to, seniority, performance, experience, education, and any other legitimate, non-discriminatory factor permitted by law.

Metropolitan Commercial Bank provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.