Manager, Quality Assurance/Quality Control - Bank Financial Crimes

Why USAA?

The Opportunity

• Holds responsibility for recruiting, developing, and retaining hard-working team dedicated to quality management, compliance and risk control monitoring and evaluation efforts.
• Manages employee performance and facilitates professional development and career progression.
• Ensures employees understand how the tasks they perform help mitigate risk and protect the brand and reputation of USAA.
• Plans, develops, implements, and monitors all Quality and Affiliate evaluation processes and procedures as well as specialty evaluation requests, ad-hoc studies, and projects.
• Manages, supports, and calibrates to deliver evaluation results and analysis to various partners and internal/external customers.
• Provides recommendations to process and product owners for improvements based on industry best practices and regulatory/compliance standards.
• Provides guidance and support related to various review and evaluation aspects, including but not, limited to assisting with action plans and follow-up on plan execution. Identifies opportunities to automate/streamline quality and compliance efforts.
• Creates a collaborative environment that fosters cross-functional communication, both internal and external to CoSA, for collective success towards attainment of strategic/tactical quality and compliance objectives.
• Achieves optimal productivity through managing workload volumes, staffing, training needs, and identifying and implementing appropriate quality reviews/evaluations performance standards.
• Reviews evaluations performed, territories, methods of inspection and Affiliate relationships to ensure quality processes are relevant and business risks are mitigated.
• May serves as the SME for policies, procedures, practices and expertise for CoSA/Affiliate Quality and Reinspection Programs.
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

What you have:

• Bachelor’s degree; OR 4 years of related experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• 6 years of progressive related experience in a quality assurance, control role within a financial services industry, combined with customer service, operations, or processing experience in relevant industry.
• 2 years of direct team lead, supervisory or management experience.
• Strong communication skills with demonstrated ability to deliver presentations and communicate information in a way that is easily understood by varying audiences.
• Advanced understanding of the quality assurance subject area and demonstrated application of knowledge, skills and abilities towards work products and deliverables.
• Knowledge of federal laws, rules, regulations, and applicable guidance to include: UDAAP, TILA/REG Z, BSA/AML, Reg P, Reg E, Reg CC, OCC Heightened Standards.

What sets you apart:

• US military experience through military service or a military spouse/domestic partner.
• 6 years of experience in Bank Financial Crimes including, but not limited to Fraud Detection, Investigations, or Recovery Operations, Regulation E/Z Disputes, Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
• 6 years of experience in Root Cause Analysis.
• Deliver timely, relevant, and meaningful communication, coaching and performance development feedback to all QA Advisors.
• Proficient knowledge in analyzing data and developing reports that support analysis conclusion.
• Uses proficient knowledge to provide guidance in the design, assessment, implementation and/or administration of moderately complex quality assurance/control programs, practices, and policies.
• Identifies and evaluates quality standards, measurements, and process improvements to ensure they are aligned with internal practices and regulatory requirements.
• Administers quality assurance/control programs and communicates quality program decisions.
• Briefs key stakeholders and management on quality assurance/control review results, trends, studies, and initiatives, and recommends courses of action.
• Identifies issues and provides timely escalation to appropriate business leaders.

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.

What we offer:

Compensation: USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market data of the position. The actual salary for this role may vary by location. The salary range for this position is: $89,990 - $161,990.

Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.

Benefits: At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals.

For more details on our outstanding benefits, please visit our benefits page on USAAjobs.com.

Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis, this posting will remain open until the position is filled. Thus, interested candidates are encouraged to apply the same day they view this posting.

USAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.