Transamerica

Compliance Manager - Surveillance

Transamerica$100K — $115K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in business, communications, or finance, or equivalent experience
  • 5 years of experience in securities/insurance compliance or related fields, including project management
  • 10 years preferred experience in a similar role
  • FINRA Series 7 and 24 registrations preferred
  • Strong understanding of securities and advisory products and regulatory requirements
  • Excellent analytical, judgment, and decision-making skills

Responsibilities

  • Manage compliance surveillance programs to mitigate risk
  • Interpret regulatory rules to enhance surveillance scenarios
  • Oversee risk-based surveillance and monitoring activities
  • Develop management reporting on surveillance activity and trends
  • Manage response to regulatory examinations and inquiries
  • Collaborate with business partners on surveillance results and remediation strategies
  • Serve as a liaison with third-party vendors on strategic initiatives
  • Lead, coach, and develop team members for continuous improvement

Benefits

  • Competitive Pay
  • Bonus for Eligible Employees
  • Pension Plan
  • 401k Match
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Disability Insurance
  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Employee Discounts
  • Paid Time Off starting at 160 hours annually
  • Ten paid holidays per year
  • Holistic wellness program including coaching
  • 15 days paid parental leave per year
  • Adoption Assistance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Back-Up Care Program
  • Volunteer Hours PTO
  • Employee Matching Gifts Program
  • Inclusion and Diversity Programs
  • Employee Recognition Program
  • Referral Bonus Programs
Full Job Description
Job Family
Regulatory Compliance

Job Description Summary
As a Manager in the Compliance department, this role is responsible for managing and advancing surveillance and oversight functions designed to mitigate legal, regulatory, operational, and reputational risk across securities and insurance distribution channels for the broker-dealer, registered investment adviser and insurance agency businesses.

This role provides strategic direction, people leadership, and program oversight for complex surveillance reviews, risk identification, trend analysis, management reporting, regulatory support, and cross-functional initiatives that strengthen compliance with regulatory requirements, company policies, and sales practice standards.

Job Description

Responsibilities
  • Manage compliance surveillance programs, including policies, procedures, methodologies, monitoring controls, risk indicators, reporting, and escalation processes designed to identify and mitigate conduct and sales practice risk.
  • Interpret FINRA, SEC, state insurance, and other regulatory rules and guidance to design, update, and enhance surveillance scenarios, analytics, procedures, and program controls.
  • Oversee risk-based surveillance and monitoring activities to identify regulatory, compliance, supervisory, and business conduct concerns; ensure reviews are timely, thorough, well-documented, and aligned with applicable standards.
  • Develop and present management reporting on surveillance activity, trends, findings, root causes, emerging risks, remediation status, and recommendations.
  • Manage support for regulatory examinations, audits, inquiries, internal reviews, and information requests, including documentation, analysis, responses, remediation tracking, and completion of commitments.
  • Collaborate with business partners, including Supervision, to evaluate surveillance results, support supervisory follow-up, align on remediation strategies, and strengthen oversight controls.
  • Serve as a liaison with third-party vendors and business partners on strategic initiatives including onboarding of new vendors and ongoing enhancements.
  • Manage the broker-dealer's outside brokerage account surveillance program, including activity reviews, escalations, reporting, and coordination with supervisory and business partners.
  • Lead, coach, and develop team members by setting expectations, providing guidance and feedback, supporting quality assurance, and fostering accountability and continuous improvement.


Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in business, communications, finance or other relevant field, or equivalent and experience
  • 5 years of experience in securities/insurance compliance, suitability review, sales supervision, market conduct, investigations, risk management, financial services, banking, or a related field, including experience leading projects, programs, or teams.


Preferred Qualifications
  • 10 years of experience in securities/insurance compliance, suitability review, sales supervision, market conduct, investigations, risk management, financial services, banking, or a related field, including experience leading projects, programs, or teams.
  • FINRA Series 7 and 24, or other FINRA registrations required by assigned responsibilities.
  • Extensive knowledge and understanding of securities and advisory products, including applicable regulatory, supervisory, and sales practice requirements.
  • Strong leadership, judgment, critical thinking, analytical, investigative, and decision-making skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and guide others through complex issues.
  • Ability to interpret regulatory requirements and company policies, translate requirements into practical program expectations, and drive implementation through communication, training, coaching, and collaboration.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex issues, trends, risks, and recommendations to senior leaders, business partners, auditors, and regulators.
  • Excellent skills using Microsoft Office tools, specifically Excel and ability to create pivot tables
  • Advanced ability to leverage compliance, workflow, surveillance, case management, reporting, or document management systems to support program effectiveness.
  • Experience with FIS Global surveillance software
  • Experience using AI to assist in data analytics or surveillance reviews.


Working Conditions

Working Conditions
  • Hybrid office environment (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
  • Locations: Denver, Cedar Rapids, Baltimore, Philadelphia


Compensation

The Salary for this position generally ranges between $100,000.00 - $115,000.00 annually. Please note that the salary range is a good faith estimate for this position and actual starting pay is determined by several factors including qualifications, experience, geography, work location designation (in-office, hybrid, remote) and operational needs. Salary may vary above and below the stated amounts, as permitted by applicable law.

What We Offer

For eligible employees, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support both the personal and financial well-being of our employees.

Compensation Benefits
  • Competitive Pay
  • Bonus for Eligible Employees


Benefits Package
  • Pension Plan
  • 401k Match
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Disability Insurance
  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Employee Discounts
  • Career Training & Development Opportunities


Health and Work/Life Balance Benefits
  • Paid Time Off starting at 160 hours annually for employees in their first year of service.
  • Ten (10) paid holidays per year (typically mirroring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) holidays).
  • Be Well Company holistic wellness program, which includes Wellness Coaching and Reward Dollars
  • Parental Leave - fifteen (15) days of paid parental leave per calendar year to eligible employees with at least one year of service at the time of birth, placement of an adopted child, or placement of a foster care child.
  • Adoption Assistance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Back-Up Care Program
  • PTO for Volunteer Hours
  • Employee Matching Gifts Program
  • Employee Resource Groups
  • Inclusion and Diversity Programs
  • Employee Recognition Program
  • Referral Bonus Programs

About Transamerica

The Transamerica Corporation is an American holding company for various life insurance companies and investment firms operating primarily in the United States, offering life and supplemental health insurance, investments, and retirement services. The company has major offices located in Baltimore, Maryland; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Denver, Colorado; Norwood, Massachusetts; Exton, Pennsylvania; Harrison, New York; Johns Creek, Georgia; Plano, Texas; and St. Petersburg, Florida. Additional affiliated offices are located throughout the United States. In 1999, it became a subsidiary of Aegon, a European financial services company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands. Transamerica funds the Transamerica Institute, a nonprofit foundation which comprises the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies and the Transamerica Center for Health Studies.
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