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Heather L Spaeth

Senior Compliance Manager
Soddy Daisy,TN
Heather L Spaeth

Work Preference

Desired Job Title

Vice PresidentSenior Compliance Officer- Business Relationship Compliance Risk Process ManagerSenior Compliance Officer- Client List Screening Team ManagerCompliance Officer- AML Compliance Manager

Work Type

Full Time

Location Preference

On-SiteRemoteHybrid
Location: Soddy Daisy, TN, USChattanooga, TN
Open to relocation: No

Salary Range

85000/yr - 156000/yr

Important To Me

Work-life balanceCompany Culture401k matchStock Options / Equity / Profit SharingCareer advancementWork from home optionPaid time offPaid sick leave

Summary

With over 20 years of experience in the financial industry, this professional brings a positive and outgoing demeanor that sets the stage for a performance-driven approach as a Vice President. Passionate about utilizing excellent organizational and communication skills to effectively lead and manage teams, they align systems with business requirements, policies, and regulatory standards. Maintaining a results-oriented mindset and deep understanding of business processes, they drive impactful outcomes based on sound overall business judgment. Their success in this field is attributed to strong technical and analytical skills, combined with effective communication and time management abilities. They possess extensive knowledge of regulatory and internal audit requirements related to financial crime, sanctions, and anti-money laundering investigations. Their expertise extends to sanctions screening, politically exposed persons, anti-money laundering compliance, risk assessment, quality assurance, data security, and fraud. Navigating complex financial landscapes is second nature to them.

Overview

11
years of professional experience

Work History

JP Morgan & Chase
Newark, DE

Vice President
01.2024 - Current

Job overview

  • Cultivated strong relationships with key stakeholders, including customers, vendors, regulators, and community leaders to promote collaboration and long-term success.
  • Led cross-functional teams for the successful completion of major projects, resulting in increased efficiency and client satisfaction.
  • Demonstrated proficient leadership skills to motivate employees and build competent teams.
  • Collaborated with senior management to develop strategic initiatives and long term goals.
  • Audit and regulatory management

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Newark, DE

Senior Compliance Officer- Business Relationship Compliance Risk Process Manager
08.2020 - 01.2024

Job overview

  • Build, develop, and maintain relationships with business and internal control partners (Audit, Risk & Compliance) to facilitate collaboration between all lines of business for quality, metrics, and screening process against risk screening watchlists
  • Identify potential concerns and control issues, determine the root cause of those issues, and ensure appropriate corrective actions are developed and implemented by stakeholders
  • Governance of procedures, training, and reduction of procedural gaps
  • Provide quality reporting metrics to all key business stakeholders
  • Manage communication on results of quality control reviews, risk results, identify any trends, and implement remediation courses of action to various stakeholders
  • Provide reporting and compliance risk findings to key Stakeholders and Senior Leaders on a monthly basis

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Newark, DE

Senior Compliance Officer- Client List Screening Team Manager
02.2017 - 08.2020

Job overview

  • Managed a Client List Screening Team consisting of 25 analysts
  • Responsibilities include:
  • Sanctions(OFAC)
  • PEP (Politically Exposed Persons)
  • Negative media
  • Anti- Corruption
  • Terminated relationship screening
  • Urgent process for newly on-boarded customers with an expedited 24-hour screening SLA to review our clients against various watch lists
  • Global Team that also coordinated with the external line of business, Asset Wealth Management, Commercial Banking, Corporate and Commercial Investment Banking
  • Developed and implemented improvements to automate the real-time screening processes for New to Bank Customers
  • Responsible for performing supervisory reviews which served as an agent for quality control
  • Develop feedback process, training program and coaching to analysts
  • Participated in UAT Testing in designing, assessing, and implementing complex technological releases for process improvement initiatives

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Newark, DE

Compliance Officer- AML Compliance Manager
03.2014 - 02.2017

Job overview

  • Participated in all hiring and build-out of the Anti-Money Laundering program
  • Conducted testing and monitoring activities to assess the design and effectiveness of the firm’s AML/Sanctions/KYC controls and processes for compliance with applicable AML/OFAC Sanctions/Know Your Customer regulations and the Firms Standard
  • Developed a New Hire Training Program including typologies, investigations, and SAR reporting utilized by the AML Department
  • Navigate and research areas under review to comprehensively understand how the business functions in preparation for assigned review
  • Adjusts communications to match the style and level of understanding of policies/procedures and laws/regulations
  • Manages all aspects of a compliance and operational risk from end to end including, metrics, identifying control weakness, and providing recommendations for remediation
  • Performed quality review, coaching, and professional development and career advancement for a Team up to 25 analysts
  • Gained an advanced knowledge of compliance policies and procedures with emphasis on Federal regulations (BSA, OFAC, AML & USA Patriot Act) and operational risks

Skills

  • PowerPoint Proficiency
  • Excel Spreadsheet Management
  • Document Creation
  • Proficient in Pivot Table Creation
  • Presentation Development
  • Deadline Management Expertise
  • Effective Interpersonal Communication
  • Collaborative Team Engagement
  • Team Leadership
  • Analytical Problem Solving
  • Effective Problem Resolution
  • Confident Presentation Skills
  • Client relationship building
  • Operations management
  • Documentation and reporting
  • Risk management
  • Operations oversight

Leadership And Honors

  • Blue Ribbon Quality Award, 06/01/20, Contributed to the quality program by significantly delivering against one or more of the five core pillars – Communication, Standards, Training, Testing, and Continuous Improvement.
  • Campus Fire Warden, 2014-Present
  • Member of the Women's Interactive Network, 2014-Present
  • Veterans Mid-Atlantic Club, 2015-Present
  • Chaired Step-Up for World Hunger, 2015
  • Member of Corporate Sector Women, 2014-2015

Timeline

Vice President

JP Morgan & Chase
01.2024 - Current

Senior Compliance Officer- Business Relationship Compliance Risk Process Manager

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
08.2020 - 01.2024

Senior Compliance Officer- Client List Screening Team Manager

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
02.2017 - 08.2020

Compliance Officer- AML Compliance Manager

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
03.2014 - 02.2017