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Valerie Chavez

Las Vegas,NV

Summary

Quality-driven Compliance Analyst familiar with tracking, documentation and reporting requirements. Assesses work, materials and procedures and recommends adjustments to maintain compliance. Over 10 years of experience and determined to exceed expectations and promote developed skill in collecting information about organizational practices and using technical tools to interpret the findings.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Compliance Specialist

Clark County Credit Union
09.2021 - Current
  • Conducting regular audits in consumer lending and new membership applications to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with regulations.
  • Identifying and reporting any discrepancies or non-compliance issues within thecredit union.
  • Analyzing and utilizing deductive reasoning to make executive decisions to assist and resolve issues within the credit union.
  • Conduct regular review of staff practices to ensure compliance with established guidelines.
  • Provides training and guidance to the credit union on compliance and quality assurance matters.
  • Maintaining detailed and accurate records of all audits conducted.
  • Prepares and submits reports on audit findings and recommends corrective actions.
  • Track and monitor the implementation of corrective actions to ensure issues are resolved promptly.
  • Stays updated on changes in relevant regulations, standard, training, and best practices.
  • Contributing to the development and improvement or audit processes and tools.
  • Ability to maintain an organized process with a strong sense of urgency, problem solving skills, and attention to details.
  • Help coordinate department projects.

Originations Buyer/ Underwriter/Quality Control Analyst

Consumer Portfolio Services
03.2012 - 09.2021
  • Be cognizant of loan policy requirements along with all state and federal requirements regarding lending.
  • Developed and maintained quality assurance procedure documentation.
  • Champion, within the organization, a commitment to honesty, integrity, and responsible corporate behavior.
  • Supported loan officers and processors to help with timely completion of loan application.
  • Analyzed applicant profiles and credit histories while reviewing loan approval contingencies to execute accurate and speedy pricing initiatives.
  • Conducted data review and followed standard practices to find solutions.
  • Trained and coached existing and new employees on multiple investigative case types and internal control processes.
  • Analyzed large amounts of data to find patterns of fraud and anomalies.
  • Reviewed reports and individual transactions which appeared suspicious to uncover possible fraudulent activity.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

University of Nevada Las Vegas
Las Vegas
12.2023

Associate of Arts - Honors Psychology

College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas, NV
12.2020

Skills

  • Auditing processes
  • Investigation techniques
  • Compliance Oversight
  • Internal Auditing
  • Data entry with high level of accuracy (60 WPM, 10-Key)
  • Strong sense of urgency, problem solving skills, and attention to detail
  • HIPAA Regulations & Regulatory Compliance
  • MS Word, Excel, Power Point and general office equipment
  • Ability to multitask and work independently
  • Regulatory understanding
  • Information Gathering

Other Career Attributes

  • Reviewing and processing legal documents with coinciding with database information in high volume environment
  • Quality control processing legal documents and database information regarding legal settlements.
  • Maintained individual client cases and workflow, electronically and manually.
  • Provide administrative and customer support for Executive Management and department staff. Scope of responsibility is diverse and includes client communications, applications, and financial processing, manually and electronically.
  • Maintain current and accurate processing requirements for client application and financial processes.
  • Maintained individual client phone call cases and workflow, electronically and manually.
  • Provided business development support with insight to other company operations.

Profile of Qualifications

Compliance specialist recognized for taking a leadership role in support of company goals and objectives. Committed to providing exceptional customer service and driven by challenges and a willingness to take direction. Skills consist of using technology to enhance speed and accuracy of administrative tasks and application of human service skills for team building and maintaining a positive attitude.

Timeline

Compliance Specialist

Clark County Credit Union
09.2021 - Current

Originations Buyer/ Underwriter/Quality Control Analyst

Consumer Portfolio Services
03.2012 - 09.2021

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

University of Nevada Las Vegas

Associate of Arts - Honors Psychology

College of Southern Nevada
Valerie Chavez