Senior Security Compliance Manager

SoFi SoFi · Fintech · San Francisco, CA · Business Controls and Complaints

This role is for a Senior Security Compliance Manager at SoFi, a financial services company. The primary focus is on monitoring and governing security controls in a cloud environment (AWS) for their core banking platform, ensuring compliance with regulatory and industry standards. Responsibilities include managing audits (SOC2, PCI DSS, SOX ITGC, GLBA), acting as a liaison with external auditors and regulators, assessing security compliance risks, and translating technical controls into audit-ready evidence. The role requires experience with security GRC initiatives, banking regulations, cloud environments, and specifically mentions AI governance and risk assessments using frameworks like NIST AI RMF. While AI governance is mentioned, the core function is security compliance and risk management within a regulated financial environment, not the direct building or research of AI models.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own bank compliance and controls testing, monitoring and issue management
  2. Manage ongoing investor audits like SOC2, PCI DSS, SOX ITGC, GLBA and security due diligence questionnaires
  3. Serve as the primary liaison between internal stakeholders (i.e. Cybersecurity, Technology, Product, Risk, Privacy, Internal Audit, HR, Legal, Sales etc…) and external auditors, regulators, and third-party assessors
  4. Monitor compliance with cybersecurity policies and standards and assess security compliance risks for bank scoped products, processes and technologies in a cloud environment
  5. Partner with stakeholders to conduct walkthroughs and create process maps for critical cybersecurity processes, facilitating in risk and control identification and ensure the environment is operating safely and in control

Skills

Required

  • BS degree in Computer Information Systems or related field
  • 7+ years of experience with security GRC initiatives
  • Experience with regulatory cybersecurity compliance examinations
  • Substantive and current knowledge of transaction banking compliance, consumer and commercial lending, deposit, wires, cards and privacy regulations applicable to banks
  • Experience with onboarding and monitoring cybersecurity controls in cloud environments specifically AWS
  • Experience with AI governance and risk assessments using frameworks like NIST AI RMF, ISO42001, ISO 38507 and other privacy regulations like CCPA, GDPR etc
  • Strong knowledge of security risk management and running audits/certification programs
  • Self-starter with strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Demonstrate ability to assimilate new knowledge quickly
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, and managing multiple projects concurrently
  • Experience with managing programs in GRC tools

Nice to have

  • Banking/Fintech, Big 4, or management/IT consulting experience
  • Strong risk management and governance experience KRI’s/KPI’s reporting
  • Familiarity with CSPM, AWS security, CI/CD, SAST/DAST, SIEM and vulnerability management tools
  • Strong JIRA and workflow management and agile project management experience
  • Direct experience with regulatory cybersecurity compliance examinations
  • Relevant certification (e.g. CISA, CISSP, PCI QSA, AWS certifications) or equivalent expertise
  • Have risk assessment expertise with PCI DSS 4.0.1, SOX, NIST 800-53/800-37, NIST CSF, SOC 2, PCI, NYDFS NYCRR PART 500 and/or ISO 27001 standards, integrated controls framework, and evaluating design and effectiveness of IT controls working directly with auditors, regulators, investors
  • Experience in building successful compliance programs for banks or fintech
  • Experience defining compliance roadmaps based on customer requirements, compliance documentation, and ensuring that committed assessments are delivered on schedule
  • Technical fluency; comfortable understanding and discussing technology concepts, experience evaluating tradeoffs and new opportunities with technical team members

What the JD emphasized

  • Substantive and current knowledge of transaction banking compliance, consumer and commercial lending, deposit, wires, cards and privacy regulations applicable to banks
  • Experience with AI governance and risk assessments using frameworks like NIST AI RMF, ISO42001, ISO 38507 and other privacy regulations like CCPA, GDPR etc
  • Have risk assessment expertise with PCI DSS 4.0.1, SOX, NIST 800-53/800-37, NIST CSF, SOC 2, PCI, NYDFS NYCRR PART 500 and/or ISO 27001 standards, integrated controls framework, and evaluating design and effectiveness of IT controls working directly with auditors, regulators, investors