Regulatory Associate

# Regulatory Associate > World Business Lenders, LLC · Ankara, Turkey (Remote) · Full-time · Posted 2026-09-24 **Workplace:** remote ## Description **Overview** -  World Business Lenders (WBL) is a privately held portfolio lender specializing in real estate-secured business loans for underserved businesses. WBL operates with a fully remote, multinational workforce and an experienced executive leadership team. - Typically, the work schedule is from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, though additional hours may be required based on business needs. **About the Role** - WBL is seeking a Regulatory Associate to support regulatory research, change management, licensing, filings, disclosure requirements, examinations, and regulatory reporting. This role will help maintain a clear inventory of obligations affecting WBL's lending, servicing, and corporate activities and coordinate timely implementation across the business. **What Success Looks Like**  - Keeps regulatory obligations, changes, licenses, filings, and deadlines accurate and current. - Converts research into clear summaries, assigned actions, and documented implementation evidence. - Supports complete and timely regulatory submissions and examination responses. - Escalates unclear, high-risk, or overdue matters to the Team Lead promptly. **What You'll Be Doing (Core Responsibilities)** - **Regulatory Research and Change Management** - Research applicable federal and state requirements affecting WBL's lending, servicing, and corporate operations. - Monitor legal and regulatory developments involving usury, licensing, disclosures, and related obligations. - Prepare clear summaries of changes, affected business processes, effective dates, and recommended next steps for review by the Team Lead or legal counsel. - Update the regulatory obligations inventory and track assigned implementation actions through completion. - **Licensing, Filings, and Examinations** - Maintain licensing, registration, renewal, filing, and reporting calendars and supporting documentation. - Coordinate information collection and preparation of applications, renewals, reports, certifications, and other submissions. - Support regulatory examinations, inquiries, and responses by organizing requests, owners, evidence, drafts, approvals, and deadlines. - Maintain accurate, audit-ready records of submissions, approvals, correspondence, and follow-up commitments. - **Business and Policy Support** - Assist with regulatory reviews of new products, processes, vendors, and jurisdictional expansion. - Compare requirements against current policies, procedures, disclosures, and operational practices and identify potential gaps. - Coordinate with Legal, Operations, Lending, Servicing, Finance, and other teams to gather facts and implementation evidence. - Support updates to policies, procedures, guidance, training materials, and regulatory reference tools. - **Reporting and Process Improvement** - Prepare status reports on regulatory changes, licensing, filings, examinations, and outstanding actions. - Identify approaching deadlines, incomplete records, conflicting information, and overdue actions for escalation. - Maintain standardized research files, trackers, checklists, templates, and workflows. - Protect confidential and privileged information and follow documented quality-control requirements. ## Requirements - **Education** - Bachelor's degree in law, legal studies, compliance, finance, business, public policy, or a related field. - Paralegal training, JD coursework, or a compliance or regulatory credential is preferred but not required. - **Required Experience** -  **2+ years** of experience in regulatory compliance, legal research, licensing, risk, audit, or financial-services operations. - Experience researching rules, maintaining regulatory calendars, preparing filings, or supporting examinations is preferred. - Ability to summarize complex requirements clearly and distinguish confirmed requirements from items requiring legal review. - Strong organization, writing, documentation, and deadline-management skills. **Preferred Background / Industry Experience** - Financial services, commercial lending, private lending, banking, fintech, specialty finance, mortgage lending, or another highly regulated industry. **Specific Technical Skills Needed** - Federal and state regulatory research. - Regulatory change, obligations, licensing, and filing trackers. - Examination and information-request coordination. - Microsoft Office and legal, compliance, or regulatory research systems. **Key Competencies** - Research discipline - Analytical thinking - Clear writing - Attention to detail - Follow-through - Sound escalation judgment **Remote Work Requirements** - Stable, reliable internet connection. - Professional and dedicated remote working setup. - Ability to work effectively across a remote, multinational organization and maintain confidentiality. ## Benefits **What We Offer** 💰 **Compensation** in USD. 🏖️ **Benefits** include paid time off (PTO). 🌍 **Work Environment:** Fully remote work environment. ** Ready to Apply?** _If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you - submit your CV in English and hit_ _**Apply**_ ## Apply [Apply at World Business Lenders, LLC](https://apply.workable.com/commercial-lending/j/EF36D3E9F1/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)