Director of Compliance and Risk Management

About the role

The Director of Compliance is a senior working manager responsible for leading system‑driven, operational, and risk‑sensitive compliance functions. This role serves as a key compliance partner overseeing monitoring, watchlist controls, regulatory reporting, advertising and social media compliance, HMDA, fair lending inputs, and system‑based compliance controls. This position is hands‑on and execution‑focused, with significant responsibility for high‑risk compliance domains, particularly advertising and marketing compliance. The role requires strong regulatory judgment, deep Encompass expertise, and the ability to identify and drive automation and innovation opportunities that improve compliance effectiveness and scalability.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily and periodic compliance operations, including monitoring, consumer compliance controls, watchlist screening, and system‑based regulatory checks.
• Ensure compliance with applicable mortgage regulations, including TRID, TILA, RESPA, HMDA, Fair Lending, Privacy, MAPS, State Licensing, State Reporting, and MCR requirements.
• Lead advertising and marketing compliance reviews, ensuring all content meets regulatory, disclosure, and fair lending standards.
• Partner with Marketing, Technology, Product, Operations, and Risk to support compliant positioning, workflow optimization, and system‑based controls.
• Manage escalations related to compliance system logic, disclosure timing, APR validation, and risk‑based exceptions.
• Oversee HMDA readiness, data integrity, quarterly reconciliation, and support for fair lending analysis and regulatory inquiries.
• Own the identification and execution of compliance automation opportunities within assigned functions, translating regulatory requirements into scalable, system‑based and AI‑enabled controls.
• Lead, mentor, and develop compliance analysts supporting systems, monitoring, disclosures, advertising, and operational compliance controls.
• Support Licensing and Exams teams during peak cycles, including renewals, state reporting, audits, examinations, and remediation.
• Partner with Corporate Compliance on governance, policies, procedures, regulatory change management, and complaint oversight.
• Required Qualifications
• 10+ years of mortgage regulatory compliance experience with progressive leadership responsibility.
• Demonstrated expertise in advertising and marketing compliance.
• Strong working knowledge of TRID, TILA, RESPA, HMDA, Fair Lending, State Licensing, State Reporting, MCR, and Privacy.
• Hands‑on experience with Encompass, disclosure engines, and watchlist screening systems.
• Proven ability to assess compliance processes for automation potential and lead implementation of technology‑driven solutions.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and cross‑functional communication skills. Experience supporting regulatory examinations, audits, and remediation.
• Background in compliance governance, policy development, and change management.
• Familiarity with system testing, control validation, and compliance technology implementations.

Requirements

• Experience with Encompass and other ICE software and services, use of Copilot, Claude or other AI tools
• Industry certifications such as CRCM, CMB, or equivalent.
• Legal education and/or training
• Life at Lennar

Benefits

Additional Information

Director of Compliance Full-Time | Miami, FL (or possibility for Remote) | Mortgage Compliance Leadership We are Lennar Lennar is one of the nation's leading homebuilders, dedicated to making an impact and creating an extraordinary experience for their Homeowners, Communities, and Associates by building quality homes and providing exceptional customer service, giving back to the communities in which we work and live in, and fostering a culture of opportunity and growth for our Associates throughout their career. Lennar has been recognized as a Fortune 500® company and consistently ranked among the top homebuilders in the United States.

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