Compliance Director- TwinSpires Segment

Job Summary – 

The Compliance Director - TwinSpires will work with Business Unit leadership and the CDI Corporate Compliance Officer to ensure that the company’s products meet all applicable legal and regulatory requirements. They will perform as the business’ BSA Officer, conduct patron KYC, and work with the CDI Legal department to apply for and maintain all required licenses.

Key Responsibilities –

• Work closely with and support the business with regulatory licensing, including entity and individual licensing.
• Research applicable laws, regulations and rules to provide operational support. Assist the Product teams in development of required compliance features.
• Develop, implement, and maintain a compliance program to ensure all regulatory and technical compliance programs align with current laws, regulations, and industry standards.
• Assist in patron KYC and fraud investigations alongside risk, payments, and fraud team.
• Assist with and conduct internal audits to ensure compliance with technical standards and regulatory requirements.
• Work with relevant third-party gaming labs where required.
• As the BSA Officer, formulate, implement, monitor, and audit all relevant training. The BSA Officer is responsible for documenting the annual AML Risk Assessment process.
• The BSA Officer is responsible for CTRs (including any amendments), supported by the research to report the CTRs conducted by Finance.
• The BSA Officer will investigate and retrieve all applicable documentation when a Report of Unusual Activity (“RUA”) is received from team members, review with the AML Committee, and files all SARs that the AML Committee votes to file.
• Prepare applicable reports, schedules, and related for the Compliance Committee of the Board of Directors.
• Ensure that the company is aligned with compliance’s best practices across Churchill Downs Incorporated.
• Build and promote positive relationships with regulators, vendors, suppliers and stakeholders.
• Interpret and integrate licensing requirements in new and existing jurisdictions.
• Any other duties that arise in this dynamic and continuously growing company

Skills/ Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher required.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in either technical or regulatory compliance experience.
• Experience in Gaming, or other industry subject to Title 31 compliance preferred.
• Proven experience in conducting audits and assessments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• A team player, who is happy to work both independently and part of a larger team
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Understanding of the US interactive gaming market preferred

Essential:

• The applicant must be eligible to work in the United States.

Supervisory Responsibilities: 

• Future supervisory responsibilities possible.

Physical Demands: 

The following physical and mental demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, sometimes for prolonged periods while working at a desk, on the phone, and/or on the computer; type on a computer keyboard; use hands to finger, handle or feel; talk or hear; reach with hands or arms; walk or stand; and perform some repetitive motion activities.
2. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, color differentiation, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
3. This position requires the ability to work effectively as part of a team; and concentrate on a variety of details when faced with interruptions and changing work priorities.
4. The mental demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions, as described above, including but not limited to: demonstrated ability to anticipate and solve practical problems or resolve issues; reason, calculate figures and amounts; collect, interpret, and/or analyze complex data and information, and draw valid conclusions; interpret procedures and policies; and meet schedules in a dynamic and sometimes demanding work environment.
5. The noise level in this work environment is usually moderate. The work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job in a typical office environment.
6. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.