Manager - Regulatory Affairs

About Adtalem Global Education

Adtalem Global Education is a national leader in post-secondary education and leading provider of professional talent to the healthcare industry. Adtalem educates and empowers students with the knowledge and skills to become leaders in their communities and make a lasting impact on public health, well-being and beyond. Through equitable access to education, environments that nurture student success, and a focus on expanding and diversifying the talent pipeline in healthcare, Adtalem is building a brighter future for communities and the world.

Adtalem is the parent organization of American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine and Walden University.

In our U.S. locations, we operate on a hybrid work model with three in-office days and two remote days per week. Starting Q1 2025, we will transition to a four-day in-office schedule, Monday-Thursday. This in-office time fosters creativity, innovation, communication, and stronger team relationships, supporting both individual and organizational success.

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Opportunity at a Glance

The Regulatory Affairs Manager supports the department's efforts to ensure that the organization's institutions operate in compliance with federal and state regulations and internal policies. With a special focus on student funding, this manager role oversees day-to-day functions of the Regulatory Affairs (RA) Funding team. At the direction of the RA Director, the Manager participates in senior and operational level strategy meetings to provide timely guidance that ensures regulatory requirements are recognized during the brainstorming and planning phases for business changes, as well as for necessary corrective actions to resolve issues identified organically or arising from audits/program reviews (organizational, program, and policy). The manager's expertise in financial aid-related rules and regulations, coupled with in-depth knowledge of our institutions' program offerings, policies and operations ensures strategies and new processes are compliant.

Responsibilities

• Provides review and oversight to the RA Funding team and advanced consultative guidance to corporate and relevant institutional colleagues on matters impacting federal and state student financial aid.
• Mentors direct reports for continued improvement and professional development.
• Serves as Regulatory Affairs team leader as needed on multiple concurrent, complex projects.
• Demonstrates advanced competency in performing complex regulatory work and demonstrates advanced knowledge of relevant rules, regulations, guidelines and industry practices.
• Works with leadership within our institutions and centralized functional areas to ensure RA Funding supports processes and procedures, and to ensure internal and external reporting and communications are developed in compliance with federal, state and internal standards and regulations.
• Assigns representation of RA Funding team members for institution meetings to provide regulatory guidance and recommendations for programs and initiatives. Serves as back-up to Director or primary for particularly complex issues/projects.
• Evaluates and directs information dissemination to colleagues throughout the organization on new/upcoming regulatory requirements to ensure awareness and timely adjustments to policy and/or procedures as may be needed.
• Provides compliance support to business, Audit Services and auditing entities for all external and internal audits/reviews, including oversight of corrective action plan development and implementation.
• Demonstrates ownership of regulatory compliance of funding programs such as federal and nonfederal student aid, veteran's benefits, state grant programs.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Below are the minimum requirements of the education, experience, knowledge, and skills required to competently perform in this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred
• At least 5 years of supervisory experience in a federal/state regulated environment; experience in higher education financial aid regulatory compliance preferred
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, analytical, and communication skills both written and oral
• Familiarity with Title IV rules for proprietary institutions both domestic and foreign
• Understanding of Title IV treatment for a variety of program structures
• Experience with financial aid-related audit support activities
• Knowledge of military-related funding programs such as Veterans Benefits & Dept of Defense
• Demonstrated ability to establish and develop positive relationships with external regulatory bodies including but not limited to the U.S. Department of Education
• Ability to learn quickly, adapt to change and lead change

In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $70696.34 and $124230.14. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.

Adtalem offers a robust suite of benefits including:

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
• Participation in Adtalem's Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• 12 Paid Holidays
  
  For more information related to our benefits please visit: https://careers.adtalem.com/benefits.
  
  You are also eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Equal Opportunity - Minority / Female / Disability / V / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation