• Provide strategic leadership and oversight for Aqua’s enterprise Compliance Testing and Monitoring program • Develop and maintain strategic and risk‑based compliance testing plans • Lead the design, build, and implementation of automated and semi‑automated compliance testing and reporting solutions

• This is a new, high-impact position responsible for building and leading the company's licensing and compliance program from the ground up. • As Director of Licensing and Compliance, you will own the full lifecycle of state lending and MLO licensing, including new license acquisition, drive examination readiness, and establish the operational playbooks that scale with the business. • Lead the preparation and submission of new state lending license applications, including corporate entity applications, across target jurisdictions. • Manage the full application lifecycle: gathering corporate documentation, drafting responses to supplemental requests, coordinating surety bonds and financial statements, and shepherding applications through approval. • Evaluate new-state entry requirements and advise the General Counsel on timelines, costs, and regulatory considerations for market expansion. • Build and maintain relationships with state regulators to facilitate efficient application processing. • Design, implement, and manage the end-to-end process for maintaining state lending licenses across all active jurisdictions. • Monitor state regulatory requirements and ensure timely renewals, amendments, and filings (including NMLS submissions). • Track and maintain records for all company and branch licenses. • Oversee the licensing, registration, and ongoing maintenance of Mortgage Loan Originator (MLO) licenses. • Manage MLO onboarding and offboarding workflows, including sponsorship, background checks, and continuing education tracking. • Serve as the primary point of contact for MLO licensing inquiries and escalations. • Lead preparation for state regulatory examinations, including document gathering, internal readiness reviews, and coordination across departments. • Track examination findings, coordinate remediation efforts, and implement corrective actions. • Build and maintain playbooks for annual state reporting obligations, including MCRs, MSRs, and other jurisdiction-specific filings. • Develop standardized processes, checklists, and calendars to ensure consistent, timely compliance across all licensed states. • Document procedures in a manner that supports scalability and knowledge transfer. • Establish the foundational infrastructure for the licensing and compliance function, including vendor relationships, technology tools, and internal workflows. • Develop KPIs and reporting to give leadership visibility into licensing status, examination outcomes, and compliance health. • Identify and recommend process improvements and automation opportunities.

• Liaise with SAR colleagues to plan, organize, compile, progress, track and submit regulatory submissions on a timely basis • May act as a contact point for translation review of submissions documents such as application, synopsis, ICF, labels etc. • Where required provide local QC of submission dossiers prior to dispatch • Effectively communicate to the SAR Lead and relevant project team members the status and action plans concerning submissions • Identify risks and generate mitigation strategies • Foster professional working relationships with internal and external contacts to ensure expeditious submission/approval of regulatory dossiers • Maintain country specific patient information sheet and consent form customization text • Maintain country specific drug labeling information • Maintain Country Intelligence Pages • Be familiar with and comply with SOPs, ICH GCP and applicable regulations • Stay informed of changing regulatory legislative requirements and maintain regulatory intelligence database • Advise the SAR project team about appropriate regulatory strategies • Review and make recommendations on all relevant documentation e.g. labels, patient information sheets, diary cards etc. to comply with ICH GCP & country specific requirements • Provide timely and relevant updates and communication of changes in the regulatory environment to the Regulatory Affairs department • Provide advice to the Regulatory Affairs department on interpretation of new legislation, guidance and directives

Role Description We are actively hiring a Regulatory Compliance Specialist. - Shift: Monday-Friday day shift (40 hours per week) - Location: Remote - FLSA Classification: Non-Exempt - Compensation: $24.00-$28.00 per hour - Prepare, maintain and provide oversight to all research-related regulatory documents. - Populate and coordinate the entire process of initial regulatory documents’ submission to the IRB, sponsors and state or federal regulatory offices as necessary. - Compile study information and submit initial, continuing and final reports to the IRB and/or sponsor. - Prepare applicable submission forms and submit updated documents including but not limited to: Amendments, Addendums, Investigator’s Brochures, Safety Information, Form FDA 1572s and informed consent documents. - Accurately file and maintain all necessary logs within the regulatory binder(s). - Assist in and manage the archival of clinical trial documents/records. - Prepare for monitoring visits and audits. - Manage and update full-time and contract employee Curricula Vitae and ensure copies of all current and applicable medical/nursing licenses, certifications and other required regulatory documents are on file. - Abide by all HIPAA regulations. - Maintain confidentiality of sponsor and CTT trade secrets. - Create error free written documents and reports (e.g. cover letters, notes-to-file, memos, etc.). - Seek additional assignments when other tasks are completed. - Perform all duties in a time- and cost-effective manner. - Represent Flourish Research in a professional and courteous manner (verbal, written and in appearance) when interacting with all staff, clients, and vendors. - Additional duties as assigned by management. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience - Minimum of 2+ years at CTT plus 1-3 years’ experience within the field of clinical or biological research. Requirements - Exceptional knowledge of clinical research methods. - Consistently demonstrates core values & proficiency of skills set. - Must be experienced with Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word and Excel) as well as internet-based applications. - Must be detail oriented, organized, self-motivated, able to work independently and in a team, and the ability to stay on task. - Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills including written and verbal communications. - Is moral and ethical in decision-making and during interaction with patients, sponsor and IRB representatives, physicians and staff at satellite clinics and other employees. - Demonstrates professionalism, and a strong work ethic. - Must have the ability to adapt and take on additional tasks as requested. - Ability to solve problems while working closely across departments. - Assists with developing and implementing key initiatives in the department. - Assists with identifying and implementing process improvements. - Seeks out opportunities to help achieve department/company goals. - Fosters relationships across teams. - Consistently accomplishes 80% of individual quarterly goals and objectives. - Assists with training and mentoring department new hires. - Demonstrates good critical thinking and decision-making skills resulting in sound judgement. - Industry certified as applicable. - Demonstrated ability to collaborate and align with operations. - Flexible and able to multi-task and prioritize competing demands. - Ability to think independently and influence when appropriate. Benefits - Health, dental, and vision insurance plans - 401(k) with a 100% employer match on the first 4% of employee contributions - Tuition reimbursement - Parental leave - Employee referral program - Employee assistance program - Life insurance - Disability insurance - A generous PTO plan covering vacation, sick, personal days and 8 paid holidays