Senior Compliance Manager - Corporate Trust & Custody Services (Hybrid - See Job Description for Listed Locations)

Location: Hybrid, requiring in-office work four days a week, based in Buffalo, NY; Metro NYC; Wilmington, DE; or Boston, MA. The listed location is Iselin, New Jersey, United States.

Salary: $157,400–$262,300 annual (USD)

Company

M&T Bank is a banking organization providing corporate trust, custody, fiduciary, agency, and related institutional services.

What you will do

• Provide independent second-line compliance and operational risk oversight for Corporate Trust, Custody, Agency Services, Escrow Services, Loan Agency, Securities Administration, Collateral Administration, and fiduciary activities.
• Evaluate inherent and residual risks, control effectiveness, risk acceptances, remediation activities, and emerging regulatory, operational, compliance, and conduct risks.
• Lead risk and control self-assessments, compliance and operational risk assessments, key risk indicators, issue management, change risk assessments, operational risk event reviews, third-party risk reviews, and emerging risk monitoring.
• Develop and present risk reporting to business leadership, risk committees, and senior management, escalating material issues through governance processes.
• Support regulatory examinations and engagement activities while partnering with Legal, Audit, Enterprise Risk, Compliance Testing, Operations, and business leadership.
• Mentor risk professionals and drive continuous improvement of risk frameworks, reporting, and oversight practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, plus at least 10 years of experience in compliance, legal, audit, risk, or a relevant function.
• Alternatively, 14 combined years of higher education and/or work experience, including at least 10 years in compliance, legal, audit, risk, or a relevant function.
• At least 5 years of managerial or supervisory experience.
• Experience with Corporate Trust, Custody, and Agency Services is preferred, particularly second-line-of-defense experience.
• Ability to work in the office four days per week at one of the listed United States locations.

Culture & Benefits

• Independent risk oversight and credible challenge within a structured banking risk environment.
• Partnership with business leadership, enterprise risk, compliance, legal, audit, and operations teams.
• Managerial responsibility for staffing, performance appraisals, promotions, salary recommendations, performance management, and terminations.
• Opportunity to strengthen operational excellence and risk management capabilities across institutional services.