
Senior Sales Practices Specialist
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
MILWAUKEE, WI · HybridJob$70–105K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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The Senior Sales Practices Specialist applies regulatory, policy, and risk-management knowledge to execute compliance activities and mitigate risk. The role independently conducts reviews, documents findings, supports issue resolution, evaluates risk severity, and advises business partners on compliance expectations. It also contributes to process improvement and may guide less experienced team members. A bachelor’s degree is preferred, while FINRA Series SIE, Series 7, and Series 24 are required.
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JOB REQUIREMENTS: About The Job The Compliance Senior Specialist role applies intermediate knowledge of regulatory requirements, internal policies, and risk management practices to independently execute compliance activities and support risk mitigation efforts. This role bridges execution and consulting responsibilities by handling more complex work, exercising judgment within defined frameworks, and partnering with stakeholders to address compliance risks. The role contributes to monitoring, analysis, issue resolution, and process improvement while beginning to provide guidance to business partners and less experienced team members. What You'll Do: Independently perform compliance reviews to evaluate adherence to regulatory requirements, internal policies, and procedures Document findings, observations, and risk assessments with clear, well-supported analysis Support identification, tracking, and resolution of compliance issues, including coordination with business partners on remediation efforts Evaluate risk severity and escalate complex, sensitive, or ambiguous issues as needed Provide guidance to business partners on routine to moderately complex compliance requirements, policies, and processes Respond to compliance-related questions and help interpret policy and regulatory expectations in practical terms Build effective working relationships with cross-functional stakeholders to facilitate issue resolution and alignment Identify opportunities to develop or improve compliance policies, procedures, processes, controls, and documentation Participate in or lead components of process improvement initiatives and projects What You'll Bring To The Role Bachelor's degree in business, finance, law, risk management, or a related field preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. FINRA Series SIE, Series 7, and Series 24 required. Minimum of 3 to 5 years of relevant experience. Experience in the financial services, Insurance, or Investment industry preferred Demonstrated ability to independently manage workload and prioritize competing responsibilities Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess risk and apply sound judgment Effective communication skills, with the ability to clearly translate compliance requirements into practical guidance Knowledge of insurance and investment products and operations. Ability to solve complex problems; take a new perspective on an existing solution; exercise judgement based on the analysis of multiple sources of information. #LI-Onsite, #LI-Hybrid This position has been classified as a Registered Representative under NMIS guidelines and requires fingerprinting.Series 24 - FINRA, Series 7 - FINRA Compensation Range: Pay Range - Start:$70,320.00 Pay Range - End:$105,480.00 Geographic Specific Pay Structure: Structure 110:$77,360.00... For full info follow application link. EEO/AA Employer/Vets/Disability ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/A115B9DD8D434350 Qualified females, minorities, and special disabled veterans and other veterans are encouraged to apply.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,721 open Compliance jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$70–105K/yr
- US median$115–179K/yr1,809 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $88K, is 39% below the US median midpoint ($145K) — in the lowest quarter of Compliance salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 37 open Compliance jobs in Wisconsin and 2,721 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Wisconsin
- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (this employer)3 open
- Deloitte2 open
- HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO GROUP INC2 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — less than three in four Compliance postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,292 postings).
- Education
- 1,219 of the 2,721 open Compliance jobs (45%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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