Sr. Vice President - Compliance

Overview

At The New York Foundling, we trust in the power and potential of people, and we deliberately invest in proven practices. From bold beginnings in 1869, our New York-based nonprofit has supported hundreds of thousands of our neighbors on their own paths to stability, strength, and independence. We help children and families navigate through and beyond foster care. We help families struggling with conflict and poverty grow strong.

We help individuals with developmental disabilities live their best lives, and we help our neighbors access quality health and mental health services—core to building lifelong resilience and wellbeing. Together, our interrelated programs provide a whole-person, whole-family, and whole-life approach that unlocks solutions for a lifetime.

The Senior Vice President (SVP) of Compliance is responsible for setting and leading The New York Foundling’s enterprise-wide compliance, ethics, and regulatory program. The SVP ensures the organization consistently meets all applicable federal, state, and local regulatory requirements while safeguarding the integrity, financial sustainability, and reputation of the organization. The SVP of Compliance anticipates and mitigates enterprise risk, embeds compliance into organizational strategy and operations, and cultivates a culture of accountability, transparency, and ethical excellence across all levels of the organization.

The SVP of Compliance reports to the Chief Legal Officer.

• Leads enterprise-wide compliance and ethics strategy and serves as the organization’s senior executive authority on compliance matters; advises the President/CEO, Chief Legal Officer, executive leadership team, and Board on risk, compliance posture, and emerging regulatory trends, embedding compliance into organizational decision-making.
• Establishes, directs, and continuously advances a comprehensive, organization-wide compliance and ethics program, championing adherence to The New York Foundling’s Code of Conduct, ethics standards, and conflict of interest policies, and driving achievement of qualitative and quantitative compliance goals.
• Ensures and sustains organizational compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, including OMH, OPWDD, OCFS, Medicaid, HIPAA, OSHA, and related requirements; anticipates, evaluates, and mitigates compliance risks across all programs and operations.
• Directs the compliance framework for financial policies, Medicaid billing, documentation, and regulatory reporting; partners strategically with Finance to ensure reimbursement integrity, regulatory accuracy, and alignment between compliance governance and fiscal controls.
• Supervises the Compliance unit's investigation, audit, and quality teams; drives audit and investigation strategy, including internal, external, and regulatory reviews; holds leadership accountable for timely remediation and ensures sustainable corrective actions that strengthen organizational controls and integrity.
• Stewards compliance governance structures, including executive and board-level reporting; sets expectations and standards for due diligence of officers, employees, consultants, and vendors, and enforces ethical accountability in collaboration with senior leadership and legal partners.
• Establishes organizational expectations for compliance education and training; partners with program and operational leaders to integrate compliance requirements into service delivery, documentation, and reporting, ensuring timely and accurate submissions to oversight agencies.
• Sets direction for compliant use of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) and related systems to enhance efficiency, transparency, and collaboration; ensures enterprise accountability for data integrity, billing accuracy, and adherence to privacy, security, and technology-related regulatory standards.

• Bachelor's degree required. Juris Doctor and active bar membership preferred
• 10+ years of progressive experience in regulatory compliance,legal, investigation or audit roles , with 5+ years of leadership responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience in healthcare, behavioral health, intellectual/developmental disabilities, Medicaid-funded services, and/or nonprofit organizations or government.
• Experience with complex project management, and managing internal and outsourced resources.
• Proven ability to design and lead enterprise-wide compliance and ethics programs.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to partner effectively across disciplines.
• Knowledge of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems and familiarity with information technology systems.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to represent the organization externally.

Education Required: Bachelor’s Degree from a U.S. accredited educational institution or Credential Evaluation for a non-U.S. educational institution.

Salary Range: $215,000-$225,000/year