Job Description
The Compliance Manager oversees prevailing wage and apprenticeship compliance for Nexamp's clean energy construction projects, leading a team of analysts to ensure regulatory adherence, conduct audits, and manage complex compliance issues in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Supervise, mentor, and develop a team of Compliance Analysts
- Oversee certified payroll review processes for accuracy and defensibility
- Monitor apprenticeship utilization, ratio compliance, and prevailing wage determinations
- Implement quality control procedures to reduce errors and improve compliance documentation
- Oversee subcontractor engagement on complex compliance matters
- Exercise authority in high-risk or disputed compliance determinations
- Ensure timely resolution of underpayments, restitution, and corrective actions
- Lead investigations into alleged wage, fringe benefit, and apprenticeship violations
- Validate audit methodologies and ensure complete, defensible documentation
- Identify systemic compliance risks and recommend control improvements
- Monitor and assess the impact of federal and state labor law updates
- Lead implementation of regulatory changes into internal controls, processes, and training
- Prepare monthly compliance reports and communicate risks and findings to leadership
Requirements
- Four years of experience in compliance and regulatory auditing.
- Demonstrated ability to lead compliance reviews, make defensible regulatory determinations, and oversee resolution of complex compliance matters.
- Experience supervising audits and investigations, reviewing underpayment calculations, and ensuring defensible documentation standards.
- Advanced ability to analyze large payroll datasets, identify patterns of risk, and maintain structured compliance tracking systems.
- Ability to use standard computer programs, including Microsoft Office Suite and particularly Excel.
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university, preferably in Accounting, Law or Legal Studies, Business Administration, Public Administration or a related field.
- Experience in overseeing and ensuring prevailing wage enforcement.
- Experience in renewable energy, construction compliance, or federally funded projects (preferred).
- Experience with certified payroll platforms (preferred).
Benefits & Perks
Competitive compensation package ranging from $122,000 to $147,000
Participation in incentive programs such as annual bonuses and other performance-based incentives
Eligibility to participate in the company's stock option plan
Health, dental, and vision insurance starting day one
Flexible paid time off and holiday PTO
401(k) employer-match retirement plan
Commuter benefits
Cell phone reimbursement
Healthy snacks and coffee
Service days and volunteer opportunities
Company outings
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