Payroll Compliance Specialist

SUMMARY:

The Compliance Specialistis responsible formanaging compliance and payroll processes for construction projects, ensuring trade partner adherence to regulatory and wage requirements.Overseesproject setup, compliance tracking, and reporting, whileidentifyingand resolving non-compliance issues. Provides education, mentoring, and onboarding for trade partners and project teams, and collaborates with internal departments tomaintainaccuraterecords, mitigate risks, and ensure regulatory compliance.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

• Experience with compliance tracking, payroll audits,orregulatory reporting in construction or related industries

• Proficiencyin compliance software for data management and reporting

• Understandingofwage compliance, socio-economic programs, and trade partner regulations

• Excellent communication, mentoring, and interpersonal skills to effectively educate and manage trade partners and project teams

• Ability to analyze data,identifyissues,interpret compliance requirements,and implement corrective actions with attention to detail

• Persistenceand professionalismin managing challenging or non-compliant trade partners

• Experience coordinating with internal teams and external partners to ensure regulatory compliance andaccuraterecordkeeping

• Knowledge of construction compliance requirements such as prevailing wage, Davis-Bacon,andcertified payroll 

TECHNICAL JOB KNOWLEDGE:

• Compliance Management

• Set up projectaccounts, invite trade partners, and track weekly compliance through LCP Tracker and/orother compliance software

• Ensure posting requirements and regulatory standards are consistently met

• Identifynon-compliance issues,determineremedies, andmaintainaccuraterecordkeeping

• Collaborate with the legal department on compliance discrepancies,regulatory updates, and contract language

• Payroll Reporting+ Workforce Development 

• Receive, review, and audit weekly payroll reports from trade partners, communicating discrepancies to relevantstakeholders

• Coordinate with clients and trade partners tosubmitinitial,periodic, and finalcompliance reports

• Generate quarterly reportsfor relevant compliance requirementsandassistteams withanalyzing trade partner inclusion/exclusion for compliance requirements

• Utilize Excel and other tools tomaintaindata accuracy for weekly and periodic reporting

• Reviews owner’s contract language todeterminegood-faith efforts and/or workforce development requirements

• Attend industry events such as trade partner fairs, hiring events,andeducational courses

• Risk Management & Problem Solving

• Manage delinquent or challenging trade partners with persistence and professionalism

• Leadproject ComplianceKickoffMeetings and provide guidance to project teams to mitigate risks

• Education & Mentoring

• Develop and present wage compliance and socio-economic education programs

• Mentor and educate trade partners, project team members, and department colleagues on compliance regulations and project requirements

• Participate in onboarding new trade partners and communication ofwage assurance expectations

• Collaboration & Team Support

• Assistproject teams in interpreting compliance requirements and ensuring trade partner adherence

• Serve as a point of contact for compliance questions and guidance across departments

• Ensuresthe projectteam is aware ofrelevantwage scales, jurisdictional compliance requirements, and contract language supportstheproject'sneeds

CORE COMPETENCIES FOR THE ROLE:

• Autonomy + Accountability

• Uses existing procedures to solve routine or standard problems 

• Receives instruction,guidanceand direction from others

• Accountable for work within own role only, but work completedimpactsteam and/or projects

• Business Impact

• Impactsown team and adjacent teams

• Uses discretion to make improvements to existing processes and solutions to achieve results or improve efficiency

• Assistsin basic business development tasks

• Talent Development

• Acts as a resource for team members with less experience

• May lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements

• Problem Solving + Resiliency

• Recognizes and solves typical problems that can occur in own work project / department with minimal oversight

• Evaluates and selects solutions from established options and employs creativity to develop new options for consideration

DAVIS CORE VALUES:

• TRUST

• Excellence in Service–Fulfilling our clients’ highest expectations

• Inclusion–Ensuring a culture of respect and acceptance, where all employees have a sense of purpose and belonging

• Integrity–Exhibiting honesty and fairness while holding ourselves accountable for our actions

• Building Relationships–Creating andmaintainingstrong partnerships through leadership, creativesolutionsand hard work