Senior Compliance Specialist

Participate in the development, implementation and administration of a campus wide monitoring initiatives to ensure compliance with local laws, and requirements to include campus/departments

•Contribute to development of metrics to measure compliance effectiveness.

•Assist the Manager with the development of an annual work plan based on risk assessment.

•Interpret policies, procedures, and ethics compliance requirements

•Monitor ethics related reporting, escalation, and timely remediation of issues, deficiencies or regulatory matters regarding compliance risk management

•Evaluate issues of non-compliance to include investigation, oversight, follow up, and resolution.

•Conduct internal investigations and operational audits to assess risk of issues, identify potential compliance vulnerabilities, and make recommendations to improve internal controls.

•Stay abreast of requirements and changes in the regulatory environment and assist with interpretation and distribution of University and Partners policies as well as local, state, and federal laws and regulations related to compliance.

•Participate in the development and revision of policies, procedures, and guidelines.

•Utilize tact and diplomacy to communicate, build rapport and foster strategic alliances within the campus community.

•Identify and recommend opportunities for process improvement and risk control development

•Report findings and make recommendations to as required

•Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals

•Work with complex business units, rules and regulations on moderate ethics risk compliance matters

• Maintain and promote a positive relationship with department personnel, clients, and other governmental entities, external auditors/monitors and other stakeholders.

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of federal and local laws, policies, regulations, exhibits and guidelines as they relate to the relevant programs.

• Maintain the confidentiality of the work and the results of the work performed.

• Oversee training programs where needed, and/or monitors existing training programs.

• Oversee the correction of compliance concerns to include providing recommendations in compliance reports and Corrective Action Plans.

• Adhere to the University's information security and confidentiality policies and procedures, and report breaches or other security risks accordingly

• Coordinate with other departments to facilitate the accomplishment of tasks and responsibilities, as and when needed

• Perform any other tasks assigned by the Line Manager