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Compliance Manager – Principal Manager (PSU0089)

Additional Levels

Additional levels that exist for this job profile can be seen below.

Job Summary

Compliance Managers ensure the University functions in compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, and policies; organize and direct compliance audits; direct, manage, and conduct compliance risk identification, inspection, and reporting; develop and implement preventative measures and internal controls.

Representative Duties

  • Develop, update, and implement compliance policies, procedures, protocols, programs, preventative measures, and internal controls
  • Foster relationships with campus constituents; promote a compliance culture; facilitate communication regarding personnel duties and obligations mandated by law and policy
  • Direct, manage, and oversee internal audits, external audit pre-inspections, and audits responding to non-compliance reports
  • Ensure audit findings are reasonable, justified, appropriate, and reported as required; as applicable, provide remediation and corrective action instruction; ensure implementation and monitoring; maintain documentation
  • Develop, implement, evaluate, and oversee compliance education and training programs
  • Keep abreast of statutory and regulatory compliance requirement changes; disseminate information to relevant parties
  • Review proposed legislation and regulations; respond to appropriate agencies and accreditation entities
  • Hire, train, coach, supervise, schedule, and evaluate employees; promote professional development

Level Matrix

Level:
Principal Manager
Base Description:
– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.
Level Summary:
– Demonstrates awareness of broad issues and management trends. Applies exemplary management principles. Evaluates impact of policy and adjusts accordingly. Ensures appropriate skills are developed and maintained within team/unit. Realigns staff responsibilities to meet desired changes. Provides administrative and policy direction. Develops and articulates broad goals. Fosters collaboration between units. Engages in written and verbal communications that reach a university-wide and/or broad external audience. Develops and implements solutions to highly complex and often controversial problems.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
– Oversees teams of other supervisors/managers
– Leads a business unit
Fiscal Responsibilities:
– Plans, forecasts, develops, and/or approves budgets
– Typically has final signature authority for business unit
Problem Solving:
– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that may have a significant impact on multiple units and/or the University
– Regularly develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve the most difficult problems
– Creates an environment that encourages imaginative solutions to problems
Independence of Action:
– Work results are not clearly defined and may be frequently changing
– Sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Oversees completed work of others and is accountable for unit results
– Delegates advanced tasks to others and provides guidance to team members
Communication and Collaboration:
– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– May represent the University externally
– Collaborates closely with team members and other leaders across the University
– Communicates a compelling vision that inspires and motivates others
Salary Structure
  • Comp Grade – 16
  • Minimum – $123,200.00
  • MidPoint – $157,100.00
  • Maximum – $191,000.00
FLSA Exemption Status
Exempt
Minimum Education
Bachelor's Degree (Master's Degree preferred)
Minimum Experience
10+ years of relevant experience, includes 5+ years of supervisory experience
Equivalency
Or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Additional Job Requirements