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Compliance

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.

• 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:

– Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates proficient ability in work design, project management, financial planning and development of goals for accomplishing unit assignments. Reviews and guides work to ensure conformity to policy and effective approaches. Evaluates employee performance and recommend development opportunities. Demonstrates ability to coach employees. Presents and communicates key university indicatives and connects it to unit contributions. Provides broad guidelines. Develops, evaluates, enhances, and/or implements quality improvement practices. Recommends innovative solutions.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees a team (typically 4 or more; no fewer than 2) full
– time direct reports of individual contributors and/or first level supervisors.

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks department/area budget
– May plan, forecast, and/or assist in developing budgets
– May have final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters varied and complex problems
– Helps to develop creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature but within limited scope
– Modifies, adapts, or refines guidelines if necessary to resolve issues or problems

Independence of Action:

– Works independently on complex or strategic assignments
– Uses existing practices and advanced working knowledge to determine appropriate work methods for the team
– Reviews completed work of others for conformity to policy, and effectiveness of approach
– Delegates advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Prepares written and/or verbal presentations or proposals on complex issues and delivers to a broad variety of audiences
– Communicates key university initiatives and how unit’s work contributes to their achievement
– Presents ideas, concepts and instructions in a clear manner, and uses persuasion and negotiation to build consensus and cooperation
– Establishes and maintains networks to facilitate successful communication among units

• Comp Grade – 14
• Minimum – $97,100.00
• MidPoint – $121,400.00
• Maximum – $145,700.00