Senior Compliance Analyst
The Senior Compliance Analyst at Confidential Client is responsible for ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local prevailing wage laws and union requirements across government-funded construction projects. This role involves managing certified payroll reporting, conducting detailed payroll audits, collaborating with project teams to resolve compliance issues, and supporting economic opportunity goals. The position requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work in a dynamic, high-performance environment with occasional travel to construction sites.
About Careertakes
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Role Overview
This is a full-time Senior Compliance Analyst role supporting a confidential client in the engineering/construction space. The Senior Compliance Analyst will act as the project compliance expert across government-funded construction projects, ensuring adherence to prevailing wage, certified payroll, subcontractor reporting, and other regulatory requirements. This role is entry-level to early-career with clear paths for growth within Project Controls and Compliance.
What You’ll Do
- Serve as the project compliance subject-matter resource for local construction projects.
- Enforce federal, state, and local prevailing wage laws, union and Project Labor Agreement (PLA) requirements.
- Generate, certify, and submit certified payroll reports (CPRs) for craft employees and review subcontractor CPRs.
- Collect, review, and manage prevailing-wage documentation from the confidential client and trade partners.
- Cross-check payroll data against project records to ensure proper payment to craft workers.
- Conduct weekly on-site worker interviews to validate wage compliance.
- Support investigations and complex prevailing-wage issue resolution with third parties.
- Assist project teams and corporate leadership with compliance process improvements.
- Manage project compliance start-up and close-out tasks and resolve internal audit findings promptly.
- Maintain confidentiality around sensitive payroll and personnel information.
- Support community and small-business utilization goals tied to projects.
- Travel locally to one or more project sites as required.
Basic Qualifications
- Highly motivated with strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and reliable, accurate output.
- Ability to learn quickly, work under pressure, and perform in a fast-paced team environment.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Familiarity with federal contracting, labor regulations, and FAR is a plus.
- Alignment with values such as accountability, integrity, teamwork, and results orientation.
- Bachelor’s degree preferred (or equivalent experience).
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior compliance, payroll, or construction-related experience is advantageous.
- Experience preparing or reviewing certified payroll reports is a plus.
Working Conditions & Physical Requirements
- Primarily office-based with regular computer work; prolonged sitting is common.
- Regular, occasional travel to active construction sites with variable noise and weather.
- Must be able to lift/move up to 10 lbs regularly and up to 25 lbs occasionally.
- Ability to follow strict safety protocols on job sites.
Compensation & Benefits
- Base salary range (as provided by the confidential client): USD 60,000 - USD 75,000 per year.
- Total compensation may include bonus potential and a comprehensive benefits package (health/dental/vision, PTO, retirement/401k contributions, life insurance, disability, FSA, tuition assistance, EAP, and other programs).
- The confidential client maintains a drug-free workplace and may require pre-employment and random fitness-for-duty screening.
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.
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