Compliance Associate

When you join Accurate Background, you’re an integral part of making every hire the start of a success story. Your contributions will help us fulfill our mission of advancing the background screening experience through visibility and insights, empowering our clients to make smarter, unbiased decisions.
The detail-oriented and proactive Compliance Associate will support our Compliance leadership team in ensuring organizational adherence to applicable U.S. laws, regulations, and internal policies. This role plays a key part in maintaining compliance within the employment screening industry and is essential to the integrity and efficiency of our operations to meet, or exceed, our metrics.
The Compliance Associate will assist in the implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of our compliance programs. The role also serves as the primary point of contact for managing and responding to consumer requests under applicable U.S. regulations (e.g., FCRA), and ensuring all relevant licenses and certifications remain active and up to date.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary contact for consumer-related requests or notifications, including responding to requests for procedures, deletion, expungements, and other inquiries in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Track and ensure timely renewal of private investigator and industry certifications; maintain related records.
• Manage competing priorities and deliver quality information and analysis while adhering to deadlines. 
• Research and clearly document domestic compliance requirements and inquiries.
• Create and maintain internal documentation, work instructions, and processes as needed.
• Ensuring procedures, policies, legislation and regulations are correctly followed and complied with as documented and in accordance with applicable law.
• Prepare reports and presentations by summarizing information and metrics.
• Work closely with management to ensure that compliance-related matters are resolved and/or handled appropriately to conclusion.
• Evaluate emerging laws and regulations and their impact on the business.
• Establish, review and report on key metrics related to compliance based services and performance.

Qualifications

• Education: Paralegal or Bachelor’s degree or equivalent degree is preferred.  Emphasis on law, compliance administration, business administration, or audit is preferred.
• 2+ years of experience in background screening is preferred.
• Experience with the Fair Credit Reporting Act is required
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel
• Research experience is required.
• Superior problem solving skills with a passion for compliance
• Strong decision making skills with proven track record of having excellent judgment in the face of ambiguity and imperfect information
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to conduct and analyze compliance research 
• Proven analytical and creative problem solving skills
• Possess strong organizational and time management skills
• High attention to detail 
• Ability to perform work with little or no supervision
• Quick learner who thrives doing different tasks on a daily basis
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Demonstrated project management
• Work independently, be a self-starter, and effectively work with individuals with diverse backgrounds and levels
• Ability to utilize resources available to complete assigned projects
• Work overtime as necessary

The Accurate Way:We offer a fun, fast-paced environment, with lots of room for growth. We have an unwavering commitment to diversity, ensuring everyone has a complete sense of belonging here. To do this, we follow four guiding principles – Take Ownership, Be Open, Stay Curious, Work as One – core values that dictate what we stand for, and how we behave. Take ownership.Be accountable for your actions, your team, and the company. Accept responsibility willingly, especially when it’s what’s best for our customers. Give others every reason to trust you, believe in you, and count on you. Rise to every occasion with your personal best. Be open.Be open to new ideas. Be inclusive of people and ways of doing things. Make yourself accessible and approachable, and communicate with genuineness, transparency, honesty, and respect. Embrace differences. Stay curious.Stay curious even as you move forward. Tirelessly ask questions and challenge the status quo in your pursuit of new ideas, ways to solve problems, and to continually grow and improve. Work as one.Work together to create the best customer and workplace experience. Put our customers and employees first—before individual or departmental agendas. Make sure they get the help they need to succeed.