Senior Manager, Compliance

Race Trac Company Overview

Job Description:

The Senior Manager,ComplianceleadsHRcompliancegovernance, programs, and practices across a complex, multi-brand, multi-state organization. This roleisresponsible for translating employment laws, company policies,and compliance requirements into practical, scalableprocesses, tools, systems, workflows,documentation,and leader guidance.

The Senior Manager partners closely with Legal,HR leadership,HR Centers of Expertise, HR Business Partners,and business leaders to ensure HR practices are compliant,consistently applied,operationally sound,and aligned totheemployee experience.

This leader owns the operating discipline for workforce compliance, including policy governance, onboarding and recruitment compliance, employment eligibility, wage and hour readiness, employee classification, pay transparency, recordkeeping, HR process audits,labor relations strategy &compliance,compliance controls, and compliance training, reporting, and remediation. The role serves as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor on HR compliance risk,labor compliance, an devolving workforce requirements,helping the organizationanticipateregulatory changes, standardize expectations, and build sustainable compliance practices that support growth, integration, and operational consistency.

Responsibilities:

• Lead HR compliance programs, governance, service delivery standards, and priorities across brands, business units, employee populations, and jurisdictions.

• Partner with Legal, outside counsel, HR Centers of Expertise, HR leadership, HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Payroll, HRIS, Operations, and business leaders to ensure compliant, practical, and consistent execution of HR policies and employment requirements.

• Lead multi-state HR compliance practices, including onboarding compliance, recruitment compliance, pay transparency, non-discrimination, accessibility, employee classification, I-9 and E-Verify, wage and hour, recordkeeping, and related employment obligations.

• Guidelabor relations strategy and compliance in partnership with Legal, HR leadership, and Operations, including workforce riskreadiness, response protocols, labor law compliance, manager guidance, and risk mitigation practices.

• Partner with Legal tomonitorchanges in labor and employment laws across relevantjurisdictions, assess business impact, and lead the rollout of compliance updates, including labor-relatedregulatorychanges and rapid response protocols for expansion into new states orjurisdictions.

• Own andmaintainemployee handbooks, HR policies, standard operating procedures,complianceplaybooks, tools, templates, and related resources, ensuring alignment with federal, state, local, and company requirements.

• Conduct and oversee audits of HR processes, systems, workflows, employee records, and compliance documentation;identify risks, remediate issues, andestablishsustainable controls.

• Establish andmaintaincompliance governance routines, including audit calendars, control checks, issue tracking, escalation paths, remediation plans, and reporting cadences.

• Partner with HRIS, Payroll, Talent Acquisition, HR Operations, and Operations teams to ensure HR systems, data, workflows, reporting, and documentation practices support compliance needs across all states of operation.

• Develop and deliver compliance-related training, tools, communications, and change management support for HR team members, people managers, and other stakeholders.

• Use compliance indicators, audit findings, policy questions, hotline trends, operational feedback, and reporting toidentifypatterns, assess risk, and recommend process or control improvements.

• Support integration, expansion, and business transformation efforts byidentifyingworkforce compliance requirements, building scalable processes, and ensuring consistent adoption across brands and operating models.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to HR leadership and business leaders on compliance risk, policy application, workforce governance, and complex HR compliance matters.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Legal Studies, Compliance, or related field; advanced degree or HR certification preferred.

• 8+ years of progressive HR, employment compliance, HR operations, policy governance, audit, or related compliance experience, including experience leading programs, projects, or cross-functional initiatives.

• Experience leading HR compliance practices in a multi-site, multi-state, or complex operating…