Payroll Compliance Specialist

12530 Parklawn Drive, Headquarters - Rockville, MD, Maryland

Full time

At DAVIS, we're redefining the way people experience construction by building success for all.

The Compliance Specialist is responsible for managing compliance and payroll processes for construction projects, ensuring trade partner adherence to regulatory and wage requirements.

Oversees project setup, compliance tracking, and reporting, whileidentifyingand resolving non-compliance issues. Provides education, mentoring, and onboarding for trade partners and project teams, and collaborates with internal departments tomaintainaccuraterecords, mitigate risks, and ensure regulatory compliance.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Experience with compliance tracking, payroll audits,or regulatory reporting in construction or related industries
• Proficiency in compliance software for data management and reporting
• Understandingofwage compliance, socio-economic programs, and trade partner regulations
• Excellent communication, mentoring, and interpersonal skills to effectively educate and manage trade partners and project teams
• Ability to analyze data,identify issues,interpret compliance requirements,and implement corrective actions with attention to detail
• Persistence and professionalism in managing challenging or non-compliant trade partners
• Experience coordinating with internal teams and external partners to ensure regulatory compliance andaccuraterecordkeeping
• Knowledge of construction compliance requirements such as prevailing wage, Davis-Bacon,and certified payroll

• Compliance Management
• Set up project accounts, invite trade partners, and track weekly compliance through LCP Tracker and/orother compliance software
• Ensure posting requirements and regulatory standards are consistently met
• Identify non-compliance issues,determine remedies, andmaintainaccuraterecordkeeping
• Collaborate with the legal department on compliance discrepancies,regulatory updates, and contract language
• Payroll Reporting+ Workforce Development
• Receive, review, and audit weekly payroll reports from trade partners, communicating discrepancies to relevant stakeholders
• Coordinate with clients and trade partners tosubmitinitial,periodic, and final compliance reports
• Generate quarterly reports for relevant compliance requirementsandassistteams with analyzing trade partner inclusion/exclusion for compliance requirements
• Utilize Excel and other tools tomaintaindata accuracy for weekly and periodic reporting
• Reviews owner’s contract language todeterminegood-faith efforts and/or workforce development requirements
• Attend industry events such as trade partner fairs, hiring events,and educational courses
• Risk Management & Problem Solving
• Manage delinquent or challenging trade partners with persistence and professionalism
• Lead project Compliance Kickoff Meetings  and provide guidance to project teams to mitigate risks
• Education & Mentoring
• Develop and present wage compliance and socio-economic education programs
• Mentor and educate trade partners, project team members, and department colleagues on compliance regulations and project requirements
• Participate in onboarding new trade partners and communication ofwage assurance expectations
• Assist project teams in interpreting compliance requirements and ensuring trade partner adherence
• Serve as a point of contact for compliance questions and guidance across departments
• Ensures the project team is aware ofrelevantwage scales, jurisdictional compliance requirements, and contract language supportstheproject'sneeds

• Autonomy + Accountability
• Uses existing procedures to solve routine or standard problems
• Receives instruction,guidance and direction from others
• Accountable…