Compliance Analyst, Business

About us

One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we’re on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We’re looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

The People & Culture Compliance Analyst is an individual contributor responsible for supporting the full spectrum of compliance activities across the People Operations function. Reporting to the People & Culture Compliance Manager, this role is a hands‑on operational and analytical position that keeps the organization ahead of its obligations—tracking regulatory change, executing compliance workflows, maintaining accurate records, and producing the data and analysis the Compliance Manager needs to advise senior leadership.

The scope of this role spans four interconnected compliance domains: pay transparency and pay equity reporting (a rapidly evolving area across multiple jurisdictions), global mobility management, pre‑employment and ongoing background screening, and legal entity management. The Compliance Analyst is expected to develop genuine subject‑matter depth across all four areas—serving as a reliable operational resource and an early warning system for emerging obligations that could affect the business.

We are open to candidates in the US or Canada, and have positions open in both locations.

• Monitor and track the global legislative landscape for pay reporting requirements—including pay transparency laws, mandatory pay equity filings, and gender pay gap reporting obligations—across all jurisdictions in which the organization operates or plans to operate.
• Maintain a current compliance calendar of all pay reporting deadlines, filing windows, and disclosure obligations by jurisdiction, proactively flagging upcoming requirements to the Compliance Manager with sufficient lead time for preparation.
• Collect, validate, and prepare the workforce and compensation data needed to fulfill pay reporting submissions, partnering with Total Rewards, HR Technology, and Finance to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency across systems.
• Draft and coordinate the submission of pay equity reports, pay range disclosures, and related filings in accordance with jurisdictional requirements (e.g., EU Pay Transparency Directive, UK Gender Pay Gap reporting, US state‑level pay data reporting, and equivalent requirements globally).
• Maintain detailed filing records and audit trails for all pay reporting submissions, including supporting data, methodology documentation, and correspondence with regulatory bodies.
• Partner with Legal and Total Rewards to assess the people implications of new pay transparency requirements—including job posting obligations, salary band disclosure, and pay equity analysis—and support the operationalization of any required process changes.

• Support the administration of global mobility cases, ensuring that employee relocations, international assignments, business traveler activity, and remote work arrangements are tracked and managed in compliance with applicable immigration, tax, and employment law requirements.
• Maintain the mobility compliance tracker
  , documenting assignment details, visa and work authorization status, tax equalization arrangements, and relevant filing deadlines for all active internationally mobile employees.
• Coordinate with external immigration counsel, tax advisors, and relocation vendors to ensure timely and accurate completion of visa applications, work permit renewals, and related filings, escalating risk items to the Compliance Manager as needed.
• Monitor business traveler activity across jurisdictions, flagging cases where travel patterns may trigger permanent establishment, payroll withholding, or work authorization obligations.
• Support the development and maintenance of global mobility policies, employee FAQs, and manager guidance materials, ensuring they…