Remote Ethics & Compliance Specialist
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listed on 2026-11-02
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Business
Regulatory Compliance Specialist
Who we are
At Balfour Beatty Communities, we are dedicated to a singular mission: delivering the quality communities people are proud to call home. We believe exceptional living experiences can only be created whenWe Care—about our residents, our partners, our communities, and each other. Our culture of caring drives every aspect of our business, guiding us to always do the right thing and build meaningful connections as we fulfill the needs of our residents and partners with sincerity, empathy, and creativity.
Our Benefits
- Discretionary bonuses
- Medical and Dental Insurance 1st of the month following employment
- Health, Flexible Spending and Dependent Care Accounts
- Company paid life insurance
- 401K plan with employer matching
- Robust PTO to include, sick, floating holidays, vacation, and personal days
- 2 Volunteer Days per year
- Company paid short-term and long- term disability, parental leave.
- And more!
About the role
The Compliance Specialist is an individual contributor responsible for managing key Ethics & Compliance program processes, initiatives, and continuous improvement activities. Reporting to the Vice President, Ethics & Compliance, the role supports the design, implementation, measurement, and ongoing evolution of the Company’s Ethics & Compliance Program. The Compliance Specialist leads projects, coordinates cross-functional stakeholders, and drives execution of significant compliance program activities.
The Compliance Specialist has broad exposure across policy governance, conflict of interest and gifts and hospitality register management, training and communications, compliance monitoring, third-party compliance, risk management, metrics and reporting, and technology-enabled compliance solutions. The position does not include responsibility for conducting internal investigations, which are managed separately within the department. This is a remote role.
What you'll be doing
- Administer conflict of interest and gifts and hospitality disclosure workflows
- Review submissions, coordinate approvals,maintain records, monitor trends, and recommend process improvements
- Conduct testing and monitoring activities designed to evaluate program effectiveness and policy compliance.
- Develop key performance indicators, dashboards, scorecards, and management reports.
- Monitor implementation of recommendations arising from Ethics & Compliance investigations.
- Analyse survey results and other metrics toidentifytrends and opportunities for improvement
- Develop and coordinate ethics and compliance communications, awareness campaigns, newsletters, manager resources, training content, facilitator materials, and culture-building initiatives.
- Conduct employee focus groups,facilitatelive training sessions, and periodically travel to company properties to assess culture and program effectiveness.
- Own policy lifecycle processes including drafting, editing, stakeholder review, approvals, publication, maintenance, benchmarking, and periodic reviews.
- Identify opportunities to strengthen policies and procedures based on emerging risks, regulatory developments, lessons learned, recommendations resulting from Ethics & Compliance investigations, and best practices.
- Leverage Microsoft Copilot, Power BI, SharePoint, Smartsheet, and related technologies to improve compliance operations
- Support development and governance of AI-enabled workflows and agents using Copilot Studio or similar platforms. Lead special projects and continuous-improvement initiatives.
Who we're looking for
Qualified candidates will have:
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, compliance, legal studies, public policy, communications, or related discipline preferred 1-3 years of maintenance experience
- Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP) certification preferred.
- 3-5…
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