Federal Compliance Specialist

Are you highly organized, detail-oriented, and passionate about ensuring accuracy and compliance? If so, we have the next career move for you! Who are we? We are ARCO, a Family of Construction Companies.

We are seeking a Federal Compliance Specialist to join our growing legal team in Riverside or St. Louis, Missouri. Working closely with ARCO’s Government & Regulatory Compliance counsel, this role will oversee federal contracting registrations, reporting, records, and compliance processes. The ideal candidate will proactively coordinate across teams, manage deadlines, and ensure accurate, timely government submissions to support ARCO’s expanding federal contracting business.

A DAY IN THE LIFE

• Own and administer ARCO’s SAM.gov registrations, including annual renewals, entity updates, representations and certifications, UEI information, CAGE Codes, NAICS Codes, points of contact, and other required registration information.
• Maintain a comprehensive calendar of federal registration, certification, reporting, and renewal deadlines across applicable ARCO entities and federal projects.
• Prepare, coordinate, and submit federal subcontracting reports, including Individual Subcontracting Reports (ISR) and Summary Subcontract Reports (SSR) and related small‑business subcontracting information.
• Coordinate Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) reporting and required subcontract reporting through FSRS or successor federal reporting systems.
• Work directly with project teams to obtain subcontract values, small‑business classifications, subcontracting‑plan data, good‑faith‑effort information, and other information necessary to complete required federal reports.
• Track federal reporting requirements from contract award through project closeout and proactively follow up with responsible teams to ensure required information is received before applicable deadlines.
• Support required Bio Preferred, Service Contract, and other recurring federal contractor reporting, when applicable to ARCO contracts and projects.
• Administer and maintain ARCO’s records associated with DCSA facility‑clearance and Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence (FOCI) requirements, including supporting e‑FCL submissions, SF 328 information, ownership records, corporate documentation, and required updates.
• Assist with administration of ARCO accounts and records in federal contracting systems such as PIEE, SPRS, SAM.gov, eSRS, FSRS, e‑FCL, and other government platforms as assigned.
• Maintain accurate records of ARCO federal registrations, certifications, representations, reports, supporting documentation, and submission confirmations.
• Coordinate with Legal, Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Procurement, and Operations to collect and validate information needed for government submissions.
• Monitor government reporting systems, agency communications, and internal calendars for approaching deadlines, rejected submissions, requests for additional information, and required corrections.
• Serve as a primary internal point of contact for routine federal reporting and registration questions and elevate legal or regulatory interpretation questions to Government & Regulatory Compliance counsel.
• Develop, document, and continuously improve standard operating procedures, checklists, templates, trackers, and internal guidance for recurring federal compliance activities.
• Monitor changes to government reporting systems and federal reporting requirements and coordinate with Government & Regulatory Compliance counsel to update ARCO procedures when requirements change.
• Conduct regular follow‑up with project teams and business leaders to obtain outstanding reporting information and help ensure ARCO remains current with federal reporting…