Assistant Director of Compliance & Risk Management

Commonwealth of VA Careers; Virginia; On-site; USD 122,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Virginia Department of Social Services seeks an Assistant Director of Compliance to lead enterprise compliance and risk management efforts. This role partners with the Director to advance the division's strategic direction and coordinate cross‑agency programs.

Responsibilities include overseeing audits, monitoring activities, subrecipient review, and FOIA, while fostering collaborative relationships with divisions and oversight entities to ensure timely, compliant operations.

Qualifications

• Understanding of internal controls, risk identification, documentation standards and QA practices.
• Familiarity with audits, monitoring activities, and how organizations prepare for them.
• General knowledge of public sector operations and roles of agencies and oversight entities.
• Understanding of confidentiality, ethics, and professional conduct in government or regulated environments.
• Awareness of data, trends and performance metrics to inform compliance decisions.
• Experience supervising direct reports and coordinating teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate work across compliance functions, incl. hearings, quality control, fraud management, subrecipient monitoring, FOIA.
• Support collaboration with program divisions, local departments, and state/federal oversight bodies.
• Monitor trends and data to identify risks and elevate them with recommended solutions.
• Contribute to policies, internal controls, and readiness for external review.

Skills

Internal controls

Risk identification

Documentation standards

Quality assurance

Audits & monitoring familiarity

Public sector operations knowledge

Confidentiality & ethics

Data trends & metrics awareness

Supervision of staff

Cross-team coordination

Job description

Virginia Department of Social Services seeks an Assistant Director of Compliance to lead enterprise compliance and risk management efforts. This role partners with the Director to advance the division's strategic direction and coordinate cross‑agency programs.

Responsibilities include overseeing audits, monitoring activities, subrecipient review, and FOIA, while fostering collaborative relationships with divisions and oversight entities to ensure timely, compliant operations.