Compliance/Background Specialist

AppleOne; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 33,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

AppleOne Employment Services in Jacksonville, FL seeks a detail-oriented Compliance/Background Specialist for a temp-to-hire role. You will review background checks, verify documentation, identify discrepancies, and help ensure timely, compliant processing in a fast-paced environment.

Collaborate with operations, HR, onboarding teams, and screening vendors while handling confidential data with accuracy and professionalism. Strong communication and analytical skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Review comprehensive background check reports and supporting compliance documentation.

Responsibilities

• Review and validate high volumes of background screening reports, including criminal history, employment verification, education verification, identity verification, and related screening components.

Skills

Background screening workflows

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Regulatory compliance

Microsoft Excel

Communication skills

Time management

Confidential data handling

Education

Associate's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Sterling

First Advantage

HireRight

Checkr

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking a detail-oriented Compliance/Background Specialist for a temp-to-hire opportunity in Jacksonville, FL. This role supports a fast-paced, high-volume operations environment focused on background screening, compliance documentation, onboarding accuracy, and regulatory adherence.

The Compliance/Background Specialist will review completed background check reports, validate supporting documentation, identify discrepancies, and help ensure screening cases are processed accurately and on time. This is a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys analytical work, confidential documentation, structured processes, and collaborative problem-solving.

This position offers the chance to join a professional, team-oriented environment where accuracy, accountability, and clear communication are highly valued. Candidates can expect to work closely with operations, HR, onboarding teams, and screening vendors while building valuable experience in compliance, workforce onboarding, and employment screening operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and validate high volumes of background screening reports, including criminal history, employment verification, education verification, identity verification, and related screening components.
• Evaluate screening results and supporting documentation for accuracy, completeness, policy compliance, and potential regulatory concerns.
• Identify discrepancies, missing information, adverse findings, and exceptions requiring additional review or escalation.
• Track pending cases, outstanding documentation, case statuses, and unresolved screening issues through completion.
• Collaborate with internal teams, HR, onboarding specialists, and third-party screening vendors to resolve documentation or compliance concerns.
• Maintain confidentiality while handling sensitive personal information and support quality assurance efforts to improve accuracy and consistency.

Compensation and Benefits

• Pay range: $24 to $27 per hour.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Review comprehensive background check reports and supporting compliance documentation.
• Manage high-volume screening queues while meeting turnaround times, quality standards, and productivity expectations.
• Investigate discrepancies, incomplete information, and screening exceptions within established guidelines.
• Communicate with internal stakeholders and third-party vendors to resolve background screening issues.
• 1 to 2 years of relevant experience in background screening, compliance review, pre-employment screening, onboarding operations, or a related administrative support function.
• Hands‑on experience reviewing completed background checks, not only initiating screenings or coordinating onboarding paperwork.
• Strong understanding of background screening components, verification processes, documentation requirements, and compliance standards.
• Familiarity with federal and state screening regulations, including FCRA requirements where relevant.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
• Experience using background screening platforms, applicant tracking systems, case management systems, or similar tools.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to maintain accuracy while processing large volumes of cases.
• Ability to prioritize competing deadlines in a fast‑paced, transaction‑based operations environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Professional judgment and ability to handle confidential and sensitive information appropriately.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with third‑party background screening providers such as Sterling, First Advantage, HireRight, or Checkr.
• Familiarity with adverse action processes and employment screening compliance.
• Experience supporting staffing, recruiting, HR shared services, or large‑scale workforce onboarding operations.
• Background in quality assurance, compliance auditing, document verification, or records review.
• Experience working in environments with strict service‑level agreements, turnaround times, and performance metrics.

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For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, AppleOne is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team.

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We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment‑qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.