Compliance Data Specialist

The Menta Group; Aurora (IL); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

403(b) Investment Options

Generous Paid Time Off

Job summary

An education non-profit organization is seeking a Compliance Data Specialist in Aurora, IL. This role focuses on managing compliance data and ensuring accuracy for regulatory submissions. Ideal candidates should have an Associate's degree and strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets. Benefits include medical, dental, and generous paid time off. Join a mission-driven team committed to supporting students with diverse needs. Salary ranges from $40,000 to $55,000 annually.

Qualifications

• Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to identify specific errors in regulatory forms.
• Strong computer proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage Restraint and Time Out (RTO) compliance data.
• Conduct quality control reviews of RTO forms.
• Manage timely entry of verified RTO data.
• Maintain files for compliance audits.
• Request necessary corrections on documentation.
• Enforce notification deadlines.

Skills

Attention to detail

Microsoft Excel

Google Sheets

Education

Associate's degree in relevant field

Job description

The corporate office at The Menta Education Group is located at 2471 W Sullivan Rd, Aurora, IL 60506.

Standard Operating Hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday-Friday

As a Compliance Data Specialist at The Menta Education Group, you will join a collaborative team of regulatory and business professionals dedicated to upholding the highest standards of data integrity. Your primary mission is to act as the steward of our Restraint and Time Out (RTO) compliance data, ensuring every record is accurate, compliant, and submitted to all designated recipients on time.

In addition to the primary responsibility of RTO regulatory compliance, this role will gradually incorporate essential support to the Workers’ Compensation and Insurance Program (WCIP) team. Supporting the WCIP team will include assisting with claims administration and risk data. This position is ideal for a detail-oriented professional who thrives on statutory accuracy but appreciates the variety of supporting broader business operations.

Required: Minimum of an Associate's degree in Business Administration, Data Management, Human Resources Management, Office Technology, OR a related field.

Primary Responsibilities

• Mangage: Restraint and Time Out (RTO) compliance data
• Data Stewardship: conduct rigorous quality control reviews of RTO forms to ensure every field meets strict internal and ISBE (Illinois State Board of Education) standards before submission.
• Regulatory Submission: Manage the accurate and timely entry of verified RTO data into the ISBE Student Information System (SIS), and internal tracking databases.
• Audit Readiness: Maintain impeccable digital and physical files, ensuring the organization is perpetually prepared for internal or state-level compliance audits.
• Correction Coordination: Act as the liaison between corporate administration and school sites, communicating with care and clarity to request necessary corrections on documentation.
• Timeline Monitoring: Enforce strict statutory notification deadlines to ensure parents, partner districts, and ISBE are informed of events within the legally required 24-hour window.

Support Responsibilities

• Workers’ Compensation and Insurance Program (WCIP) Support: Assist the Risk Management team with the administrative aspects of Worker's Compensation claims and documentation as capacity permits.
• General Liability: Provide data entry support for vehicle accident reports and other liability claims to assist the business office.
• Administrative Support: Assist the business office with other HR and administrative and data entry responsibilities

Qualifications

• Required: Minimum of an Associate's degree in Business Administration, Data Management, Human Resources Management, Office Technology, OR a related field.
• Required: Exceptional attention to detail; the ability to identify specific errors in complex government regulatory forms is the most critical skill for this role.
• Required: Strong computer proficiency, specifically with Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets.
• Required: Ability to prioritize time-sensitive regulatory deadlines while managing auxiliary support tasks.
• Preferred: Prior experience with the ISBE Student Information System (SIS) or similar state reporting platforms.
• Preferred: Familiarity with insurance documentation or administrative office support.

Compensation & Benefits

• Benefit options include: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Supplemental Insurance Programs
• Medical Insurance enrollment is available to full time employees on their date of hire. No waiting period.
• Semi-Monthly Pay
• Generous Paid Time Off Benefits
• 403(b) Investment Options
• Link to Benefits Overview: https://menta.com/employee-benefits-full-time/
• Direct Employer Hire

$40,000 - $55,000 a year

About The Menta Education Group

The Menta Education Group has evolved into a dynamic, responsive, multi-state education non-profit, operating numerous private and public/private partnership schools. The organization still firmly adheres to its policy to never give up on a child and that no student will be rejected, suspended, or expelled.

The Menta Education Group’s mission is “To provide innovative solutions to critical problems in education and human services.” Menta brings a framework of educational practices that have been designed and are supported through evidence based practices. Menta’s collaborative process with various school and community stakeholders has resulted in programs designed to educate, support, challenge, empower and celebrate students who present with a range of academic, social and emotional needs. At the beginning of a student’s experience with Menta, a collaborative meeting is held that includes the student, significant people in their lives, Menta staff and other professionals as appropriate. During that meeting, a comprehensive assessment of the student’s past, present and future desires is used to establish a student centered plan (MAP) that serves as a foundation of the student’s Menta programming. A guiding principle of Menta is ‘we do not give up’, while also holding our students and staff to high expectations. The educational offerings at a Menta program provides students with a quality education that is designed to nurture and enhance the skills and maturity needed to meet the challenges of being productive adults and citizens in a rapidly changing 21st century world.

Students Served: PK-21

Professional Associations and/or Partnerships

The Menta Education Group affiliates are members/partners with CEC, CASE, Autism Speaks, ASBA, AAPSEC, AASA, CCSSO, SEAA, ASCD, and many more associations that focus on the education of children with disabilities.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Menta Education Group (“Menta”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, sex (including sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, gender identity and gender expression), color, national origin, religion, age, pregnancy or related conditions, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability or any other basis protected under federal, state or local law. Any individual needing assistance in making an application for any opening should contact Menta’s office.