Compliance Senior Analyst, Operations

Equinix; United States; Remote; USD 88,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in digital infrastructure seeks a Compliance Senior Analyst. You will ensure operations compliance, manage audits, and assist in maintaining compliance with local legislation. This role requires specialized knowledge and involves collaboration across various departments to enforce compliance standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in relevant field of compliance preferred.
• QISBC or EHS certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plans specialized compliance audits, leads certification projects, and communicates findings.
• Develops local compliance procedures and ensures adherence to legislative requirements.
• Monitors compliance training and manages mandatory diverse compliance training.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a related subject

Job description

Who are we?

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company , operating over 26 0 data centers across the globe . Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.

Joining our operations team means that you will be at the forefront of all we do, maintaining critical facilities infrastructure as part of a close-knit team delivering best-in-class service to our data center customers. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success .

Job Summary

The Compliance Senior Analyst takes on an active responsibility in resolving operations compliance issues. Assists in implementing compliance and local legislative requirements at site level. Assists in ensuring Equinix management systems remain compliant to the requirements globally and drives continual improvement. Receives little instruction on work and general instruction on new assignments.

Responsibilities

Audits & Certifications

• Plans specialized site level compliance audits (internal and external)

• Leads diverse site level compliance certification projects and identifies processes to be audited based on specialized knowledge of criteria and controls

• Develops industry knowledge of standards

• Conducts/leads complianceaudits, creates specialized reports and communicates findings and risks to management

• Participates in external audits to provide subject matter expertise support

• Ensures any non-compliance findings are closed in a timely manner

Management Systems

• Is involved in specialized changes and updates any local site level management system assets by raising a document change request

• Provides specialized compliance input for site level management review meetings

• Develops specialized local compliance procedures to comply with local legislative and Equinix requirements

• Ensures all required compliance records are maintained in local/global repositories; including: records relevant to Operations compliance (QISBC and EHS)

• Assists in the development and maintenance of a global QISBC and EHS management systems including related policies, processes, templates and procedures leading to standardization, consistency and continual improvement

Program Management

• Produces seasoned compliance reports for local management including key performance indicators and metrics for diverse matters

• Performs a moderate analysis on corrective and preventative actions to identify diverse systemic issues/root causes/delays in completion and recommends resolving a variety of compliance issues through preventive actions

• Identifies and participates in specialized process improvement initiatives and compliance projects for the site/country in collaboration with regional and/or global stakeholders.

• Answers specialized queries on compliance tools/systems and manages the tool as an admin.

Training

• Monitors and tracks any QISBC/EHS compliance related training as required by the business, ensuring in scope site personnel complete training within target dates

• Develops specialized local training materials/toolbox talks

• Manages and tracks relevant mandatory diverse compliance training

• Provides specialized level training and inductions for new compliance personnel within a diverse scope

• May be involved in training existing team members, and contractors

1st Line Responsibilities

• Performs specialized site level audit evidence reviews and collection including making sure that the sites are prepared for any upcoming audits

• Acts as a specialized single point of contact (SPOC) for site level compliance related customer or any third party audits, as needed within a diverse scope

• Assists Data center managers in the implementation of site level compliance policies and processes, as per global requirements

• Ensures site level compliance with new and existing local/federal/regulatory requirements and follow up on any actions

• Provides Compliance SME support for relevant site/country stakeholders including mentoring when necessary, identifying compliance related risks / issues at site level

• Conducts routine site inspections with focus on requirements from local/regional/federal and Equinix requirements

• Assists sites in any risk assessments and business continuity related documentation maintenance as required (Business Continuity, EHS, are kept current)

2nd Line Responsibilities

• Communicates risks in a timely manner to manager and external groups

• Identifies potential risks for non-compliance

• Provides RFI/RFP support for compliance related topics and second level support for customer audits

• Provides QISBC/EHS specialized compliance support for first line of defense and other internal stakeholders

• Feeds back compliance related content as part of any cross-functional projects

• Reviews first Line of defense management review content

• May support more junior teammates and field more diverse requests requiring more seasoned experience and program knowledge

Compliance Implementation

• Provides customer RFI/RFP/Pre-Sales /Audit /Questionnaire site level compliance support

• Supports responses for specialized requests or sensitive issues with diverse risk

• Integrates new sites or site expansions to Equinix standards within a diverse scope

• Involved in the specialized managing of Data Center business continuity exercise program ensuring all required drills are planned, tracked, conducted, and documented by site operations, as per global policy

• Supports application of designated permits, compliance to existing permits, plans (e.g. Air, Spill Prevention, Chemical Reporting, etc.) within a diverse scope

• Evaluates specialized work place changes, processes, equipment and substances for compliance to Equinix policies and recommends corrective action within a diverse scope

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in relevant field of compliance preferred

• Bachelor's Degree in a related subject preferred

• QISBC or EHS certification preferred

The United States targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:

• California (Non-SF/Bay Area), Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Washington state: $88,000 to $132,000 per year

Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training.

This position may be offered in other locations. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

The targeted pay range listed reflects the base pay only and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position.

As an employee, you become important to Equinix’s success. Details about our company benefits can be found at the following link:

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