Payroll Compliance Specialist

Davis Construction; Rockville, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Davis Construction in Rockville, MD is seeking a Compliance Specialist to manage compliance and payroll processes across construction projects. You will oversee project setup, tracking, and reporting, ensuring adherence to regulatory and wage requirements while guiding trade partners and project teams.

You will educate and mentor partners, coordinate with internal teams, and resolve non-compliance issues with attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Experience with compliance tracking, payroll audits, or regulatory reporting in construction or related industries.
• Proficiency in compliance software for data management and reporting.
• Understanding wage compliance, socio-economic programs, and trade partner regulations.
• Excellent communication, mentoring, and interpersonal skills to educate and manage trade partners and project teams.
• Ability to analyze data, identify issues, interpret compliance requirements, and implement corrective actions.
• Persistence and professionalism in managing challenging or non-compliant trade partners.
• Experience coordinating with internal teams and external partners to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Knowledge of construction compliance requirements such as prevailing wage, Davis-Bacon, and certified payroll.

Responsibilities

• Manage compliance and payroll processes for construction projects.
• Oversee project setup, compliance tracking, and reporting.
• Identify and resolve non-compliance issues.
• Provide education, mentoring, and onboarding for trade partners and project teams.
• Collaborate with internal departments to maintain accurate records and mitigate risks.
• Review owner’s contract language for good-faith efforts and workforce development requirements.
• Lead kickoff meetings and guide project teams to mitigate risks.
• Coordinate with clients and trade partners to submit compliance reports.
• Utilize Excel and other tools to maintain data accuracy for weekly and periodic reporting.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Data analysis

Mentoring

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

LCP Tracker

Compliance software

Excel

Job description

12530 Parklawn Drive, Headquarters - Rockville, MD, Maryland

Job Position Type

Full time

At DAVIS, we're redefining the way people experience construction by building success for all.

SUMMARY:

The Compliance Specialistis responsible formanaging compliance and payroll processes for construction projects, ensuring trade partner adherence to regulatory and wage requirements.Overseesproject setup, compliance tracking, and reporting, whileidentifyingand resolving non-compliance issues. Provides education, mentoring, and onboarding for trade partners and project teams, and collaborates with internal departments tomaintainaccuraterecords, mitigate risks, and ensure regulatory compliance.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Experience with compliance tracking, payroll audits,orregulatory reporting in construction or related industries
• Proficiencyin compliance software for data management and reporting
• Understandingofwage compliance, socio-economic programs, and trade partner regulations
• Excellent communication, mentoring, and interpersonal skills to effectively educate and manage trade partners and project teams
• Ability to analyze data,identifyissues,interpret compliance requirements,and implement corrective actions with attention to detail
• Persistenceand professionalismin managing challenging or non-compliant trade partners
• Experience coordinating with internal teams and external partners to ensure regulatory compliance andaccuraterecordkeeping
• Knowledge of construction compliance requirements such as prevailing wage, Davis-Bacon,andcertified payroll

TECHNICAL JOB KNOWLEDGE:

• Compliance Management
• Set up projectaccounts, invite trade partners, and track weekly compliance through LCP Tracker and/orother compliance software
• Ensure posting requirements and regulatory standards are consistently met
• Identifynon-compliance issues,determineremedies, andmaintainaccuraterecordkeeping
• Collaborate with the legal department on compliance discrepancies,regulatory updates, and contract language
• Payroll Reporting+ Workforce Development
• Receive, review, and audit weekly payroll reports from trade partners, communicating discrepancies to relevantstakeholders
• Coordinate with clients and trade partners tosubmitinitial,periodic, and finalcompliance reports
• Generate quarterly reportsfor relevant compliance requirementsandassistteams withanalyzing trade partner inclusion/exclusion for compliance requirements
• Utilize Excel and other tools tomaintaindata accuracy for weekly and periodic reporting
• Reviews owner’s contract language todeterminegood-faith efforts and/or workforce development requirements
• Attend industry events such as trade partner fairs, hiring events,andeducational courses
• Risk Management & Problem Solving
• Manage delinquent or challenging trade partners with persistence and professionalism
• Leadproject ComplianceKickoffMeetings and provide guidance to project teams to mitigate risks
• Education & Mentoring
• Develop and present wage compliance and socio-economic education programs
• Mentor and educate trade partners, project team members, and department colleagues on compliance regulations and project requirements
• Participate in onboarding new trade partners and communication ofwage assurance expectations
• Assistproject teams in interpreting compliance requirements and ensuring trade partner adherence
• Serve as a point of contact for compliance questions and guidance across departments
• Ensuresthe projectteam is aware ofrelevantwage scales, jurisdictional compliance requirements, and contract language supportstheproject'sneeds

CORE COMPETENCIES FOR THE ROLE:

• Autonomy + Accountability
• Uses existing procedures to solve routine or standard problems
• Receives instruction,guidanceand direction from others
• Accountable for work within own role only, but work completedimpactsteam and/or projects
• Business Impact
• Impactsown team and adjacent teams
• Uses discretion to make improvements to existing processes and solutions to achieve results or improve efficiency
• Assistsin basic business development tasks
• Talent Development
• Acts as a resource for team members with less experience
• May lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements
• Problem Solving + Resiliency
• Recognizes and solves typical problems that can occur in own work project / department with minimal oversight
• Evaluates and selects solutions from established options and employs creativity to develop new options for consideration

DAVIS CORE VALUES:

• TRUST
• Excellence in Service–Fulfilling our clients’ highest expectations
• Inclusion–Ensuring a culture of respect and acceptance, where all employees have a sense of purpose and belonging
• Integrity–Exhibiting honesty and fairness while holding ourselves accountable for our actions
• Building Relationships–Creating andmaintainingstrong partnerships through leadership, creativesolutionsand hard work

$74,500.00 - $95,000.00

At DAVIS, we're redefining the way people experience construction by building success for all.

SUMMARY:

The Compliance Specialistis responsible formanaging compliance and payroll processes for construction projects, ensuring trade partner adherence to regulatory and wage requirements.Overseesproject setup, compliance tracking, and reporting, whileidentifyingand resolving non-compliance issues. Provides education, mentoring, and onboarding for trade partners and project teams, and collaborates with internal departments tomaintainaccuraterecords, mitigate risks, and ensure regulatory compliance.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Experience with compliance tracking, payroll audits,orregulatory reporting in construction or related industries
• Proficiencyin compliance software for data management and reporting
• Understandingofwage compliance, socio-economic programs, and trade partner regulations
• Excellent communication, mentoring, and interpersonal skills to effectively educate and manage trade partners and project teams
• Ability to analyze data,identifyissues,interpret compliance requirements,and implement corrective actions with attention to detail
• Persistenceand professionalismin managing challenging or non-compliant trade partners
• Experience coordinating with internal teams and external partners to ensure regulatory compliance andaccuraterecordkeeping
• Knowledge of construction compliance requirements such as prevailing wage, Davis-Bacon,andcertified payroll

TECHNICAL JOB KNOWLEDGE:

• Compliance Management
• Set up projectaccounts, invite trade partners, and track weekly compliance through LCP Tracker and/orother compliance software
• Ensure posting requirements and regulatory standards are consistently met
• Identifynon-compliance issues,determineremedies, andmaintainaccuraterecordkeeping
• Collaborate with the legal department on compliance discrepancies,regulatory updates, and contract language
• Payroll Reporting+ Workforce Development
• Receive, review, and audit weekly payroll reports from trade partners, communicating discrepancies to relevantstakeholders
• Coordinate with clients and trade partners tosubmitinitial,periodic, and finalcompliance reports
• Generate quarterly reportsfor relevant compliance requirementsandassistteams withanalyzing trade partner inclusion/exclusion for compliance requirements
• Utilize Excel and other tools tomaintaindata accuracy for weekly and periodic reporting
• Reviews owner’s contract language todeterminegood-faith efforts and/or workforce development requirements
• Attend industry events such as trade partner fairs, hiring events,andeducational courses
• Risk Management & Problem Solving
• Manage delinquent or challenging trade partners with persistence and professionalism
• Leadproject ComplianceKickoffMeetings and provide guidance to project teams to mitigate risks
• Education & Mentoring
• Develop and present wage compliance and socio-economic education programs
• Mentor and educate trade partners, project team members, and department colleagues on compliance regulations and project requirements
• Participate in onboarding new trade partners and communication ofwage assurance expectations
• Assistproject teams in interpreting compliance requirements and ensuring trade partner adherence
• Serve as a point of contact for compliance questions and guidance across departments
• Ensuresthe projectteam is aware ofrelevantwage scales, jurisdictional compliance requirements, and contract language supportstheproject'sneeds

CORE COMPETENCIES FOR THE ROLE:

• Autonomy + Accountability
• Uses existing procedures to solve routine or standard problems
• Receives instruction,guidanceand direction from others
• Accountable for work within own role only, but work completedimpactsteam and/or projects
• Business Impact
• Impactsown team and adjacent teams
• Uses discretion to make improvements to existing processes and solutions to achieve results or improve efficiency
• Assistsin basic business development tasks
• Talent Development
• Acts as a resource for team members with less experience
• May lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements
• Problem Solving + Resiliency
• Recognizes and solves typical problems that can occur in own work project / department with minimal oversight
• Evaluates and selects solutions from established options and employs creativity to develop new options for consideration

DAVIS CORE VALUES:

• TRUST
• Excellence in Service–Fulfilling our clients’ highest expectations
• Inclusion–Ensuring a culture of respect and acceptance, where all employees have a sense of purpose and belonging
• Integrity–Exhibiting honesty and fairness while holding ourselves accountable for our actions
• Building Relationships–Creating andmaintainingstrong partnerships through leadership, creativesolutionsand hard work

$74,500.00 - $95,000.00

Davis is committed to providing our employees with a competitive total compensation package that enhances your quality of life. DAVIS offers a 100% employer-paid health care plan (to include family), life insurance, short- and long-term disability benefits, and an annual contribution to your HSA. DAVIS also offers annual incentive bonus, paid time off + annual holidays, financial benefits (401(k), Roth, and ESOP), FSAs, fertility and family-forming assistance, and continuing education. Additional benefits include Employee Assistance Program (EAP), on-site fitness center, and parental leave. Eligible employees are provided a company vehicle or an auto allowance to support business activities.

The compensation and benefits information are provided as of the date of this posting. Benefits and incentive compensation may be subject to applicable eligibility. DAVIS reserves the right to modify compensation and benefits at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

At DAVIS, our vision is to build a culture that is innovative, connected, and balanced.