Senior Compliance Analyst: Build & Lead Policy & Controls

Sigil Partners; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sigil Partners is seeking a Senior Compliance Analyst to build and strengthen a growing corporate compliance function. You will own projects end-to-end, partner with leadership, and help implement practical solutions across policies, controls, and processes.

The role focuses on developing the compliance infrastructure in year one, then expanding into audits, risk assessments, and internal controls as the program matures. This hybrid Denver role offers ownership and growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; accounting/finance/business focus preferred.
• 3+ years of relevant experience in compliance, internal audit, risk advisory, public accounting, internal controls, or related area.
• Independent project management with limited supervision; strong communication.
• Experience evaluating processes, risks, and internal controls.
• Exposure to policy development, process mapping, operational auditing, compliance testing, or process improvement.
• Interest in technology and how systems affect business processes and controls.

Responsibilities

• Help develop and implement a more structured company-wide compliance program.
• Draft, review, organize, and maintain corporate policies and procedures, improving consistency and accessibility across the organization.
• Partner with business leaders to roll out policies, communicate expectations, and support compliance training.
• Take ownership of compliance projects from initial planning through implementation and follow-up.
• Evaluate business processes to identify risks, control gaps, and opportunities to improve efficiency.
• Work with IT, Finance, Operations, and external partners on system implementations and process changes.
• Review system controls involving user access, permissions, segregation of duties, automated controls, and configuration.
• Participate in user acceptance testing and evaluate whether new systems and workflows support business and compliance requirements.
• Conduct operational and compliance audits, including developing testing approaches rather than relying exclusively on established audit programs.
• Document findings clearly and provide practical recommendations to business leaders.
• Support risk assessments and help determine where future compliance and audit resources should be focused.

Skills

Compliance

Internal audit

Risk assessment

Policy development

Process mapping

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related

Tools

Yardi Voyager

Job description

Sigil Partners is seeking a Senior Compliance Analyst to build and strengthen a growing corporate compliance function. You will own projects end-to-end, partner with leadership, and help implement practical solutions across policies, controls, and processes.

The role focuses on developing the compliance infrastructure in year one, then expanding into audits, risk assessments, and internal controls as the program matures. This hybrid Denver role offers ownership and growth.