Compliance Analyst (Internal Candidates Only)

The Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) provides quality water supply, water pollution control, mapping, and household hazardous waste collection to eight member municipalities: Bloomfield, East Hartford, Hartford, Newington, Rocky Hill, West Hartford, Wethersfield and Windsor. Additionally, the MDC provides drinking water to portions of Farmington, Glastonbury, East Granby and South Windsor, known as the MDC's non-member towns.

JOB SUMMARY

The purpose of this classification is to perform professional administrative work involving the study, analysis and assessment of administrative systems and business operations for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the requirements of government-funded projects. Duties include compliance analysis, maintaining accurate and thorough records, thorough knowledge of all requirements of a contract, advising Project Managers on budgets, auditing contractor compliance, serving as a liaison to multiple departments and shareholders as required by a project, and performing other duties as required.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

The following duties are normal for this position. The omission of specific statements of the duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned.

• Serves as a point of contact for construction contract projects. Coordinates all submittals and requests for information. Ensures change orders are processed accurately, and verifies payment requisition prior to authorization.
• Responsible for ensuring that certified payrolls are issued per the state's prevailing wage requirements. Ensures that all ARRA/DEP/DPH information is in compliance.
• Performs field/site visits to gather contractor payroll information to ensure certified payroll compliance. Attends EPA/DEP audit meetings.
• Sets all construction meetings and completes and distributes minutes of all monthly project meetings. Attends assigned change order meetings.
• Provides and obtains information from vendors, contractors, and sales representatives; responds to vendor inquiries regarding payments; processes and prepares contract payment estimates for work done in accordance with District contracts.
• Attends training sessions, seminars, and staff meetings; and provides training to other District staff as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree in business administration, or a related field; supplemented by two (2) years previous experience and/or training involving analysis of business systems and the use of common database and spreadsheet software; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.

Ideal candidate will have construction contract administration experience, preferably in the utility/public works industry.

Experience with Procore and/or Project Site construction management software a plus.

PERFORMANCE APTITUDES (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES)

Data Utilization: Requires the ability to evaluate, audit, deduce, and/or assess data and/or information using established criteria. Includes exercise of discretion in determining actual or probable consequences, and in referencing such evaluation to identify and select alternatives.

Human Interaction: Requires the ability to apply principles of persuasion and/or influence.

Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.

Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and/or advisory data and information.

Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform intricate statistical analysis, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may include ability to perform mathematical operations with fractions; may include ability to compute discount, interest, profit and loss, ratio and proportion; may include ability to calculate surface areas, volumes, weights, and measures.

Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership. Ability to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to problem resolution.

Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is clearly measurable or verifiable.

ADA COMPLIANCE

Physical Ability: Tasks involve the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (5-10 pounds). Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or work station.

Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate sounds, and visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.

Environmental Factors: Tasks are regularly performed without exposure to adverse environmental conditions.

The Metropolitan District Commission is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Commission will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.