What are the responsibilities and job description for the Regional Compliance Specialist position at 8108323?
The Regional Compliance Specialist ensures that our dispensaries are operating in compliance with state and local rules, regulations, and ordinances. The Regional Compliance Specialist will also keep the management team up to date on legal and regulatory matters impacting operations, assist in the development of company policies and standard operating procedures, monitor operations to identify and correct instances of non-compliance, and function as a quasi-independent and objective body that reviews and evaluates compliance issues and concerns within the Company and conducts regular audits and staff trainings. Advise and guide management personnel and employees on applicable local, state, and national laws and regulations, and will be called upon to provide answers to complex questions and help find lawful yet innovative solutions to legal and regulatory issues. The Regional Compliance Specialist will also work with the leadership team to develop and implement replicable processes, policies, and systems related to compliance and ensure their effectiveness. Ensure reporting, registration, filing, and other similar mandatory tasks are completed in a timely fashion and coordinate with management to stay ahead of any future changes in regulations.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Maintains internal compliance and audit controls through checklists, protocols, and other means to ensure operational success.
- Develops and oversees all staff compliance training, including new employee onboarding and continuing training.
- Manages the administration, maintenance, and accuracy of all required reports, documentation, and equipment.
- Remains up to date on relevant industry-related and state-mandated laws and regulations, analyze their impact and make recommendations to operations and management to update internal SOPs in accordance with new regulations.
- Performs on-site inspections on a regular basis at dispensaries in Missouri to identify potential areas of compliance vulnerability and risk; develop/implement corrective action plans for resolution of problematic issues; and provide general guidance on how to avoid or deal with similar situations in the future. This includes providing guidance to management on implementing policy and/or process changes to comply with new and/or changes to regulations.
- Oversee any recalls and/or health/public safety issues. This includes reporting to government agencies, developing communication with dispensaries and/or consumers, working with the management team to develop a corrective plan.
- Works with functional leaders to ensure information is communicated and all managers are properly informed of changes to regulations, policies, and procedures in their respective areas.
- Manages the implementation of compliance-related policies and procedures throughout the operating units.
- Develop collaborative relationships with the state regulatory agency representatives and regulators.
- Send weekly reports to management with current compliance issues, recommendations, and regulatory updates.
- Documents all changes into training manuals and SOPs.
- Responds to management inquiries and requests and resolve issues in a timely, friendly, and efficient manner.
