CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER (CCO)

About the position

The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) seeks an organized, professional, and results oriented individual to serve as the IDES Chief Compliance Officer (CCO). This position provides a great opportunity for someone with a compliance background, who has knowledge of state and federal laws, and is passionate about process improvement. The ideal candidate has extensive experience administering a system for implementing corrective action plans to ensure compliance with rules and best practices and overseeing a team performing compliance functions. IDES offers a competitive compensation plan, excellent benefits, and a pension program. If you are a seasoned compliance professional with a passion for organizational integrity, we invite you to join our innovative team to help make a positive difference in the lives of Illinois employers and job seekers.

Responsibilities

• Serves as Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) for the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES).
• Plans, develops, organizes, controls, and manages internal quality control activities related to corrective action plan (CAP) implementation.
• Directs the administrative and operational implementation of agency wide preventative and corrective compliance policies and procedures.
• Researches, develops and directs implementation of best practice continuous compliance improvement tools and methodologies.
• Serves as agency spokesperson in matters related to compliance.
• Serves as full-line supervisor.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Requirements

• Requires a bachelor's degree in business administration, public administration, accounting, finance, law or a related field; OR Requires a bachelor's degree in any field and two (2) years of professional experience in grants management, federal financial reporting, compliance, ethics, or auditing.
• Requires prior experience equivalent to four (4) years of progressively responsible administrative experience or (6) six years of professional experience in a public or business organization.

Nice-to-haves

• Four (4) years of professional experience in a compliance role.
• Four (4) years of professional experience in federal, state or local government ensuring compliance with policies governing state and/or federal programs.
• Three (3) years of professional experience supervising staff, including providing training and evaluating staff performance.
• Three (3) years of professional experience leading or managing complex projects related to compliance, auditing, policy development or operations.
• Two (2) years of professional experience developing, writing or revising an organization’s policy and/or procedures to functionally implement laws and regulations.
• Three (3) years of professional experience designing, implementing and monitoring corrective action plans in response to audit findings, noncompliance issues or performance gaps.
• Post-degree professional certification in compliance, audit, grants management, federal financial reporting, or a closely related field.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation plan
• Excellent benefits
• Pension program