Analyst, People Compliance

Chipotle Mexican Grill•Columbus, OH

35d•$50,000 - $63,500

About The Position

As Analyst, People Compliance, you will be responsible for driving compliance with various employment laws and regulations, including Fair Workweek practices, meal and rest laws, minor scheduling rules and state-specific pay rules. You will analyze and apply federal, state, and local laws to ensure compliance. You will develop and implement personnel policies and best practices company-wide to ensure compliance. You will also integrate and analyze complex data sets from multiple systems, including performance reports, compliance risks, and audits, in order to provide accurate advice to our operations partners on corrective actions to maintain a compliant workplace. This role will involve independent decision-making and policy and practice creation and implementation. You will play a crucial role in maintaining the accuracy and integrity of HR and compliance data, creating and maintaining compliance reports, dashboards and presentations that are provided and presented along with recommendations for corrective actions in an effective way that will drive informed decision-making at all levels.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience required.
2 - 4 years of experience in Reporting/Auditing, Employment Compliance, or Human Resources required. Restaurant and/or retail experience highly desired.
Expertise in Microsoft Office suite, specifically Word, Outlook, and Excel. Excel experience to include functions and formulas with the ability to create new reporting. Experience with Alteryx, Power BI, Power Automate, Tableau, or other applications required.
Understanding of employee scheduling and timekeeping systems required. Experience with Kronos, Workday and ServiceNow (or other case management software) preferred.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Have the ability to handle highly confidential information appropriately.
Ability to work a flexible, full-time schedule to include days, evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

Identify and analyze applicable federal, state, and local laws to ensure compliance.
Develop best practices and policies to ensure compliance with Fair Workweek laws, meal and rest laws, minor scheduling rules and state-specific pay rules.
Train and advise HR and operations partners regarding related best practices and policies.
Access, extract, and interpret data from multiple sources and tools. Using data mining techniques, create and distribute weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting for various stakeholders in support of employment compliance initiatives.
Create and maintain internal and external dashboard metrics representing compliance with Good Faith Estimates/Regular Schedules, Access to Hours, employee attestation responses, and various pay spends by type, providing interpretive analysis to guide important HR decision-making
Synthesize and maintain the accuracy of large, complex data sets from multiple systems ( e.g., employee schedules, time clock punches, employee attestations, and meal and rest breaks) and apply legal and policy interpretations to determine compliance status.
Conduct independent audits, create and maintain weekly, pay-period, monthly, quarterly and yearly trend analysis for compliance-related metrics to identify patterns.
Create and deliver strategic compliance reports and presentations, design visual representations of key metrics for leadership and internal partners to aid in training and education.
Monitor and audit premium payments during bi-weekly payroll to ensure eligibility and accuracy. Conduct regular audits of miscellaneous compliance processes and documentation.
Proactively identify process improvements to improve reporting effectiveness and efficiency.
Educate managers and employees on compliance policies and procedures and provide counsel as to recommend solutions that improve execution and compliance of scheduling-related laws. Translate complex regulations into practical guidance, and advise on high-impact HR decisions.
Identify areas for improvement and lead cross-functional projects based on recommended changes. Assist team with other large projects, as needed.