Compliance & HR Manager
Akiva Ai•Tucson, AZ
•Hybrid
About The Position
The Compliance & HR Manager owns workforce compliance, onboarding administration, personnel documentation, employment eligibility verification, background-screening coordination, and labor-law compliance for AKIVA's temporary employment and staffing services delivery. This role ensures compliance with applicable federal, state, local, and customer-specific staffing requirements and maintains workforce documentation in an audit-ready posture.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Public Administration, or related field — or equivalent experience
- 6+ years of HR-compliance, employee-relations, or staffing-compliance experience
- Demonstrated working knowledge of federal employment law (FLSA, FMLA, ADA, ACA, USERRA, OFCCP, EEO)
- Experience administering I-9 / E-Verify, background-screening, and drug-testing programs
- Strong working knowledge of HRIS, payroll, and benefit-administration systems
- Excellent written communication and document-management skills
- Discretion handling confidential personnel and medical information (HIPAA-aware)
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Must be authorized to work in the United States
Nice To Haves
- PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, or SHRM-SCP certification
- Experience supporting state, county, or municipal staffing contracts
- Familiarity with Arizona state employment law and Tucson municipal workforce regulations
- Experience administering Davis-Bacon, Service Contract Act, or prevailing-wage compliance
- Familiarity with ISO/IEC 27001 personnel-security controls
- Experience with AI-assisted compliance workflows, document automation, or audit tooling
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end compliance for all temporary employees placed under the contract
- Administer onboarding workflows including offer letters, I-9 and E-Verify, W-4, direct deposit, and policy acknowledgments
- Coordinate background investigations, drug screenings, and pre-employment checks per customer requirements
- Maintain personnel records, certifications, training records, and required acknowledgments in audit-ready files
- Administer ACA, FLSA, FMLA, USERRA, ADA, and applicable state and local labor-law compliance
- Coordinate employee benefit eligibility, enrollment, and life-event changes
- Manage workplace incident reporting, workers' compensation administration, and unemployment-claim responses
- Develop and maintain HR policies, employee handbook, and required workplace postings
- Conduct internal compliance audits and respond to customer-initiated audits or document requests
- Investigate and document employee-relations issues, complaints, and policy violations
- Coordinate with payroll on timesheet validation, overtime, prevailing-wage, and ACA reporting
- Stay current on regulatory changes affecting temporary-workforce compliance and brief the program team accordingly
Benefits
- 401(k) with generous company match
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Profit Sharing
- Professional development and skill-building opportunities
- Supportive management team with Veteran-owned company values
- Opportunity to work on impactful public sector engagements
- Long-term contract engagement with potential for extension
- AI productivity tools and training provided at no cost to employees
- Bonus based on performance
- Competitive salary
- Opportunity for advancement
- Tuition assistance
- Wellness resources
- Donation matching
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
