Licensing Senior Specialist

Dollar General • Goodlettsville, TN

7h

About The Position

Dollar General's mission is Serving Others, and they value each employee. They offer a wide range of career opportunities across their various locations and teams. This role focuses on obtaining and maintaining all business licenses required for the company to operate and offer a full product line. This includes general business licenses, beer and wine licenses, tobacco licenses, and health permits. The specialist will research, prepare, file, process, and remit applications and payments to comply with jurisdictional rules and regulations. They will also assist in maintaining licensing and property tax databases, track project completion for new store research and license dates, and prepare applications that may include personal information of officers and field personnel. Collaboration with field leadership, other Store Support Center partners, vendors, and licensing officials is key to facilitating store and manager-level requirements for selling alcohol and tobacco products. The role encourages providing recommendations for process improvements.

Requirements

• Two to four years of licensing, operations, or communications experience required.
• Proven ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Good organizational, planning, and proactive prioritization skills to meet and maintain stringent deadlines and accomplish goals.
• Ability to work proficiently with word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in written form.
• Ability to interact with government jurisdictions and other departments to obtain relevant information and make appropriate decisions.
• Ability to work independently, as part of a group, and in gray areas to solve challenges.
• Ability to review data, breakdown critical decision points, and effectively communicate any challenges.
• Ability to negotiate complex issues with jurisdictions, and other internal departments to find common ground and leverage beneficial outcomes.
• Solution-based problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage conflict and difficult conversations.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor Degree in business or related field preferred.
• Basic knowledge of general office accounting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Obtaining and maintaining licenses for assigned stores, including operational, alcohol, and tobacco licenses.
• Researching, coordinating, preparing, processing, and remitting assigned license applications and payments to the appropriate jurisdictions.
• Reviewing license renewals and tax payments for accuracy, including any changes made based on historical and/or third party data.
• Collaborating with the appropriate teams to gather sensitive information such as fingerprints, background checks, Officer and Field PII, redacting leases, site surveys, and coordinating hearings with field leadership and attorneys.
• Coordinating regularly with third party legal counsel to obtain new licenses and work through issues.
• Partnering with Operations, Merchandising, Store Facilities Maintenance, company officers, and Landlords where needed to obtain relevant information related to obtaining licenses and working with the field and jurisdictions to schedule and resolve any outstanding licensing requirements.
• Assisting with maintenance of various licensing databases to account for all license jurisdictions, applications, tax payments, and register restrictions in addition to licensing compliance efforts by recording and sending new licenses, set guides, and required signage to newly licensed stores.
• Creating and maintaining new license projections for alcohol and tobacco sales.
• Assisting Manager with monthly licensing milestone updates and project status delays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior