Sr. Compliance Analyst

Earthjustice • Washington, DC

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Compliance Analyst is a non-supervisory role in Earthjustice’s General Counsel’s Office. The analyst will build and manage a centralized system to track, coordinate, and support regulatory compliance obligations for Earthjustice (501(c)(3)), Earthjustice Action (501(c)(4)), and Earthjustice Action’s associated political committees. The role helps reduce legal, financial, and reputational risk by managing systems for high-risk filing, registration, reporting, recordkeeping, and deadline obligations across departments.

The position initially focuses on federal and state campaign finance compliance; Earthjustice Action’s electoral and political action committee compliance; federal and state lobbying compliance; and multi-state employer compliance. The analyst works with the Office of General Counsel, Policy and Legislation, Finance, Human Resources, and other stakeholders to gather information, monitor filing triggers and deadlines, coordinate accurate and timely submissions, and improve cross-functional coordination. The analyst prepares filings, conducts preliminary reviews, manages reviews of vendor-prepared filings, and works with counsel on legal interpretation and advice.

The position is full-time at 37.5 hours per week and hybrid from either the Washington, D.C. or San Francisco, California office. The work includes developing compliance infrastructure and controls; coordinating lobbying, ballot, and nonprofit advocacy activity; administering multi-state employer and organizational compliance; supporting Earthjustice Action electoral, ballot measure, and PAC compliance; and pursuing professional development. The stated responsibility percentages are guidelines, and other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• At least 5 years of progressively responsible compliance, legal operations, political law, campaign finance, government-affairs, nonprofit, or regulatory experience, including responsibility for deadline-driven filings or registrations.
• Ability to prepare, review, or coordinate accurate regulatory filings and reconcile underlying financial, payroll, timekeeping, expenditure, contribution, or activity data.
• Meticulous attention to detail and strong organization and judgment; ability to manage competing statutory deadlines and confidential or sensitive information.
• Experience building and maintaining compliance calendars, matter trackers, ownership matrices, written procedures, internal controls, and audit-ready records.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to translate complex requirements into practical guidance and work effectively with Legal, Finance, HR, advocacy teams, vendors, and outside counsel.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and experience using compliance, campaign-finance, lobbying, document-management, workflow, or database systems.
• Demonstrated commitment to Earthjustice’s values of Justice, Excellence, Inclusion, and Partnership.

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience supporting a 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), PAC, ballot-measure committee, political organization, law firm political-law practice, or comparable advocacy organization.
• Familiarity with FEC, IRS, state campaign-finance, lobbying-disclosure, pay-to-play, and nonprofit tax-compliance frameworks.
• Experience responding to regulator inquiries or supporting audits, examinations, or internal compliance reviews.
• Advanced spreadsheet skills.
• Comfort using project management software, including Monday.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain compliance calendars, deadline-tracking tools, ownership charts, filing and registration records, internal workflows, and written procedures for recurring and trigger-based obligations.
• Monitor and coordinate federal, state, and local registration, reporting, disclosure, recordkeeping, and filing obligations across entities; support timely and accurate submissions.
• Coordinate with Legal, Policy and Legislation, Finance, Human Resources, and other departments to gather information and monitor lobbying limits, political-activity restrictions, ballot-measure activity, and shared-resource issues across affiliated entities.
• Prepare and coordinate registrations, reports, amendments, terminations, and supporting schedules; review source data for completeness and reconcile it with Finance, HR, payroll, or PAC records.
• Advise internal teams, under the direction of counsel, on compliance requirements related to lobbying, advocacy, election activity, and affiliated-entity activities.
• Monitor regulatory developments and logged time to support accurate reporting; provide feedback to staff, identify emerging compliance risks, and help mitigate them.
• Administer and coordinate federal, state, and local employer compliance, including payroll tax, unemployment insurance, paid leave, workers’ compensation, and new-hire reporting obligations.
• Coordinate with HR, Finance, and other departments to monitor obligations related to organizational growth, remote work, expansion into new jurisdictions, and workforce changes.
• Elevate significant compliance issues to the General Counsel’s Office for review and resolution.
• Support federal, state, and local campaign finance compliance, political committee obligations, reporting, disclosures, registrations, and recordkeeping for Earthjustice Action and associated political committees.
• Interface with external vendors to monitor and coordinate recurring and event-triggered compliance obligations and review vendor-prepared filings.
• Pursue professional development, build skills, and share knowledge to contribute to a culture of learning.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Comprehensive benefits.
• Casual and congenial work environment. Salaries are based on work location and commensurate with required experience.

What This Job Offers

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