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Are you thinking about advancing your career with one of the most successful logistics organizations worldwide? Here at Kuehne+Nagel, our Jersey City office is looking for a leader to manage our HR compliance, labor relations, and employee relations functions on our human resources team.

Your Role

Reporting to the Head of Human Resources of the US, the Vice President of Labor Relations and Employment Compliance leads our HR Compliance team in the creation of new compliance programs and review of established programs and processes that promote compliance and ethical behavior, meet regulatory obligations, and prevent, detect, and mitigate compliance risks. The Vice President of Labor Relations and Employment Compliance will manage a team of compliance analysts and will guide special projects, provide regulatory interpretation, perform compliance reporting, and carry out compliance auditing and monitoring strategies.

Your Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and maintain multiple Internal Controls systems.

• Develop and implement compliance training programs to meet Federal, State, Local regulations.

• Contribute to the team effort by participating on committees and in meetings and performing other duties as assigned or requested.

• Maintain database and other reference materials related to legislative and regulatory decisions.

• Maintain and reviews regulatory documentation necessary to maintain corporate standards.

• Communicate Federal, State, and Local pending and active requirements to Corporate HR.

• Communicate Federal, State, and Local wage & hour changes to the HRIS and Payroll teams for system updates.

• Understand the functions and limitations of the HRIS systems and tools to provide effective and clear objectives for compliance projects.

• Ensure compliance with International, US Federal and State employee privacy laws.

• Responsible for maintaining and updating Employee Handbook and determining which States need supplemental documents.

• Responsible for coordinating annual validation of required employment law posters/notifications are in sites.

• Manage the audit compliance with applicable regulations, including in the areas of Wage and Hour, FLSA, OFCCP, ADA, training requirements, adherence to company policies & procedures with regular onsite and remote compliance audits, risk assessments and ongoing compliance monitoring activities.

• Finalize audit reports that include root cause analyses and corrective actions.

• Work cross-functionally with other departments to ensure implementation of corrective items.

• Respond to external audits.

• Establish and maintain effective communications with internal and external contacts, keeping team members informed of cross-functional activities though weekly (TBD) and ad hoc status reports.

• Provide recommendation to changes in KN company policies, procedures and practices to ensure compliance with applicable regular requirements.

• Collaborate with AMHRs, functional teams or business units in the development of new company policies and procedures to ensure compliance with Federal, State and Local regulations.

• Advise the HR team and functional business unit leaders of new Federal, State and Local legislations and regulations and the implications to current KN policies and procedures.

• Respond to external requests for information required by the organization for its regulatory filings.

• Respond to inquiries from state and federal regulatory agencies.

• Collaborate with KNUS Legal team on regulatory matters.

• Develop and implement onboarding training for compliance analysts.

• Manage the work assignments of compliance analysts.

• Develop compliance analysts through training, education and special assignments to prepare them for their next position

Your Skills and Experiences

• Bachelor's degree, or 7+ years of related experience in compliance, privacy and/or regulatory affairs. Working knowledge of laws and/or regulations in area of employment law.

• 3+ years’ experience managing and developing employees.

• Experience with project management and process improvement.

• Experience with roles requiring attention to detail, organization, and coordination with other departments required.

• Experience with professional written and verbal presentations to multiple levels of an organization

• Ability to challenge current policies and processes and build business cases to support change.

• Use of tact and diplomacy in all communications.

• Comfort with ambiguity with an ability to learn quickly and thrive in a complex, growth-oriented and dynamic environment.

• Intermediate/Advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint experience.

• Desired Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Business Administration, Labor Relations or Human Resources.

• Applicable professional certifications (SPHR, CIA, project management)

• Experience managing remote employees

Good Reasons to Join

At Kuehne+Nagel we strive daily to inspire, empower, and deliver not only to our customers, but also to our colleagues. We offer a dynamic global work environment with opportunities for excellent training programs and career mobility. The target salary range for this position is between $170,000 and $230,000. Base salary is part of a competitive total rewards package that includes health and welfare benefits, a 401k retirement savings plan, tuition reimbursement, and incentive compensation for eligible roles. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, skills, job location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. Kuehne+Nagel reviews pay ranges regularly to ensure competitive and fair pay based on industry market data. #LI-

Kuehne + Nagel is an equal employment/affirmative action employer. If you require an accommodation for any part of the online application process due to a disability, please contact the Employee Services HR Help Desk at 1-800-267-1326 during the hours of 8:00am - 5:00pm EST; Monday through Friday or via e-mail at: HR.helpdesk@kuehne-nagel.com with the nature of your request. We will answer your inquiry within 24 hours.