Chief Compliance Officer

Company	Hamilton County, OhioSee more
Address	Cincinnati, OH
Form of work	Full-time
Salary	$100,000 a year
Category	Accounting/Finance

Job description

Hamilton County Clerk of Courts
Chief Compliance Officer

Our mission is to provide quality customer service to the people of Hamilton County, promote access to justice for all, manage financial services for the justice system, and ensure the integrity, preservation, and accuracy of our court records while providing fair and timely access to them. The Clerk’s Office is committed to our 200+ employees. We strive to create a work environment where employees thrive, engage, feel supported, and find community. We aim to be the employer-of-choice for public sector employees in the region by purposefully defining our culture, providing professional training and personal growth opportunities, recognizing and rewarding performance, and encouraging our employees to innovate and lead.

REPORTS TO:

Chief Administrator

STATUS:

Full-time, exempt, unclassified

JOB LOCATION:

Hamilton County Courthouse

HOURS:

Monday – Friday; 8:00 am – 4:00 pm

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

Minimal. Travel is primarily local during the business days.

STARTING SALARY:

$100,000 annually

START DATE:

As soon as possible

APPLICATIONS DUE:

Open until filled

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Yes

JOB OVERVIEW:

As the Chief Compliance Officer for the Clerk of Courts, you will hold a crucial role in safeguarding the integrity and adherence to state and local rules and laws within our organization. Your primary responsibilities encompass monitoring, advising, and mitigating compliance-related issues that impact the Clerk of Courts operations. This role requires a vigilant and proactive individual with a deep understanding of legal matters, as well as the ability to serve as a liaison with legal counsel and manage public records requests.

The Chief Compliance Officer provides leadership and counsel directly to the Clerk of Courts and senior leadership on all legal matters, compliance issues, comporting with all applicable state and local rules, and serves as a counselor to the Clerk and to senior management in the Clerk’s office. This position reports directly to the Chief Administrator of the Clerk of Courts.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

Serve as a member of the Clerk of Courts’ senior management team; work collaboratively with other leaders in support of the priorities of the office.
Provide expert, accurate, and timely advice to the Clerk on all legal issues and on state and local regulations.
Anticipate and mitigate potential legal problems for the Clerk’s office.
Monitor changes to statutes, administrative rules, and case law for impact to the Clerk’s office; conduct legal research and prepare written opinions and correspondence as appropriate.
Direct, supervise, assist, and support any assigned staff in the preparation and completion of their responsibilities.
Advise Clerk on matters related to labor and employment law including but not limited to FLSA, FMLA, ADA, and Title VII.
Serve as liaison between the Clerk’s office and the Hamilton County Prosecutor for all legal matters.
Prepare presentations on timely legal topics and present at conferences for the benefit of Clerk and their staff.
Evaluate, review, and make recommendations to the Clerk concerning employee development, promotions, transfers, disciplinary action, and salary administration.
Review pending legislation, new laws, and requests from various agencies.
Conform with and abide by all regulations, policies, work procedures, and instructions.
Manage the public records request process for the Clerk of Courts, personally handling requests when appropriate.

PREFERRED SKILLS:

Knowledge of the statutes, rules, regulations, principles, practices, and procedures pertaining to the operation of the Clerk of Courts or knowledge of location for such information.
Interact and build relationships with people of diverse backgrounds, personalities, and characteristics, including but not limited to age, gender-identity, race/ethnicity, religious beliefs, disability status, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, and physical appearance.
Maintain professional demeanor at all times and act in accordance with the office values - respect, integrity and fairness, kindness, and serving others.
Effectively advocate for taxpayers to advance agenda of the Clerk of Courts.
Solve complex and routine problems, especially when no apparent solution is evident.
Develop and improve current processes, to be innovative, to think long-term while also focusing on the day-to-day.
Research information, to benchmark with others, and to analyze data to arrive at valid conclusions, recommendations, and plans of action.
Interpret and apply applicable laws, regulations, and policies, and make decisions in accordance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, and policies.
Communicate, both verbally and in writing, with high competence and with various audiences in mind.
Meet and deal courteously with the public in an effective and cooperative manner.
Work in a fast-paced, automated environment that experiences many interruptions.
Make and implement decisions, and oversee the execution of decisions made by the Clerk of Courts.
Quickly adapt to new situations, to provide guidance to senior management, and to appropriately delegate authority to others.
Effectively handle interpersonal relationships, including dealing with antagonistic or difficult situations.
Work collaboratively, as part of a team, to best serve the public.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Juris Doctor degree required; proven leadership and project management experience required; previous public sector experience strongly preferred; excellent communication and interpersonal skills; or any equivalent combination experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORKING CONDITIONS:

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. This is a sedentary job and the employee will sit 75% of their workday. The employee is expected to use a computer keyboard for extended periods of time and lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

The Hamilton County Clerk of Courts is committed to providing a work environment where all employees are treated fairly and equally in all terms and conditions of employment, and all decisions concerning Clerk employees or applicants shall be made without regard to race, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age or disability. We have zero tolerance for violations of employee rights, harassment or discrimination based on any of the above criteria.

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