Panera Bread Looking for Specialist, HR Compliance at St Louis, MO  Full Time

Job Purpose

The HR Compliance Specialist is primarily responsible for providing administrative support focused on compliance with Employment Eligibility Verification and Minor Labor regulations and policies. The Specialist assists with tracking, preparation, and completion of regulatory filings, registrations, and compliance documents and assists with audits and with implementing and monitoring compliance controls.

Duties & Responsibilities

The primary responsibilities of this job include, but are not limited to:

• Provide administrative support focused on compliance with employment eligibility and minor employment regulations and policies
• Assist with coordination of the tracking, preparation, and completion of regulatory filings, registrations, and compliance documents
• Assist with audits and with implementing and monitoring compliance controls
• Act as key contact for I-9 and E-verify activities, following up with Managers on issues and educating where necessary
• Act as key contact for minor employment activities, following up with Managers on issues and educating where necessary
• Maintain files and other documentation required by departmental procedures
• Work in partnership with other team managers/leaders as required
• Exhibit initiative to recommend actions to improve existing processes
• Generate routine reports related to regulatory and policy compliance
• Work with both internal and external sources to ensure Panera’s compliance with all employment related regulations across all business units
• Monitor industry news; network with other organizations to stay abreast of regulatory and legal requirements for employment related regulations, benefit plan offerings, vendor contracts and mandated communications.

Qualifications (Education & Experience)

Qualifications include:

• Education
  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field is preferred (or equivalent experience)
• Experience
  • 1-3 years of general job experience
  • Experience in Microsoft Office tools, specifically Word, Excel and Outlook.
  • Experience with researching, reading and interpreting legislative and legal documents, state and local laws and regulations, related federal regulations and regulatory compliance requirements (preferred).
  • Experience with E-Verify (preferred)
  • Experience in multi-jurisdictional HR compliance relative to minor employment regulations (preferred).
• Specialized knowledge
  • Some knowledge of applicable laws and regulations related to employment / human resources
• Skills
  • Strong communication (written and verbal)
  • Detail and deadline oriented, with strong problem solving, critical thinking and organizational skills.
  • Verbal and non-verbal reasoning skills
  • Effective time management, organizational, and research skills
• Abilities
  • Ability to build relationships and collaborate with internal and external contacts.
  • Ability to balance, organize and prioritize multiple tasks
  • Ability to handle data with confidentiality.
• Other characteristics such as personal characteristics
  • Proactively seeks new information and shares knowledge with others
  • Seek to Learn mentality
• Professional Certification
  • CIA (Certified Internal Auditor) – plus

Working Conditions

• Required travel – limited
• General office environment – St Louis or Boston

Physical Requirements

• While performing this job, the incumbent is regularly required to stand, sit, talk hear & use hands and fingers to operate keyboards

Direct Reports

• This position is an individual contributor with no direct reports

Saint Louis Support Center

Panera, LLC and its affiliates are equal opportunity employers committed to a diverse workforce. Panera Bread independent franchisees each hire their own employees and establish their own terms and conditions of employment, which may differ from those described.