HR Compliance Analyst
Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.
Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring together talented experts across a broad spectrum of business critical corporate functions. Every role plays an essential part in enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our teams are agile, collaborative, and committed to delivering—for each other, for our customers, and ultimately for the people who rely on the services we support.
Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:
Why Syneos Health
• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress.
Job Responsibilities
HR Compliance Analyst
Job Summary
The Compliance Analyst is responsible for supporting the execution, administration, and continuous improvement of HR compliance programs across the global organization. Reporting to the Manager, HR Compliance, this role helps ensure adherence to employment laws, regulatory requirements, internal controls, company policies, and data privacy standards while supporting operational excellence within the People Operations function.
The Compliance Specialist serves as a trusted compliance partner to HR stakeholders and plays a key role in regulatory reporting, audit readiness, compliance investigations, risk mitigation, and governance activities. This position works closely with Legal, Internal Audit, HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Payroll, HR Technology, Employee Relations, and senior business leaders to address compliance requirements, support audits, resolve complex issues, and mitigate organizational risk.
The ideal candidate possesses strong analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
Core Responsibilities
HR Compliance Operations
- Administer and support HR compliance programs and activities across the employee lifecycle.
- Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, local, and international employment regulations, company policies, and internal controls.
- Maintain compliance records, documentation, tracking tools, and reporting schedules.
- Support regulatory reporting requirements and government submissions.
- Assist in conducting compliance assessments, monitoring controls, and identifying areas of risk.
- Ensure compliance-related activities are completed accurately and within established timelines.
- Support I-9 employment eligibility verification and reverification tracking for newhires and terminations.
- Support occupational health and credentialing administration, including drug screens, physicals, titers, and Letters of Compliance for client and program-specific populations (e.g., IRG nursing, commercial client credentialing).
Compliance Case Management & Issue Resolution
- Research and respond to compliance-related inquiries from employees, managers, HR teams, and business stakeholders.
- Investigate compliance concerns and recommend appropriate resolutions in accordance with company policies and legal requirements.
- Escalate complex or high-risk issues to the Manager, HR Compliance and appropriate stakeholders.
- Maintain accurate documentation of compliance matters, investigations, and resolutions.
- Support corrective action plans and remediation efforts resulting from compliance reviews or audits.
- Monitor trends and recurring issues to identify opportunities for improvement and risk reduction.
Legal & Executive Stakeholder Partnership
- Partner regularly with Legal, Internal Audit, Employee Relations, HR Business Partners, and senior business leaders to support compliance activities and mitigate risk.
- Serve as a key liaison between People Operations and Legal on compliance-related matters, policy interpretation, regulatory inquiries, investigations, and audit requests.
- Prepare compliance analyses, reports, risk assessments, and supporting documentation for leadership review.
- Support investigations involving regulatory, employment, or policy-related concerns.
- Present compliance findings, recommendations, and status updates to managers and leadership stakeholders as required.
- Collaborate with leadership teams to ensure compliance risks are appropriately identified, documented, and resolved.
- Build effective working relationships with stakeholders across multiple functions and organizational levels.
Regulatory Compliance & Audit Support
- Coordinate and support internal audits, external audits, and compliance reviews.
- Prepare audit documentation, reports, evidence, and responses to information requests.
- Monitor regulatory developments and support implementation of changes to compliance processes, procedures, and policies.
- Track audit findings, action plans, and remediation activities to ensure timely completion.
- Maintain audit-ready records and documentation to support regulatory and internal governance requirements.
- Support compliance initiatives related to employment law, data privacy, internal controls, and regulatory obligations.
Background Screening & Compliance Vendor Management
- Support administration of global background screening programs and related compliance activities.
- Partner with Talent Acquisition, Legal, HR Operations, and vendors to ensure background screening processes comply with company policies and local regulations.
- Monitor vendor performance, service levels, and compliance requirements.
- Assist with compliance-related vendor audits, reporting, and governance activities.
- Coordinate documentation, reporting, and issue resolution with compliance vendors and regulatory bodies as needed.
- Ensure appropriate record retention and documentation standards are maintained.
Systems, Reporting & Analytics
- Prepare compliance reports, dashboards, metrics, and operational analyses.
- Analyze compliance trends, audit results, and case data to identify risks and opportunities for improvement.
- Support regulatory reporting and workforce compliance reporting requirements.
- Partner with HR Technology and Reporting teams to ensure data integrity and reporting accuracy within Workday and related systems.
- Assist with system testing, compliance controls, reporting enhancements, and process automation initiatives.
- Leverage data and analytics to support risk mitigation and decision-making.
Continuous Improvement & Governance
- Identify opportunities to improve compliance processes, controls, service delivery, and operating procedures.
- Support the development and maintenance of standard operating procedures, policies, process documentation, and job aids.
- Participate in compliance projects, system implementations, audits, and transformation initiatives.
- Assist with process standardization, automation, and adoption of new technologies, including AI-enabled solutions where appropriate.
- Promote best practices and foster a culture of compliance, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Additional Responsibilities
- Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.
- Support enterprise compliance initiatives and governance activities.
- Maintain the highest levels of confidentiality, professionalism, integrity, and ethical conduct.
Qualifications
Education
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Public Administration, Legal Studies, or a related field.
Preferred
- Professional certification such as PHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, CHRC, CCEP, or other relevant compliance or HR certifications.
Experience & Skills
Required
- 1–3 years of experience in HR Operations, HR Compliance, Shared Services, Employee Lifecycle Administration, or a related field.
- Experience supporting compliance programs, audits, regulatory reporting, investigations, or governance activities.
- Knowledge of employment law compliance, HR policies, internal controls, and regulatory requirements.
- Experience partnering with Legal, Internal Audit, Employee Relations, and senior business leaders on compliance-related matters.
- Experience working with HR systems, preferably Workday.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to evaluate risk and recommend solutions.
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across all levels of the organization.
- Ability to communicate complex compliance requirements to leadership and non-technical audiences.
- Experience preparing executive-level reports, compliance analyses, and audit documentation.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Demonstrated ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with sound judgment and discretion.
Preferred
- Experience supporting global or multi-country HR compliance programs.
- Experience with background screening compliance and vendor management.
- Knowledge of GDPR, data privacy regulations, SOX controls, workforce reporting, and audit practices.
- Experience supporting government reporting requirements, including EEO-1 and other regulatory submissions.
- Experience participating in HR technology implementations, process improvement initiatives, or compliance transformation projects.
- Experience utilizing reporting, analytics, and automation tools to improve compliance operations.
Key Competencies
- Compliance & Risk Management
- Communication & Influence
Get to know Syneos Health
Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.
No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.
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Additional Information
Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.