Director of Compliance at The Jewish Board in New York, New York

Job Description:

Make a bigger difference


At The Jewish Board, we don't just make a difference - we make a bigger difference as we serve 45,000 New Yorkers every year. Join our dedicated team that's been helping communities across New York City for almost 150 years and see just how big of a difference you can make.



Reasons you'll love working with us:

• If you have a particular age range or population you're interested in working with, you can find your niche here. Our clients and staff are as diverse as the city we work in, and include people of all cultures, religions, races, gender expressions, and sexual orientations.

• We're committed to supporting your career development by encouraging mobility and advancement across different program types and jobs.

• With 70 locations throughout the five boroughs, you can work close to where you live.

• Generous vacation time and paid holidays will help you achieve a healthy work/life balance.
  

• We offer an excellent benefits package with affordable, high-quality health and dental insurance with low co-pays.

• You'll receive ongoing support through high-quality supervision, specialized trainings from our Continuing Education team, and an education benefit.

How you can make a bigger difference:




PURPOSE:



The Corporate Compliance department supports the Agency in maintaining compliance in all areas of operations. The department focuses on promoting a culture of compliance, preventing and detecting fraud, waste and abuse, and educating staff on their rights to report suspected non-compliance. The Corporate Compliance function ensures Agency adherence to applicable laws, policies and procedures, regulations, standards and the Code of Conduct.



POSITION OVERVIEW:



The Corporate Compliance department supports the agency in maintaining compliance in all areas of operations. The department focuses on promoting a culture of compliance, preventing, and detecting fraud, waste, and abuse, and educating staff on their rights to report suspected non-compliance. The Compliance Director is responsible for supporting The Corporate Compliance Program within the agency divisions of service, which entails reviewing and evaluating compliance issues/concerns within the organization. The Compliance Director to ensure that the Jewish Board achieves consistently prominent levels of compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, policies and procedures and the code of conduct.



KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Facilitate on-site internal program audits at least twice per month, per division, and as directed by agency leadership.


• Review and audit against the agency's policies/procedures and general practices ensuring that they meet legal, ethical and compliance standards; and make recommendations for changes to existing policy to ensure that they meet all compliance standards.


• Maintain the recording hub of audits including report findings and corrective action plans as well as the maintenance of annual audit schedules.


• Function as an independent auditor to ensure compliance with regulatory/oversight agencies, including, but not limited to, OMH, OMIG, OPWDD, OCFS, OASAS, DOH and ACS, etc.


• Implement the corporate compliance plan and standards for the agency consistent with applicable laws and regulations.


• Identify areas of potential compliance, vulnerability, and risk. Assist in the development of corrective action plans for the resolution of any risk issue and ensure implementation of same.


• Facilitate monthly Compliance Review Committee meetings. Manage and maintain the compliance hotline calls associated with the designated divisions of service.


• Identify and respond to program compliance training needs.


• Participate in the agency wide accreditation preparation process and physical survey.


• Establishes clear objectives aligned to department and/or organizational strategic goals.


• Coaches, counsels, and evaluates performance of direct reports.


• Other duties as assigned.

CORE COMPETENCIES


• Strong regulatory knowledge.


• Ethical decision making.


• Effective communication skills.


• Analytical thinking.


• Attention to detail.


• Problem-solving ability.


• Flexibility and adaptability to effectively multiple tasks.


• Excellent organizational, time management, written and verbal communication skills.


• Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced work environment.



EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIRED:



• BA/BS required. MS/MA/MBA/MPA/LCSW/LMSW preferred.


• Six Sigma certification preferred.


• Nationally recognized certification in Compliance preferred.



EXPERIENCE REQUIRED/LANGUAGE PREFERENCE:



• Minimum of 5 years' Corporate Compliance experience.


• Experience working with children and families.


• Familiarity with state oversight agencies (i.e., OCFS, ACS, OMH, and DOHMH).


• Experience in a not-for-profit or social service setting.


• Interpretation of regulation, policy development and implementation experience.



COMMUNICATION SKILLS:



• Ability to articulate the agency's philosophy, mission and goals to a varied audience.


• Ability to interview a variety of managers, employees, consumers, and their families.


• Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedures for a wide audience.


• Ability to lead ad-hoc task forces and meetings, which may include all levels of management and employees.


• Ability to respond to inquiries or complaints, including those of a sensitive and confidential nature, from any of the following, if applicable, under a variety of circumstances, including adversarial situations: consumers, managers, employees, regulatory agencies, arbitrators, union representatives, vendors, or applicants.


• Ability to effectively present information to consumers, top management and staff in verbal and written formats.


• Ability to recognize the need for confidentiality of information and to maintain such confidence.



COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED:



• Knowledge of personal computers, standard software and database management.


• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.


• Ability to quickly adapt to agency computer applications.



VISUAL AND MANUAL DEXIERITY:

• The candidate should be able to read documents for analytical purposes such as computer information, software, computer graphic design programs, etc.

• Limited applications of manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination.

WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL EFFORT

• Noise level and hazards present are consistent with levels usually present in an office, education, rehabilitation, industrial, workshop or health related environment.

If you join us, you'll have these great benefits:

• Generous paid time off in addition to agency holidays and 15 sick days


• Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans


• Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness


• Free continuing education opportunities


• 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension


• Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation


• 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program


• Life and disability insurance


• Diversity, equity, and inclusion working groups that are available for you to join, including Confronting Structural Racism (COR), Coalition Against Anti-Semitism (CAAS), and the LGBTQ Steering Committee

Who we are:



The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.



More on Equal Opportunity:



We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.


This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.


We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.

Other details

• Job Family Program Administration [500s]
• Job Function Directors
• Pay Type Salary
• Employment Indicator 8810 - Clerical Office Employees NOC
• Min Hiring Rate $115,000.00
• Max Hiring Rate $118,000.00

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