Executive Compliance Risk Management Jobs in Chicago, IL

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For over twenty years, we have designed, built, installed, and maintained our clients' systems, projects, and facilities with a wide range of service offerings. We focus on safety, value, and quality as well as building and maintaining lasting relationships with a variety of national clients in renewables, data centers, oil and gas, food and beverage, manufacturing, chemical, and pharmaceutical fields. Quickly moving into other industries, we are a fast-paced and agile company looking for a best-in-class Compliance & Risk Manager willing to roll up their sleeves and exude a passion for the field!
The Compliance & Risk Manager is responsible for leading and strengthening the compliance and risk management function across the Industria enterprise and its affiliated entities. Operating as an enterprise shared-services resource, this position supports multiple businesses with expertise in electrical contracting, systems integration and infrastructure services for the industrial and commercial industries.
This position serves as a key business partner to executive leadership, Operations, Finance, Safety, Human Resources, Training, Business Development, and external legal counsel to identify, assess, and mitigate legal, contractual, regulatory, and operational risk across the organization.
The Manager will provide leadership and oversight to the Compliance team and will be responsible for developing consistent enterprise-wide compliance standards while recognizing and managing requirements that may differ by legal entity, jurisdiction, customer, or line of business.
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise Compliance Leadership
• Lead the compliance and risk management function across the enterprise and affiliated entities.
• Develop and maintain scalable enterprise-wide compliance standards, controls, systems, documentation, and escalation protocols while addressing entity-specific requirements.
• Serve as a primary compliance resource and escalation point for leadership, partnering with business and department leaders to identify and address regulatory, contractual, licensing, and operational risks.
• Provide leadership with visibility into significant compliance risks, deficiencies, expirations, corrective actions, and other matters requiring attention.
• Support compliance integration and due diligence associated with acquisitions, business expansion, new jurisdictions, customers, entities, and service offerings.
Compliance & Risk Management
• Monitor applicable legal, regulatory, contractual, customer, and industry requirements and communicate material changes and business impacts to appropriate leaders.
• Develop and maintain compliance policies, procedures, standards, internal controls, and supporting documentation.
• Evaluate business practices and controls for compliance and effectiveness, identifying gaps, potential liabilities, and opportunities for improvement.
• Perform or oversee compliance audits and reviews and manage corrective action plans resulting from identified deficiencies or violations.
• Partner with department leaders to address compliance requirements and provide practical guidance, training, and support.
• Promote accountability, ethical conduct, compliance awareness, and proactive risk management throughout the organization.
Contracts & Legal Compliance
• Perform initial review and redlining of commercial and operational agreements, including NDAs, MSAs, subcontract, supplier/vendor and customer agreements, purchase terms, Terms & Conditions, and related agreements.
• Identify legal, financial, insurance, indemnification, operational, and other contractual risks and apply established standards and approval thresholds.
• Ensure agreements are entered into by the appropriate legal entity and properly reviewed, approved, executed, and maintained.
• Coordinate contract negotiations and revisions with internal stakeholders and external parties, escalating elevated-risk or legal matters to executive leadership or external counsel as appropriate.
• Develop and maintain contract review standards, approval matrices, playbooks, templates, standard positions, and escalation protocols.
Contractor Licensing & Regulatory Registrations
• Lead enterprise-wide contractor, professional, occupational, and regulatory licensing and registration requirements across multiple state and local jurisdictions.
• Oversee applications, renewals, qualifying-party requirements, electrical and occupational licenses, apprentice registrations, corporate registrations, compliance bonds, and related filings, ensuring requirements are maintained under the appropriate legal entity and completed timely.
• Research licensing and regulatory requirements for new jurisdictions and business opportunities and resolve issues that could affect an entity's authorization or ability to perform work.
• Maintain appropriate tracking, documentation, controls, and escalation procedures to prevent licensing, registration, and credential lapses.
Vendor, Client & Subcontractor Compliance
• Oversee enterprise compliance processes for customer, vendor, supplier, and subcontractor onboarding, including prequalification's, W-9s, insurance documentation, safety requirements, licensing/training verification, questionnaires, qualification applications, and third-party compliance platforms.
• Establish standardized workflows, entity-specific controls, review standards, approval requirements, and escalation procedures for third-party compliance.
• Review compliance documentation for deficiencies, contractual concerns, or business risk and coordinate resolution with Operations, Accounting, Safety, Business Development, management, and legal counsel as appropriate.
Team Leadership & Department Management
• Lead the Compliance team, providing supervision, coaching, development, workload prioritization, and performance management.
• Establish clear expectations and promote ownership, accountability, accuracy, professional development, and timely follow-through.
Qualifications Required
• Bachelor's degree in Legal Studies, Business Administration, Risk Management, Construction Management, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 7 years of progressive experience in corporate compliance, contracts, legal operations, risk management, or a related function.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing, interpreting, and redlining commercial contracts and related legal documents.
• Strong knowledge of compliance and risk-management principles, internal controls, policies, audit practices, and regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and evaluate legal, contractual, financial, regulatory, and operational risks and translate requirements into practical business solutions.
• Strong analytical, organizational, project-management, and decision-making capabilities with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills with the ability to explain complex requirements and effectively partner with leaders and operational teams.
Preferred
• Experience supporting multi-entity and/or multi-jurisdictional organizations.
• Experience within electrical or commercial construction, industrial services, engineering, energy, utilities, manufacturing, or similar environments.
• Legal background and/or significant experience with construction contracts, corporate law, regulatory compliance, or legal operations.
• Experience developing scalable compliance programs and controls and working with external legal counsel and/or supervising compliance professionals.
Physical demands...
The physical demands described within are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• Must be able to lift to 20-30 pounds independently; lifting from knee to shoulder heights; other lifting required from various levels
• Must be able to remain stationary position for extended periods of time, prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer

What you'll love about us...
MKD employees are the company's greatest assets. To ensure employees are living life to the fullest we offer a wide range of benefits to ensure a well-balanced and healthy lifestyle in the office and at home. From mental wellbeing, physical health, and financial planning, to engaging perks and discounts, we are in the business of celebrating and supporting all the moments that matter. Along with flexible vacation, and parental leave, we prioritize initiatives that support the growth, development, and happiness of our people.

• On the job training with fully accredited training programs
• Eligibility to Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits and 401K with company match
• Access to opportunities to expand your skill set and share your knowledge with others across the organization
• Company culture of promotions from within, with a start-up atmosphere allowing for varied and rapid career growth & development

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
The salary pay range for this position is $130,000-$160,000 annually. Please note that the compensation range reflects the base pay only and does not include benefits, or bonuses this role may be eligible to receive.
MKD Electric is an equal employment opportunity employer. All applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. MKD Electric also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based upon any of these protected categories.
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