What You Need To Know

Open your future to incredible career potential. Work for an industry-leader who invests in their people. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is North America’s preeminent wine and spirits distributor, as well as a family-owned, privately held company with a 50+ year legacy of success. We were named by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace and are included on the Forbes lists for Largest Private Companies and Best Employers for Diversity.

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a full menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition reimbursement, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

At Southern Glazer’s, you’ll enjoy an environment where continuous learning and growth are supported and experience a culture where you are respected, and your voice is heard. If you’re looking to fill your glass with opportunity, come join our FAMILY.

Overview

The Employment Policy and Compliance Partner will be responsible for assisting the Policy & Compliance and Labor & Employment Legal teams with information necessary to design and enforce policy and regulations. This role researches and provides information on pending regulatory legislation and compliance matters and conducts regular auditing, reporting, communication and related activities to support compliance initiatives. The primary focus will be on Company and Employee compliance for regulated issues such as I-9 completions, work permits, EEO data, required trainings, etc. This position will also maintain the department’s regulatory tracking and primary communication channels, including the coordination of responses to employee and/or HRBP requests.

Primary Responsibilities

• Research, monitor, analyze and track new and pending changes in federal, state, and local laws and regulatory changes in conjunction with the P&C and legal teams to ensure policy and procedures are compliant.

• Possess thorough knowledge of Employment Policies and procedures; evaluate and advise on potential compliance issues related to current policies.

• Gather, review and identify opportunities to harmonize Employee Policies across the Company

• Maintain designated P&C information repositories for current and historical records and document regulatory compliance reviewed/results for legal team reference.

• Post communications notices on inter-departmental communication channel(s) and respond to HR Policy Inbox requests, escalating as necessary.

• Conduct reporting, auditing and analysis of employee data to support P&C team project initiatives.

• Perform work on other P&C projects or tasks as directed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree; three or more years of experience in Human Resources, Employee Relations, Policy or related work; or an equivalent combination of education and experience

• Strong demonstrated research and legal interpretative abilities such as Paralegal certificate and/or experience

• Knowledge of and ability to read, interpret and draw accurate conclusions from both legal and Company information

• Ability to gather data, conduct analysis, compile information and prepare accurate documentation with consistent attention to detail

• Excellent reading, writing, and comprehension skills in English

• Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to work effectively with colleagues and internal/external customer groups

• Ability to independently work efficiently and effectively to meet deadlines while maintaining flexibility as needed

• Strong MS Office skills (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint)

Physical Demands

• Physical demands include a considerable amount of time sitting and typing/keyboarding, using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor), or adding machine

• Physical demands with activity or condition may occasionally include walking, bending, reaching, standing, and stooping

• May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 15lbs

• Requires ability to travel 15%.

EEO Statement

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.