Anchor Quest Hiring for Lobbying Compliance Manager at United States Full Time

Anchor Quest is partnering with a boutique law firm that represents for-profit and non-profit organizations, high-net-worth donors, influencers, and others as they navigate interactions with the government and try to stay compliant with the various lobbying, political activities, and government ethics laws.

We have an immediate opening for a Lobbying Compliance Manager in the firm to support political law, lobbying compliance, and non-profit practice groups. The Compliance Manager will work with and report directly to the Chief Operating Officer and head of the national lobbying practice, support the attorneys and clients, and they will have significant responsibility for managing compliance with federal, state, and local lobbying, campaign finance, pay-to-play, and procurement rules for their clients.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Managing federal, state, and local lobbying registrations, reporting, training, and tracking.
• Managing federal, state, and local campaign finance registrations, reporting, and tracking.
• Researching and guiding the application of federal, state, and local lobbying, campaign finance, and pay-to-play registration and reporting rules.
• Communicate with clients regarding gathering information to file the above registrations and reports.
• Collaborate with team members to develop training, communications, processes, and controls that help clients operate efficiently while remaining compliant.
• Assist with monitoring political law developments.
• Recommend ways to improve process(es), and/or develop new approaches.
• Support the resolutions of conflicts on complex or novel issues related to lobbying, government ethics, and campaign finance processes for clients.
• Support compliance monitoring processes to identify potential compliance issues related to political law for clients.

Required Skills:

• 4-6 years of Lobbying compliance and campaign finance experience
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Experience analyzing and applying complex federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with an ability to make complex topics easily understood.
• Ability to balance conflicting priorities.
• Attention to detail.
• Being organized, professional, responsible, and committed to helping us serve our clients better is a must.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients and colleagues.
• Ability to tactfully respond in a timely manner to client inquiries and concerns.
• Fluency in standard Microsoft 365 Office Suite applications.

Strongly Preferred Skills:

• Experienced in project management software
• Familiarity Westlaw or Lexis/Nexis
• Experience in compliance, legal, risk or audit
• Graphic design software, such as Canva or Photoshop
• Self-motivated with an unwavering commitment to excellence, accuracy, and quality
• Ability to balance day-to-day responsibilities with longer-term projects within a challenging, deadline-driven environment
• High tolerance for client interactions
• Critically evaluate information from multiple sources, asks questions, and reconcile differences to deliver effective guidance