Analyst - Regulatory Compliance

Role Overview

The Regulatory Compliance Analyst will join the National Program Operations Team and report to the Regulatory Reporting and Compliance Manager for California. The role supports California regulatory implementation in a highly regulated environment, with a strong focus on documentation, analytical rigor, and audit readiness.

Key Responsibilities

California Regulatory Compliance & Implementation

• Support implementation and ongoing administration of California SB 54 statutory, regulatory, and program plan requirements.
• Monitor, analyze, and summarize California regulatory developments (statutes, regulations, CalRecycle guidance/determinations, and rulemaking).
• Translate regulatory requirements into operational processes, internal procedures, reporting requirements, and compliance controls.
• Help build and maintain compliance frameworks, obligation inventories, regulatory libraries, and compliance tracking tools.

Regulatory Reporting & Data Governance

• Prepare, review, and perform quality assurance for regulatory reporting submissions (e.g., annual reports and producer reporting outputs).
• Partner with internal teams to identify and resolve reporting discrepancies, data gaps, non-submissions, and inconsistencies.
• Support development/maintenance of reporting methodologies, assumptions, validation rules, and documentation.
• Document reporting requirements and business rules to enable system enhancements and process improvements.

Compliance Documentation & Audit Readiness

• Maintain documentation supporting regulatory interpretations, reporting assumptions, material classifications, and compliance decisions.
• Support audit readiness and regulatory transparency initiatives.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

• Work closely with Producer Services, Data & Analytics, Materials Management, Regulatory Affairs, and other stakeholders.
• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts to strengthen compliance controls, improve reporting quality, reduce producer administrative burden, and maintain regulatory alignment.