Compliance Specialist

Position Overview

We are looking to immediately fill an open full-time Compliance position for our USA Wine West division of MHW. In this role, you would be responsible for assisting the Compliance department on a variety of regulatory and customer service-related tasks. This position reports directly to the Compliance Director and is a completely remote role.

Job Responsibilities

• Filing and maintenance of monthly tax and gallonage reports
• Leveraging subject matter expertise in United States federal and state beverage alcohol product compliance to execute daily activities
• Comprehending, interpreting, and communicating compliance regulations to clients
• Evaluating product compliance requests for accuracy and readiness on behalf of our clients
• Preparing and filing federal and state compliance applications to obtain required regulatory product approval
• Advising clients of product approvals and providing comprehensive guidance to resolve regulatory deficiencies if the approval was denied
• Demonstrating urgency when pursuing product compliance approvals based on the awareness that such approval is a prerequisite to our clients’ ability to facilitate wholesale and/or retail customer sales
• Resolving issues with products that fail our internal purchase order compliance validation process
• Engaging regularly with our customer service teams and other departments to provide compliance solutions for interdepartmental client requests
• Managing high volume of communication via phone and email with our clients and federal/state regulatory agencies
• Learning and following established task management policies and internal data management software processes
• Prioritizing and managing a wide variety of daily tasks
• Perform other duties as assigned

Organizational Alignment

Reports to Mary Brousseau, Compliance Director

Qualifications

• 1-3+ years of legal/administrative experience (preferably) within Alcohol Beverage industry

• 1-3+ years of data entry experience

• High level of attention to detail

• Excellent organization and task management skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

• Exhibits passion for being a good communicator and team player

Employee Benefits

• Health, Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k
• Paid Family Leave
• Flexible Time Off
• HSA (Health Savings Account)

Company Background

MHW reinvented how alcoholic beverages goes to market in the United States and provides market-leading solutions for market access, sales fulfillment, and compliance management to producers and importers of alcoholic beverage globally. We have helped many of the most successful brands in alcohol enter and excel in the US market. And we are in growth mode to help the next generations of brands achieve outsized success in a highly competitive environment.

Our Compliance department at USA Wine West is a team of experts across all areas of beverage alcohol compliance. As our company grows, so does our clients’ need to find innovative solutions in order to remain successful. We are looking for an addition to the team to execute day-to-day compliance activities and partner with our clients to assist them efficiently accessing the US alcohol market.