HR Compliance Analyst

Your role and responsibilities:

The HR Compliance Analyst supports ABB's efforts to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations. This role partners closely with the Senior Compliance Manager by assisting with collecting/analyzing data, preparing reports, maintaining documentation, and helping identify and reduce potential compliance risks. Compliance Analyst serves as a trusted resource to cross-functional partners, ensuring compliance standards are embedded into day-to-day HR operations. The ideal candidate combines analytical skills with an understanding of HR and Compliance processes, is detail-oriented, enjoys working with data, and is eager to develop a career in compliance.

Candidates for this position must be able to work a hybrid in-office schedule out of the Cary, NC HQ (#LI-Hybrid).

Key responsibilities include:

• Collecting, analyzing, and maintaining HR data to support internal audits, workforce analytics, and ongoing compliance reporting.

• Supporting Sr. Compliance Manager with the preparation and submission of required regulatory filings, including EEO-1, VETS-4212, and California Pay Equity reports. Support data validation and reporting for OFCCP Affirmative Action Plans, including new hire, termination, and transfer data sets.

• Actively monitor changes in federal, state, and local employment laws (e.g., pay transparency requirements) and assess their impact on current practices, escalating risks and recommending improvements as needed.

• Serve as initial compliance partner to cross-functional teams (Talent, ELCM, Immigration) responding to compliance inquiries and driving adherence to established policies and standards.

• Drive timely resolutions to onboarding escalations (I-9s, background checks, drug screens, employment verification).

Qualifications for the role:

• Minimum of four (4) years of progressive experience in Human Resources or Compliance, with demonstrated application of compliance principles to support riskmitigation efforts, including audits, regulatory interpretation, or control monitoring.

• Hands-on experience working with HRIS platforms (e.g., Workday, SAP) and managing sensitive employee data.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data and translate findings into actionable insights.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel (e.g., formulas, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, dashboards).

• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Demonstrated interest in employment law and regulatory compliance, with a proactive mindset toward learning and professional growth.

• Candidates must possess work authorization to work for ABB in the US.

What's in it for you:

We empower you to take the lead, share bold ideas, and shape real outcomes. You'll grow through hands-on experience, mentorship, and learning that fits your goals. Here, your work doesn't just matter, it moves things forward

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities at ABB.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their- sex (gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation), marital status, citizenship, age, race and ethnicity, inclusive of traits historically associated with race or ethnicity, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles, color, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law.

For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf

As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer for Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities, applicants may request to review the plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762.

Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access ABB's career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762 or by sending an email to US-AskHR@abb.com. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner.

ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees

[excludes ABB E-mobility, Athens union, Puerto Rico]

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Health, Life & Disability

• Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
• Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
• Vision benefit
• Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
• Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
• Voluntary life and AD&D - 100% employee paid up to maximums
• Short Term Disability - up to 26 weeks - Company paid
• Long Term Disability - 60% of pay - Company paid. Ability to "buy-up" to 66 2/3% of pay.
• Supplemental benefits - 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
• Parental Leave - up to 6 weeks
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
• Employee discount program

Retirement

• 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)

Time off

ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Vacation is provided based on years of service for hourly and non-exempt positions.