Legal and Compliance Specialist

The Legal and Compliance Specialist supports legal, compliance and risk management activities across the enterprise. This individual contributor role performs and assists with a wide range of duties including, but not limited to, legal operations, compliance audits, risk assessments, policies and procedures, training and education and compliance monitoring activities. In addition, this role will support the enterprise risk management function and related tasks. One of the most critical aspects of this role is the ability to conduct and report investigations (i.e. employee relations, non-compliance, etc.) This role is located in our Bowie, MD office and the team is in the office 2-3 days week.

Duties and Responsibilities:
* Provide legal and compliance operational support for a variety of topics to include risk assessment, privacy, enterprise risk, auditing/monitoring and policy governance.
* Assist with audits in support of compliance, risk management, vendor operations and annual oversight activities.
* Represent the department on a variety of projects and other cross-functional assignments.
* Liaise with the business units and provide advisory support and direction related to operational inquiries.
* Support compliance and privacy reviews and identify and identify gaps that may have risk implications.
* Support internal and external responses to legal and compliance information and data requests (e.g., audits).
* Monitor and analyze department metrics, track key performance indicators and develop corresponding reporting (e.g., dashboards, charts).
* Support the implementation of legal technology solutions, including AI-driven platforms and automation tools.
* Analyze, update, and draft legal and compliance policies and control procedures and support the enterprise's policy governance function.
* Conduct research and analysis on various legal and compliance matters.
* Provide general legal and administrative support to the members of Legal leadership team as needed (e.g., preparing meeting materials, scanning, photocopying, filing, creating binders, etc.).
* Take on additional assignments and responsibilities as needed.
* Maintain compliance with Inovalon's policies, procedures and mission statement.
* Adhere to all confidentiality and HIPAA requirements as outlined within Inovalon's Operating Policies and Procedures in all ways and at all times with respect to any aspect of the data handled or services rendered in the undertaking of the position.
* Fulfill those responsibilities and/or duties that may be reasonably provided by Inovalon for the purpose of achieving operational and financial success of the Employer.

Job Requirements:
* Minimum of five (5) years of previous experience in legal operations, compliance, risk management or related fields.
* Experience with a healthcare organization/company, law firm or healthcare-focused government agency is preferred but not required.
* Ability to work independently, use independent judgment and analyze risk.
* Effective verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively listen and communicate to varied levels.
* Detail oriented and self-directed with excellent follow-up skills.
* Ability to set priorities and work on multiple tasks in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
* History of being a team player and willingness to contribute wherever needed.
* High proficiency with the Microsoft Office product suite (including Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and ability to create customized metrics reports and dashboards.
* Demonstrate good judgment and professionalism and exhibit flexibility and versatility to provide support.

Education:
* Bachelor's degree or relevant experience.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:
* Sedentary work (i.e. sitting for long periods of time).
* Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force.
* Frequently or constantly lift, carry push, pull or otherwise move objects and repetitive motions;
* Subject to inside environmental conditions.
* Travel for this position will include less than 5%, usually for training purposes.