Compliance Officer

Job Summary

Ensures compliance to required Internal Controls, Tribal, Federal, and State Gaming Laws and regulations. Conduct gaming machine audits, compliance audits, and investigations as assigned.  Compliance Officers are responsible for gaming machine compliance and the testing of all software and components.  During the course of the duties assigned, Compliance Officers shall be able to apply interviewing and report writing techniques and proper interpretation and application of internal controls, ordinances, laws, and regulations.  

Skills and Abilities 

To perform this job, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required:

• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivated and capable of sound judgment.
• Willing to learn all aspects of gaming activity.
• Learn and understand the regulatory functions of the Commission and the purpose of regulating.
• Ability to understand, follow and explain regulations and policy pertaining to investigations and compliance. 
• Ability to participate in gaming related seminars and/or workshops.
• Ability to handle confidential information and material.
• Able to work independently.
• Able to organize workload in order to meet deadlines – time management.
• Able to stand and walk for long periods of time. 
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Ability to be a team player.
• Ability to adapt in a fast moving and multi-faceted work environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Responsible for carrying out the duties and responsibilities as assigned (The following is used as a partial description and is not restrictive as to duties required.) 

• Apply knowledge of gaming operations in relationship to, policies and procedures and applicable laws, regulations, and controls.
• Communicate with casino personnel, vendors, government agencies, other gaming commissions, casinos, and industry bodies.
• Conduct testing of gaming device control programmed storage media for verification of validity and authorized programming; responsible for ensuring gaming machine standards compliance.
• Inspects all gaming equipment and supplies for integrity and compliance.
• Conduct investigations, interviews, reporting deficiencies, and violations.  
• Perform follow up investigations, when necessary, to ensure adherence to established regulations. 
• Apply investigation, mathematical concepts, including probability, fractions, percentages ratios, etc.;
• General knowledge of or ability to learn basic investigative concepts and principles.
• Learn and apply basic financial, accounting, and business concepts and practices.
• Organize work assignments and maintain work files.
• Maintain professional working relationships with casino employee, co-workers, and outside agencies.
• Collect, analyze, consolidate, summarize, and communicate verbally and in written information obtain through the investigative process.
• Ability to draw conclusions from the information obtained through the investigative process; and
• Any other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Requirements 

None 

Minimum Requirements

• Ability to work anytime including evening, weekends and holidays.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Successfully complete/ pass pre-employment drug screening and Background Clearance.
• Meet and maintain licensing standards/guidelines to qualify for a key gaming license; and
• Possession of a current California Drivers’ License or California Identification.

Education/Experience

Preferable: A.S. or A.A Degree: High School diploma or G.E.D. from an accredited institution, and two (2) years of law enforcement, regulatory, auditing or investigating experience or training or an equivalent combination of education and experience. 

Physical Demands 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to speak and listen. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands and fingers to feel objects, tools or controls, which will require the ability to reach out with upper appendages. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions

Commission employees are expected to work some days and hours outside the normal workweek.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to secondhand smoke. The employee will occasionally work near electronic gaming equipment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Native American preferable and an Equal Opportunity Employer 25 U.S.C.S. 472 et. Seg. 

Note

This description incorporates the most typical duties performed. It is recognized that other duties not specifically mentioned may also be performed. The inclusion of these duties would not alter the overall evaluation of this position