Summary:
The Compliance Specialist – Procurement Services Department- supports NTTA’s mission by ensuring that all purchasing, contracting, and vendor-management activities adhere to applicable laws, internal policies, and public-sector procurement standards. This role plays a critical part in safeguarding the integrity and transparency of NTTA’s procurement operations by reviewing procurement processes, monitoring contract compliance, and verifying that competitive bidding, evaluation, and award procedures are followed consistently and ethically.
Starting Rate: $65,058/annually - $85,602/annually
Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the United States immediately. This position is not available for H1-B visa sponsorship.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee contract compliance, contract negotiation, administration, modifications, renewals, extensions, and formal close-outs or terminations.
- Develop short and long-term contract compliance strategies in collaboration with business units to align procurement with organizational goals.
- Serve as a subject matter expert for stakeholders on complex policy clarity and ensure all contracts meet NTTA policy and standards.
- Maintain a centralized tracking system for reporting, memberships, and expirations report to prevent service lapses and ensure organization accountability.
- Identify and report operational risks related to non-compliance or undocumented changes.
- Conduct regular reviews of reports, contract compliance, and system maintenance reports to ensure compliance and data integrity.
- Evaluate contract amendments, extensions, and change orders for compliance with procurement rules and spending thresholds.
- Provide guidance and technical support for all procurement platforms.
- Utilize lean analysis and workflow evaluations to identify automation opportunities and optimize contract compliance processes.
- Coordinate the end-to-end document lifecycle, ensuring records integrity and the systematic archiving of physical and digital assets, for audit and reporting purposes.
- Extract system data to generate performance reports and actionable insights for management.
- Act as the liaison between internal and external stakeholders to resolve disputes and streamline the approval process.
- Provide technical recommendations for document control and workflow analysis to improve procurement efficiency.
- Support the vendor process within procurement platforms to maintain strong relationships, increase efficiency and ensure business needs.
- Coordinate procurement projects, public information request, and purchase order processing and management.
- Support with procurement projects and purchase order processing and management.
- Monitor regulatory changes affecting public procurement and advise procurement leadership of necessary updates to policies or procedures.
- All other duties as assigned by the Director.
Qualifications:
Minimum:
- Bachelor’s degree in information systems/computer science/supply chain management
- Three to five years related experience.
- Expert-level proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite
Preferred:
About NTTA: NTTA is a political subdivision of Texas created to acquire, construct, maintain and operate toll roads in North Texas. As a customer-driven organization, NTTA delivers a safe and reliable toll system for millions of customers each year in one of the fastest growing regions in the United States. NTTA is a vibrant organization with a highly qualified, energized and engaged team focused on achieving Excellence and we are looking for talented individuals to join us.
Our mission: We are committed to providing a safe and reliable toll road system, increase value and mobility options for our customers, operate the Authority in a businesslike manner, protect our bondholders, and partner to meet our region's growing need for transportation infrastructure.
