Construction Compliance Specialist

About the role

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Construction Compliance Specialist based in the United States. The role focuses on reviewing construction payment applications and ensuring billed costs are accurate, authorized, and compliant with contractual requirements. You will support large-scale capital programs across multiple project delivery methods, vendors, contracts, and workstreams. The position combines detailed audit and compliance work with owner advisory, cost control, and governance responsibilities. You will analyze contracts, change orders, purchase orders, invoices, schedules of values, and supporting documentation to identify discrepancies and risks. The role also provides opportunities to advise project owners, contractors, and project teams on cost compliance and invoice review practices. As a senior contributor, you will help strengthen procedures, mentor junior team members, and promote consistent controls across complex programs. The position requires strong analytical judgment, communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage a high-volume workload independently.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive reviews of construction pay applications according to established invoice review procedures, approval workflows, and exception-handling protocols.
• Interpret construction contract provisions related to payment, reimbursement, allowable costs, and compliance requirements.
• Translate contractual requirements into practical compliance tests and review procedures.
• Verify that invoices and payment applications are supported by executed contracts, amendments, change orders, purchase orders, and other required authorizations.
• Confirm that billed amounts align with approved scopes of work, contract terms, negotiated rates, and authorized budget limits.
• Monitor approval status for contracts, amendments, and change orders associated with invoiced work.
• Review invoices across multiple vendors, contracts, projects, and workstreams in high-volume environments.
• Identify compliance issues, quantify related cost impacts, and document findings accurately and defensibly.
• Communicate observations, findings, exceptions, and required corrective actions clearly to clients, contractors, and internal stakeholders.
• Reconcile invoices against purchase orders, schedules