[Hiring] Compliance Advisor @Zinc Network

Role Description

The Compliance Advisor will support Zinc Network's delivery of a new US government defense subcontract by ensuring Zinc's budgeting, invoicing, and ways of working remain compliant with US defense and federal contracting requirements. You will help identify and mitigate compliance risk before it accumulates, covering both contractual and regulatory compliance and operational compliance.

This is a fully remote, part-time contractor role, engaged on a daily or hourly basis as required. Candidates must be based in the US.

What you’ll be doing

• Review the subcontract and any subsequent modifications, advising Zinc on compliance obligations and flow-down requirements.
• Advise on invoicing, budget tracking, and financial reporting practices to ensure alignment with federal contracting and US defense requirements.
• Identify compliance risks arising from Zinc's ways of working as a US federal subcontractor, and recommend practical mitigations.
• Advise on labor category classification, timekeeping, and other federal contracting administrative requirements as they apply to Zinc's program workstreams.
• Support the Program Lead and finance function in preparing for and responding to compliance-related requests from the prime contractor or government customer (e.g. DCAA/DCMA-related correspondence).
• Escalate material compliance risks promptly to the Program Lead and Zinc leadership.
• Attend meetings with the prime contractor or government customer, as required, to provide specialist compliance advice.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Significant professional experience in US federal contracting compliance, ideally including subcontract administration, flow-down compliance, and/or federal invoicing and budget practices.
• Working knowledge of relevant FAR/DFARS requirements and DCAA/DCMA processes.
• Comfortable operating as an independent advisor on a part-time, as-needed basis, without close supervision.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to translate compliance requirements into practical guidance for a non-specialist audience.
• Desirable: experience working with or advising organizations new to US federal contracting.

Requirements

• Disclose any previous disciplinary action against them resulting from a substantiated safeguarding or workplace investigation.
• Undergo background checks relevant to the country of engagement, including employment verification, sexual offender registry (as available), identity confirmation, and anti-terrorism vetting.

How to apply

Please include a cover letter stating how you meet each of the requirements. If you require an accommodation to be made at any point throughout the recruitment process, please advise us when contacted.

Closing date: 6 October 2026