[Hiring] Legal & Compliance Specialist @KPA

Role Description

KPA is the leading provider of compliance and risk mitigation solutions in the automotive industry, with a national clientele of approximately 15,000 dealerships and service centers. The Automotive Retail Legal & Compliance Specialist supports KPA by strengthening and advancing the company's federal and 50-state compliance capabilities for Advertising, Sales, and Finance & Insurance (ASFI).

Reporting to the Chief Legal & Strategy Officer, this strategic individual contributor partners closely with the National Sr. Director of ASFI and the Director of Legal Affairs to:

• Monitor and interpret legal and regulatory developments
• Maintain and enhance compliance guidance
• Strengthen consultant enablement
• Support the continued evolution of KPA's AI-enabled compliance capabilities

The role combines legal and regulatory research, compliance analysis, knowledge management, consultant enablement, and AI-assisted innovation to ensure KPA's compliance methodologies, guidance, and resources remain industry-leading while continuing to evolve with changing laws, regulations, and technology.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
• Five or more years of experience in automotive retail compliance, dealership operations, consumer protection, regulatory affairs, legal research, compliance consulting, or a related field
• Strong understanding of Automotive Advertising, Sales, and F&I
• Demonstrated ability to research, analyze, and interpret complex legal and regulatory requirements
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate legal and regulatory concepts into practical business guidance
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
• Demonstrated proficiency utilizing AI tools to enhance research, knowledge management, document development, or professional workflows
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple business functions

Requirements

• Support and strengthen KPA's leadership in automotive retail compliance by:
• Monitoring and interpreting federal and state legal and regulatory developments affecting Advertising, Sales, and F&I
• Maintaining, enhancing, and expanding KPA's 50-state compliance guidance and knowledge resources
• Supporting ASF consultants through practical compliance tools, standardized review methodologies, and knowledge assets
• Supporting advertising review operations and regulatory inquiries
• Leveraging AI to enhance compliance research, reporting, knowledge management, and consultant productivity
• Legal & Regulatory Intelligence:
• Monitor federal and state legislation, regulations, agency guidance, enforcement actions, and significant court decisions affecting Automotive Advertising, Sales, and F&I
• Research and interpret legal and regulatory requirements impacting automotive retailers
• Evaluate legal and regulatory developments and provide practical implementation guidance for internal teams and clients
• Maintain current knowledge of state-specific automotive retail laws and consumer protection requirements
• Support Legal Affairs by maintaining consistent legal and regulatory interpretations across KPA's consulting services, compliance resources, and solutions
• Contribute to the continued refinement of KPA's federal and 50-state regulatory monitoring and analysis processes
• Compliance Knowledge Management:
• Maintain, enhance, and expand KPA's 50-state compliance libraries, regulatory matrices, state summaries, decision trees, reference guides, FAQs, and implementation guidance
• Refine standardized compliance methodologies and interpretations that promote consistency across consulting engagements
• Translate complex legal and regulatory concepts into practical operational guidance for consultants and clients
• Maintain and enhance client-facing educational materials, compliance alerts, and regulatory communications
• Identify emerging trends and opportunities to further strengthen KPA's compliance content and proprietary knowledge assets
• Consultant Enablement & Advertising Review:
• Support the Director of Regulatory Affairs in managing and advancing KPA’s services and related consumer protection compliance initiatives
• Maintain and further enhance standardized methodologies for Advertising, Sales, and F&I compliance assessments
• Refine review checklists, playbooks, examples, and reporting guidance used by ASF consultants
• Support the continued enhancement of AI-assisted report-generation workflows while preserving professional judgment and editorial review
• Analyze recurring compliance findings to identify opportunities to strengthen consultant guidance, educational resources, and review methodologies
• Partner closely with the National Sr. Director of ASFI Consulting to support consultant effectiveness, consistency, and client service excellence
• Provide additional subject matter expertise to promote continuity across advertising review operations and regulatory inquiry functions
• AI-Enabled Compliance Innovation:
• Leverage AI technologies to enhance regulatory research, compliance analysis, report development, and knowledge management
• Further develop and refine AI-assisted prompts, knowledge agents, review workflows, and reporting tools that improve consultant productivity
• Support the continued enhancement of KPA's automated advertising review capabilities by refining legal and regulatory logic, state-specific review criteria, and AI-assisted analysis methodologies
• Evaluate AI-generated compliance analyses and recommendations to ensure legal accuracy, consistency, transparency, and practical usefulness
• Collaborate across Legal, Consulting, Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Learning & Development to ensure compliance expertise is consistently reflected throughout KPA's services and solutions
• Identify opportunities to responsibly integrate emerging AI capabilities into established compliance services and consultant workflows

Benefits

• Annual base compensation range between $95-115k commensurate with experience
• Bonus potential up to 10% annually

Travel

You will work in a flexible, mostly remote capacity. KPA’s headquarters office is in Lafayette, CO. Occasional travel (approximately 5%) for internal meetings, client engagements, training, and industry conferences.

Physical Requirements

• Visual Recognition - Constantly
• Stationary sitting or standing position - Constantly
• Working at a computer typing and view a screen - Constantly
• Speaking, Hearing, and Listening - Often
• Travel - Occasional/as needed