Executive - Workplace Compliance at Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), Bengaluru (Full-time, On-site; LLB Required)

Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading global provider of real estate and investment management services. In its own words, JLL's people are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for clients, and the firm hires across commercial real estate, skilled trades and technology as well as from adjacent industries.

This vacancy is advertised by ESB-Jones Lang LaSalle Property Consultants (India) Pvt Ltd, the hiring organisation named on the requisition, and is hosted on JLL's own Workday careers portal.

JLL is seeking a highly motivated compliance professional to support workplace operations by ensuring adherence to applicable labour laws, statutory regulations, corporate compliance standards and internal governance requirements. The role is responsible for driving compliance programmes, managing audits, mitigating risks, and partnering with internal stakeholders and vendor organisations to maintain a robust compliance framework across locations.

The successful candidate will play a key role in minimising legal, financial, operational and reputational risks while ensuring consistent compliance practices across workplace operations.

The requisition is listed on the portal as Compliance & Risk Management -Executive, with the role described within the posting as Executive - Workplace Compliance. Job requisition ID: REQ529045.

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Law (LLB).

Preferred:

• Company Secretary (CS) or Chartered Accountant (CA).
• Additional qualifications in compliance, risk management or governance are advantageous.

The posting does not specify a minimum number of years of experience. JLL adds that candidates who do not meet all of the requirements are still encouraged to apply.

• Support labour law compliance programmes and ongoing risk management initiatives.
• Ensure adherence to labour laws and statutory requirements, including the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act (CLRA), the Shops & Establishments Act, Provident Fund (PF), Employees' State Insurance (ESI), Professional Tax (PT), the Labour Welfare Fund (LWF) and building compliance requirements.
• Identify compliance risks and implement preventive controls.
• Review audit observations, statutory notices, litigation risks, vendor compliance issues and corrective action plans.
• Drive closure of compliance gaps through effective escalation and follow-up mechanisms.
• Collaborate with Legal, Risk & Compliance, Facilities, Procurement, HR, Transport and Vendor Management teams.

• Participate in internal and external audits, statutory reviews and government inspections.
• Review audit reports received from compliance partners and analyse observations.
• Classify compliance gaps based on risk levels and prioritise remediation activities.
• Communicate audit findings to site teams, stakeholders and vendor partners.
• Track closure of audit observations through documentation and evidence validation.
• Escalate overdue, recurring or critical compliance issues to relevant leadership teams.
• Conduct trend analysis on recurring observations and recommend preventive measures.
• Participate in audit review meetings and support implementation of corrective actions.
• Monitor audit scores, compliance metrics and closure status across locations, and ensure timely closure of all audit observations.

Contract Labour Compliance (CLRA):

• Ensure compliance with the Contract Labour Act and related labour regulations.
• Monitor licensing compliance through audit reviews and monthly assessments.
• Highlight expired, invalid, unavailable or non-applicable licences to stakeholders for immediate action.
• Support obtaining CLRA registrations and amendments where required, and coordinate annual CLRA return submissions within statutory timelines.
• Maintain strong oversight of contractor compliance requirements to mitigate statutory risks.

Vendor Compliance Governance:

• Ensure vendor participation in monthly compliance audits and reviews, and monitor submission of statutory documents and compliance records.
• Address documentation gaps, delayed submissions and recurring observations, and escalate critical compliance concerns while tracking remediation efforts.
• Drive vendors toward achieving and maintaining compliance audit scores above organisational targets.
• Present vendor compliance performance and risk updates during governance reviews.

Headcount data management and reporting:

• Collect and validate workforce headcount information using attendance management systems and site records.
• Review and verify contractor workforce data for compliance reporting purposes, and maintain accuracy and integrity of workforce-related compliance records.

Inspections, notices and legal compliance:

• Coordinate labour law, PF, ESI and CLRA inspections across locations.
• Partner with consultants, legal teams, vendors and internal stakeholders to address inspection findings.
• Track statutory notices and ensure timely submission of responses and supporting documentation.
• Support resolution of labour law disputes and compliance-related issues, and maintain records and monitor closure status of inspections, notices and legal matters.

Building compliance governance:

• Coordinate with facility teams, property management teams and designated compliance stakeholders for compliance tracking activities.
• Collect, validate and upload required compliance artefacts and documentation, and support periodic compliance reviews and spot audits.
• Monitor non-conformances and drive closure through collaboration with relevant teams, and participate in governance discussions and compliance review meetings.

Reporting and governance:

• Monitor compliance performance, audit outcomes and risk indicators across sites.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and ad-hoc compliance reports for leadership.
• Present audit results, compliance metrics, risks and corrective action plans during governance forums, and maintain visibility of critical risks, recurring issues and preventive actions.

Desired skills and competencies:

• Strong knowledge of Indian labour laws and statutory compliance requirements.
• Experience managing vendor and contractor compliance.
• Audit management and risk assessment expertise.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong reporting, governance and compliance monitoring capabilities.

Key success measures stated in the posting:

• 100% monitoring of applicable statutory compliance requirements.
• Timely closure of audit observations, statutory notices and inspection findings.
• Zero overdue critical compliance issues.
• Achievement of compliance audit score targets across locations and vendors.
• Reduction in legal, financial, operational and reputational risk exposure.
• Effective governance of vendors, contractors and workplace compliance activities.

• Location: Bengaluru (Bangalore), Karnataka, India.
• Work mode: On-site.
• Time type: Full time.
• Scheduled weekly hours: 48.
• Remuneration: The requisition does not state a salary or pay range.

Applications are submitted through JLL's own Workday careers portal against requisition REQ529045. The apply option is open on the requisition as at the date of this post. Candidates create or sign in to a JLL careers account, upload a resume (the portal supports resume parsing) and complete the application questionnaire.

JLL states that it uses artificial intelligence to analyse applications for relevant skills, experience and qualifications in order to generate insights on how a candidate's profile aligns with the requirements of the role. JLL is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process; requests for such accommodation go to the dedicated JLL HR email listed in the contact section, which is not for general recruiting queries.