Public Records Specialist

When you join Accurate Background, you’re an integral part of making every hire the start of a success story. Your contributions will help us fulfill our mission of advancing the background screening experience through visibility and insights, empowering our clients to make smarter, unbiased decisions.

The Public Records Specialist is primarily responsible for processing Public Records products related to pre-employment background screening applications. This position is accountable for working within Accurate Background’s client guidelines as well as the Federal Credit Reporting Act’s (FCRA) regulations to provide minimal turnaround time and high-quality results on background research requests.

Accurate Background is a fast-growing organization, focused on providing employment background screenings and building trustful relationships with our clients.  Accurate Background continues to exceed expectations by offering an array of innovative and cutting-edge background check and credentialing products to meet the needs of human resource, loss prevention, and security/legal professionals in employment screening and vendor certification.

We offer a fun, fast-paced environment, with lots of room for growth.  If this sounds good to you, join our team!

• Retrieve and enter a variety of information from files, computer records, and web-based systems related to an applicant’s history.
• Review information and documents quickly and accurately in accordance with applicable laws and procedures.
• Understand the court system terminology and interpret results.
• Communicate effectively with courts to retrieve additional information as needed.
• Compiling, sorting, and verifying the accuracy of information before it is entered.
• Perform accurate, timely input/keying of required data fields on client transactions in accordance with department procedures/guidelines.
• Familiarizing with new processes and updates as they are introduced.
• Maintaining a polite, helpful, and professional manner.
• Enter data from source documents into a prescribed computer database, files, and forms.
• Comply with data integrity and security policies.
• Able to manage individual workload in a timely manner.

• 1 to 3 years related work experience
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite of tools such as MS Word, Outlook, and Excel
• Strong familiarity with the internet, including internet research experience
• Excellent analytical, written and verbal communication skills
• Independent and detail oriented
• Ability to work under constant deadlines
• Teamwork oriented attitude
• High School Diploma or GED required
• Bachelor’s degree preferred – specializing in Criminal Justice is a plus 

The Accurate Way:

We offer a fun, fast-paced environment, with lots of room for growth. We have an unwavering commitment to diversity, ensuring everyone has a complete sense of belonging here. To do this, we follow four guiding principles – Take Ownership, Be Open, Stay Curious, Work as One – core values that dictate what we stand for, and how we behave.

Take ownership.

Be accountable for your actions, your team, and the company. Accept responsibility willingly, especially when it’s what’s best for our customers. Give others every reason to trust you, believe in you, and count on you. Rise to every occasion with your personal best.

Be open.

Be open to new ideas. Be inclusive of people and ways of doing things. Make yourself accessible and approachable, and communicate with genuineness, transparency, honesty, and respect. Embrace differences.

Stay curious.

Stay curious even as you move forward. Tirelessly ask questions and challenge the status quo in your pursuit of new ideas, ways to solve problems, and to continually grow and improve.

Work as one.

Work together to create the best customer and workplace experience. Put our customers and employees first—before individual or departmental agendas. Make sure they get the help they need to succeed.

About Accurate Background:

Accurate Background’s vision is to make every hire the start of a success story. As a trusted provider of employment background screening and workforce monitoring services, Accurate Background gives companies of all sizes the confidence to make smarter, unbiased hiring decisions at the speed of demand. Experience a new standard of support with a dedicated team, comprehensive technology and insight, and the most extensive coverage and search options to advance your business while keeping your brand and people safe.

Accurate is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to hiring talented and qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Accurate will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws.

Special Notice:

Accurate is aware of schemes involving fraudulent job postings/offers and/or individuals or entities claiming to be employees of Accurate. Those involved are offering fabricated employment opportunities to applicants, often asking for sensitive personal and financial information. If you believe you have been contacted by anyone misrepresenting themselves as an employee of Accurate, please contact humanresources@accurate.com.

- Please be advised that all legitimate correspondence from an Accurate employee will come from "@accurate.com" email accounts.

- Accurate will not interview candidates via text or email. Our interviews are conducted by recruiters and leaders via the phone, Zoom/Teams or in an in-person format.

- Accurate will never ask candidates to make any type of personal financial investment related to gaining employment with the Company.