Ethics & Compliance Counsel-Anti Corruption
The Role:
The Anticorruption Counsel plays a key role in promoting the company's compliance with global and local anticorruption laws, regulations and company's policies. The Anticorruption Counsel supports the Managing Director - Senior Director of Anticorruption with the implementation and management of company's anticorruption compliance program and serves as a subject matter expert on global anticorruption laws. The Anticorruption Counsel helps the Legal team and the business understand the anticorruption compliance program. The Anticorruption Counsel will focus on implementing it's global anticorruption program locally by coordinating with and leveraging the expertise from company's Geographic Corporate & Compliance Legal Leads
Key Responsibilities:
- Drives the implementation of company's global anticorruption compliance program initiatives locally by collaborating with the company's Geographic Corporate & Compliance Legal Leads ("GCCs") around the world to identify, analyze and mitigate anticorruption risks geographically, including:
1. Meeting regularly with the GCCs to understand how existing compliance processes are working for the business in each region to ensure the program works effectively and efficiently in practice, understand and mitigate local corruption risk, and increase awareness through targeted trainings, communications, and other resources that support the business and enterprise functions; and
2. Reporting back to the global anticorruption compliance team and legal leadership as needed to create a clear line of communication between the global and local anticorruption compliance teams.
- Serves as a subject matter expert on global anticorruption laws and compliance;
- Implements and manages the organisation's anticorruption compliance program (Leadership; Standards & Controls; Training & Communication; Auditing, Monitoring & Response; and Risk Assessments) with a focus on local anticorruption law compliance;
- Provides objective, focused, practical advice and solutions to the company's businesses and legal professionals regarding compliance with anticorruption laws, it's Code of Business Ethics, the organisation's anticorruption policies ("Gifts, Meals, Entertainment & Travel" and "Business Intermediaries"), and all other related policies;
- Collaborates with colleagues globally to:
a) Provide thought leadership for the company's anticorruption compliance efforts generally by staying abreast of compliance industry best practices and changes in laws and regulations, and
b) Assist in the development of related policies to address business and legal requirements; and
- Provides additional support, and assumes additional responsibilities, as may be directed by the Managing Director - Senior Director of Anticorruption
Skills Required:
- Should be a Legal Counsel including Ethics & Compliance, Contracting and Ventures & Acquisitions teams, as well as external counsel;
- Other internal subject matter experts
- FCPA certification required.
Qualifications & Experience:
- LLB along with a degree or certification in Finance is required
- Experience of 12 + years required., Relevant being 4+ yrs. minimum