Senior Associate / Specialist, Ethics & Compliance

ROLE PURPOSE:

To develop and manage the implementation of the Ethics and Compliance policies and procedures, and to lead the delivery of ethics and compliance projects for the assigned corporate/business function(s) in line with the ethics and compliance program to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations and policies, ethical operations, as well as the identification and mitigation of ethics and compliance risks.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Ethics and Compliance Policies and Procedures

• Lead research into the relevant local and international laws and regulations to ensure the Company is in line with the latest developments and to drive the implementation of internal policies and procedures.
• Review all ethics and compliance policies and procedures to ensure alignment with relevant laws and regulations.
• Establish and maintain a system and process to manage the review, approval and updating of internal ethics and compliance policies and procedures.
• Manage the monitoring and enforcement of the ethics and compliance policies and procedures to ensure compliance with corporate and governance requirements across the Company.

Ethics and Compliance Programs

• Lead the implementation of an ethics and compliance project for the assigned corporate/business function(s) in line with the Group ethics and compliance program to ensure ethics and compliance risks are effectively managed.
• Risk Assessment and Management
• Participate in identifying, evaluating and analysing key ethics and compliance risks and emerging issues inherent to the operations of the Company, and review internal and external audit results in order to formulate and implement effective ethics and compliance related measures.
• Manage assigned risk areas through the monitoring of developments in that risk area, in order to ensure risks are mitigated effectively and are in compliance with set standards.

Capability Building

• Lead the development and implementation of training programs to raise knowledge and awareness of corporate governance and ethics and compliance matters across The Company.
• Establish and maintain training requirement plans and reporting for all employees to ensure up-to-date training and development in corporate governance and ethics and compliance.

Communication

• Develop and implement communication initiatives for the Ethics and Compliance function in order to raise awareness and encourage an ethics and compliance driven culture.
• Business Partners Management
• Supervise and manage business partners and service providers to ensure delivery of defined, cost effective and high quality ethics and compliance advice and services in line with business needs.

Continuous Improvement

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge on changes and developments in relevant local and international laws and regulations to assist in providing inputs into the ongoing development and implementation of key governance processes to ensure ‘best practice’ across the Company.

Policies, Systems, Processes and Procedures

• Contribute to the identification of opportunities for the continuous improvement of functional systems, policies, processes and practices taking into account ‘international leading practice’ in order to improve business processes, productivity and operational efficiency.
• Provide critical input to support the development of functional systems, policies, processes, and procedures in order to meet business requirements.
• Ensure team members comply with all functional policies, processes, standard operating procedures and instructions so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner.
• Reporting
• Prepare functional reports in a timely and accurate manner in order to meet the Company’s requirements, and the functional requirements, policies and standards.

Related Assignments

• Perform other related duties or assignments as directed.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

Knowledge:

• Good knowledge of the Company operations and business across various sectors.
• Good knowledge of ethics and compliance practices and techniques, and ability to leverage leading practices to assist in developing and leading an ethics and compliance project tailored to the business requirements and in line with the ethics and compliance program.
• Knowledge of local and international ethics and compliance requirements and laws, regulations and legislations.

Experience:

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in progressive and more complex senior-level roles in ethics and compliance or regulatory-enforcement management. Preferably, experience in a top-tier international organization or experience working in various industries in the UK or USA.
• Additional relevant experience is an advantage.

Skills:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to effectively communicate on ethics and compliance related items and matters with various internal stakeholders at different organisational levels.