Regional Compliance Officer at Siemens Nigeria

Siemens is an integrated technology company. The business activities of our Energy, Healthcare, Industry and Infrastructure & Cities Sectors have enabled us to capture leading market and technology positions worldwide. Technological excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and international focus have been our hallmarks for 165 years, making us strong and linking us to our shareholders, employees and customers as a partner of trust.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Regional Compliance Officer

Location: Any City, Nigeria
Req ID: 136883

Job Description

Risk Management

• Knowing strategy, environment and recent marketchanges of respective business
• Identification / analysis of potential risks / opportunities (together with Executive Management, where applicable)
• Prioritization of tasks / solutions based on risk assessment
• Develop responses and monitor risk mitigation
• Conducting Antitrust and Corruption exposure assessment
• Ensure that risks are adequately reflected in the Compliance risk portfolio

Policies, procedures and controls

• Alignment, monitoring and follow up of policies and guidelines for own area of responsibility
• Informing and consulting business proactively on new Compliance topics / regulations
• Building or participating in a network of experts to ensure consistency and quality of advice
• Initiation and coordination of compliance controls within business operations
• Securing the continuous development of internal compliance controls
• Ensuring that business takes responsibility for Compliance with relevant processes and tools
• Supporting M&A Compliance due-diligence and recommendation for board decisions
• Ensuring high professional standards of quality and transparency of processes.

Integration in the business process

• Knowing the business and its environment, e.g. the products and relevant partners / competitors / customers
• Developing and sustaining a solid network based on trust within the business
• Motivating and enabling business to assume responsibility for compliant business conduct
• Integrating Compliance into day-to-day operations, strategic business decision making and personnel processes
• Participating in entity / senior management meetings for early involvement and discussion of business decisions
• Acting as advisor by demonstrating expertise and understanding internal customer needs
• Translating rules and regulations and advice into "language" of business and promoting them actively
• Facilitating Business success by actively developing practical solutions together with business as a team
• Regularly seeking internal customer feedback
• Speaking as one Legal&Compliance voice.

Training

• Acting as Compliance internal / external partner and change agent within own area of responsibility
• Securing understanding of Compliance and integrity by continuous training and knowledge transfer to business
• Ensuring that mandatory trainings are rolled out to relevant target employees
• Ensuring that own employees are well trained in Compliance topics
• Staying informed about developments of compliance topics and ensuring that own employees are also up-to-date
• Ensuring that trainings are of high quality.

Communication

• Acting as facilitator and multiplier in order to assert understanding and commitment of management and employees
• Implementation of respective Compliance Communication strategy (including identification of relevant target groups, tailoring communication concept and selecting channels)
• Knowing what to communicate (including background mitigated risks and benefits), when, to whom and how
• Acting as guard by addressing compliance issues also against resistances
• Participating in business communication activities to promote Compliance system and integrity
• Evaluation of communication effectiveness

Collective Action

• Representing the organization towards governmental officials, NGO`s and others in regard to Compliance System, Collective Action and other Compliance issues with respective CO management
• Actively supporting fair and equitable market conditions and eliminating the temptation of corruption for all those concerned
• Active Stakeholder management and -engagement
• Being active as speaker in relevant events in coordination with respective CO management
• Design and implementation of new Collective Action initiatives and strategies for relevant units
• Supporting Siemens Integrity Initiative.

Monitoring and Reporting

• Measuring and monitoring implementation, effectiveness and continuous improvement of Compliance system
• Evaluating adherence to policies / guidelines and ensuring definition, implementation and tracking of counter measures
• Ensuring timely adherence and accuracy with regard to internal reporting obligations
• Prompt reporting of compliance issues (TRACI) and misconduct
• Implementation / performing of Compliance Review process
• Reporting status and adequacy of overall Compliance system and recommended changes to business management
• Deriving measures from analyzing "detect" sources
• Ensuring budget and forecast planning, -reporting and cost-controlling.

Case Handling and Remediation

• Responsibility for investigations and case tracking (local cases)
• Supporting of Investigations / Legal and case tracking (central cases)
• Detailed knowledge about all entities within area of responsibility
• Ensuring systematic tracking and management of compliance cases; ensuring quarterly certification
• Ensuring the exchange of information with relevant stakeholders
• Ensuring remediation actions by enforcing and securing effective implementation of remediation plan

People Management

• Recruiting the right people accordant to Compliance role-model and job profile
• Coaching and developing employees according to the requirements of a high-performance compliance system incl. succession planning
• Efficient resource-management
• Conducting effective PMP for all direct reports as well as ensuring this for the complete area of responsibility
• Managing Talents in area of responsibility and promoting their visibility within respective organizations/regions/departments
• Managing ready-to-develop candidates, supporting with transfer to next function and monitoring progress
• Encouraging and monitoring the integrity, independence and motivation and qualification of employees
• Ensuring own employees are appropriately well informed.
  

Requirements

• Candidates should possess minimum of degree qualification.
• Minimum of 10 years relevant experience.

Application Closing Date
22nd May, 2013

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online