Olam Agri is a market-leading, differentiated food, feed, and fiber agri-business with a global origination footprint, processing capabilities, and deep understanding of market needs built over 33 years. With a strong presence in high-growth emerging markets and products across grains & oilseeds, animal feed & protein, rice, edible oils, specialty grains & seeds, cotton, wood products, rubber and commodity financial services.
Olam Agri is at the heart of global food and agri-trade flows with more than 40 million MT in volume traded annually. Focused on transforming food, feed and fiber for a more sustainable future, it aims at creating value for customers, enabling farming communities to prosper sustainably, and strive for a food-secure future.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Compliance Manager
Location: Iganmu, Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time
Function: Legal & EBP
Sub-Function: Legal
Job Description
- Compliance is a critical function, the role requires a person of impeccable integrity and a steadfast resolve to achieve the organizations' objectives.
- The incumbent will have a detailed understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks within which our business operates and will ensure that the organization adheres to legal standards and in-house policies.
- You will be responsible for enforcing regulations in all aspects and levels of business as well as providing guidance on compliance matters.
- You will also be a champion of corporate governance best practices.
- You must be comfortable saying “no” when necessary and be result-oriented. the overall goal of preserving the organization's integrity by working in an ethical and lawful manner is central to this role.
- You will be required to support the company/region in all matters related to compliance, commodity legislation and regulatory issues
Key Deliverables
Strategic Effectiveness:
- Developing and maintaining risk-based compliance policies including practical implementation of systems. Building effective controls and monitoring mechanisms.
- Establish the compliance function that oversees all projects in Gabon
- Standardizing process across projects related to operations and functions (plantation/manufacturing/construction).
Operational Effectiveness:
- Defining easy to understand SOPs for businesses where required. Coding the SOPs and ensuring ready access for the field teams.
- Analyze and identify opportunities for making the processes more efficient including effective use of technology to reduce lapses
- Audit to ensure adherence to laid out business process and governing laws
Organizational Effectiveness:
- Ensure fraud & corruption policy and other related procedures are followed. The objective is to build an ethical workplace with a strong value system.
- Generating awareness about fraud and corruption policy amongst staff and other stakeholders in Africa. Engaging people with online/offline sessions to ensure top of mind recall of the organization’s ethics and standards.
- Coordinate and build the capacity of internal auditors/financial controllers on internal controls, audit skills, and fraud detection. Building systems of checks and balances to reduce the possibility of such acts.
Requirements
- University Degree in Business and/or Law
- Experience in a similar role in a trading business, ideally commodity trading, or the commodity business of a financial institution
- High level of technical auditing skills, knowledge of relevant international standards governing internal audit practice
- Excellent advisory skills with high work standards and ability to promote team synergy in a multi-cultural work environment
- Excellent interpersonal skills (tact, diplomacy, discretion, and impartiality)
- Strong team-player with the ability to work in virtual teams. Very strong personal ethical standards.