We are hiring a Trade Compliance Governance & Controls Lead, with 15+ years’ experience in supporting large, complex organizations in designing and implementing controls, control monitoring, training & communications. The Trade Compliance Governance & Controls Lead plays an important part in promoting Accenture’s compliance with international trade control requirements and regulations in countries where Accenture does business and helps our Legal team and business to understand trade and import and export control related risks, compliance, and program controls. 

This role leads all aspects of Trade Compliance Governance & Controls and is responsible for the strategic design of the offshore Trade Compliance Hub. They lead the team to execute:

• Denied Party Screening

• Trade Compliance review of Ventures & Acquisitions and managing the Trade Compliance requirements within the Post Merger Integration process

• New Business Advisory & Contracting Queries

• Training, Communications, Policy & Procedures

• Monitoring, Audit & Corrective Actions

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design of control enhancements and process improvements (through collaboration with Legal advisors, and in some cases Outside Counsel)

• Establish the Governance & Controls Function within Trade Compliance including:

  • Detailed design of the Function to execute controls including Denied Party Screening, Acquisition controls and New Business Advisory within & across Geographies

  • Recruit and manage team to manage & execute controls

  • Designing how the team will collaborate with the broader Trade Compliance team to effectively meet Business demand and deliver Accenture 360 value

• Ensures the performance of the team, continuous process improvement and effective resolution of issues with appropriate escalation to the broader Trade Compliance team (Regional Legal Counsel and the Export Controls Centre of Excellence)

• Coordinates with Ethics & Compliance management to provide leadership and maintain an environment that promotes compliance with applicable trade control laws and regulations

• Delivering training & upskilling across the team to allow individuals to support multiple areas and build a collaborative working environment, fostering career development and retention

• Provide regular reporting on key controls to Trade Compliance Leadership team, providing action focused insights

• Working with internal stakeholders to build trade compliance and monitoring tools to help Accenture executives flag, escalate and mitigate trade-related risks

• Identifying Trade Compliance training needs across business areas and geographies, delivering and executing an effective training and communications plan

• Responsible for defining & delivering the book of work for cyclical activities including;

  • Regular review and refresh of GTC Program Manual (including detailed policies, business guidance materials, desktop procedures and standardized documentation e.g. templates, L1, L2, L3 questionnaire, intake forms)

  • Regular review, refresh and execution of the GTC Training & Communications Program

  • Regular review, refresh and execution of the GTC Monitoring & Assurance Program

Key Relationships: 

• Legal, including Global Services Legal, Sales & Delivery, Contracting, Geographic Compliance and Corporate Counsel

• Ethics & Compliance Monitoring Team

• Ventures & Acquisitions Team

• Global Learning Team

• Corporate Functions, Business Stakeholders, Market Unit leadership

• Related subject matter experts (e.g., analytics, government compliance)

• Outside counsel/external law firms

Qualifications:

Education:  University degree as a minimum

Work Requirements:   

• Limited travel required as needed (usually <10%). 

• Must have ability to effectively work with others remotely, manage a schedule with global clients and engage in contract negotiation.

Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

• Experience and knowledge of International Trade Controls

• Experience developing control programs, including preparing policies and internal controls; developing and conducting training; managing, prioritizing and escalating issues

• Proven track record in managing complex change programs and process improvements

• Ability to prioritize and make decisions as well as synthesize complex legal analysis into clear recommendations.

• Significant experience skillfully managing multiple stakeholders/business interests, including dealing with senior management, promoting consistency of approach whilst remaining independent

• Experience leading hybrid teams, operating across multiple locations

• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal skills with the ability to interface, and develop relationships, with all levels of management and staff, and work cross-culturally

• Highly motivated and proactive, with the ability to articulate company vision and policy, and to seek out areas of risk and priority

• Able to assess risk and recommend action on a proportionate risk-based approach

• Able to synthesize complex scenarios and present findings and recommendations to leadership in articulate and visionary presentations

• Ability to consistently apply good judgment and prioritize

• Adapts nimbly to changing needs within the business

• Fluent in English

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with 774,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com 

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