Ethics & Compliance Officer (Saudi & Middle East)

Posted:
8/21/2024, 3:08:21 PM

Location(s):
Riyadh, Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia ⋅ Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia

Experience Level(s):
Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Legal & Compliance

Main Tasks:

  • Identifies, organizes and participates proactively in relevant compliance and investigation training, networks and other respective educational activities to further professional development in consultation with Business Partner of respective country/countries
  • Oversees and quality assures adaption of globally provided policies, training content or other material to local needs
  • Independently monitors, analyses, assesses and records local business transactions, processes, structures, relations as well as external developments and independently performs appropriate controls that promote an effective Compliance Program
  • Manages local compliance advisory activities, especially when involving local management, in order to ensure compliance awareness as well as effective management of areas of potential compliance risk
  • Oversees and identifies potential risks and initiates appropriate (preventive) mitigating actions, provides practical compliance-related solutions to reduce compliance-related risks, taking into consideration internal and external implications and/or supports their implementation
  • Provides or coordinates training on compliance topics to local employees on a regular and ad hoc basis
  • Ensures monitoring of regulatory and quality related developments and adapts Compliance Program accordingly, e.g. attending events, associations and doing research
  • Oversees and ensures regular and ad hoc information flow for a sound collaboration within the Global Compliance Department and with other Ethics & Compliance Officers
  • Quality assures and conducts regular reporting to internal and external stakeholders
  • Proficiency in industry trends, laws, and regulations
  • Due to high expected workload being capable of managing tasks based upon adequate evaluation of urgency and setting proper priorities
  • Enhance Compliance culture, company culture and speak up culture at all  FME entities
  • Share knowledge from past professional experience (such as sales representative, regulatory etc.)

Global Compliance Program

  • Independently supports in the further development of the Global Compliance Program, including optimization of processes, procedures, policies, training etc. and oversees the allocation of available resources effectively and efficiently by e.g. providing feedback from local organization
  • Independently supports the implementation of global compliance instruments such as processes, procedures, policies, training, IT-tools by providing local feedback and implementing it in the local organization

Projects and Operations

  • Independently supports the performance of all relevant projects and ongoing operations regarding scope, timeline for area of responsibility
  • Oversees and independently supports project work initiated on global level and conducts projects on local level
  • Independently supports in the maintenance and development of instruments for communication of compliance-relevant content; oversees the maintenance and development of communication platform content (e.g., intranet, local MS Teams Channels) and oversees the performance of processes for document management
  • Additional tasks in consultation with the respective supervisor

1) Required training and education:

  • Master degree or equivalent qualification in Business, Economics, Law or similar specialization is beneficial
  • Certifications such as CCP are beneficial

2) Required professional experience (in years):

  • Minimum of 10 years of general professional experience, of which a minimum of 6years of operational experience in the field of Compliance / Risk Management, Regulatory, preferably in the healthcare industry, is beneficial
  • Experience in the relevant regions is a must
  • International experience from global, complex matrix organization is desired
  • Experience in sales or other fields outside of Compliance desired

3) Important personal qualities:

  • Strong interpersonal, communication, intercultural, collaboration, change and project management, presentation / moderation, action orientation / problem solving skills, as well as the ability to deal effectively with all levels of an organization
  • Strong collaboration with 2nd Senior ECO located in Morocco and be able to allocate projects and tasks amongst each other effectively

  • Strong result driven attitude
  • Strong apprehension and fast familiarization with new and complex tasks
  • Strong analytical skills and judgment
  • High degree of integrity, confidentiality, trust and accountability
  • Strong self and time management
  • Good negotiation and mediation skills as well as confidence to handle difficult conversations, pressures and deadlines
  • Ability to integrate oneself in a team environment
  • Sound Leadership skills, e.g. motivation, team building, talent development, visionary leadership
  • Sound ability to make qualitative decisions and think creative
  • Good organizational savvy, e.g. processes and politics
  • Solid degree of flexibility, e.g. willingness to travel or situational adaptability

4) Other specialized knowledge:

a) Technical knowledge

  • Compliance / Legal and business acumen

b) Languages

  • Fluency in English, and the language locally spoken (Arabic)

Fresenius Medical Care North America

Website: https://fmcna.com/

Headquarter Location: Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1996

Last Funding Type: Post-IPO Equity

Industries: Biotechnology ⋅ Health Care ⋅ Medical ⋅ Pharmaceutical