Lead Compliance Officer_Legal Counsel

The successful candidate will be expected to take ownership in managing a dynamic landscape, with support and guidance from Regional and Global OEC Leadership. His/her key responsibilities will be:

Provide compliance advice on Compliance matters relating to SAP China and regional projects and ensure compliance principles are adhered to in Management decision-making, so that SAP acts in accordance with best-in-class compliance standards;
Develop internal controls and processes to mitigate compliance risk
Develop and administer policies and training on compliance topics including avoidance of bribery and corruption, competition law concerns, misuse of third party intellectual property, handling confidentiality and conflicts of interest, doing business with government customers, fraud in the contracting process, general fraud, etc.
Manage investigations as needed and interact with HR and Legal regarding consequence management.
Directly support the legal compliance aspects of managing third party relationships
Review and analyze donation, sponsorship, membership requests.
Review and analyze hospitality and business event invitations and new local events.
Review and analyze Due Diligence for Partners
Handle translations and localizations of CoBC, trainings and other policies as needed.
Conduct trainings.
Interact with employees, including senior leaders, to clarify questions regarding SAP Policies.
Assist with Compliance Risk Assessments and implementation of mitigation plans.
Manage adoption and localization of global projects
Monitor changes to legal and regulatory climate/guidelines applicable to the company and proactively develop solutions
Effectively channel inquiries and complaints; provide clarification & advice; assist in effective response mechanism. Expert level grasp on complaint reporting mechanisms and how to handle them.
Proper administration of SAP Code of Business Conduct and ensuring single point of contact for issues relating to the Code.
Assist in operating the Regulatory and Compliance risk assessment module and follow up on risk mitigation processes
Monitor compliance trends in China and other external regulators, including compliance initiatives, industry compliance failures and other internal and external Compliance trends to provide insight for leadership knowledge forums, newsletters and employee groups
Track and report compliance issues to OEC management on a periodic basis 

The position works on company policies and procedural change. It liaises with multiple areas to align compliance policies. The position enjoys excellent exposure within the business on a national as well as worldwide scale.

The position reports to the VP, Regional Compliance Officer for Greater China, and enjoys excellent exposure within the business.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

Fluent business English and Mandarin skills are required;
Accredited lawyer or other experienced compliance professional is required
Minimum 8 years of work experience, especially experience in a legal, compliance, organization governance, risk management and/or audit type role
Hands-on with extreme attention to detail and written documentation
Ability to do in-depth research and to interpret written guidelines and documents
Proactive, dynamic and result driven individual
Strong grasp of code of conduct, business ethics policies and current compliance practices
Experience handling compliance investigations highly desirable
Demonstrated ability to navigate complex issues
Demonstrated ability to manage senior leadership in dynamic environments
Experience in the areas of detection and prevention of fraud or corruption preferred
Demonstrated ability to work with international, virtual teams with sensitivity to cultural differences
Project Management experience is highly desirable
Very good communication and collaboration skills
Comfortable in MS office tools and IT business environment
Previous experience in the IT industry is preferable.
Experience designing and/or documenting business processes and analyzing related gaps 

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