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General Summary:

Role Summary:

A Multinational Semiconductor and Telecommunications Equipment Company is seeking an experienced chief risk & compliance officer (CRCO) with a strong legal background to oversee the continuous improvement, development, implementation, and enforcement of A Multinational Semiconductor and Telecommunications Equipment Company's compliance program, including policies, procedures, and controls to prevent, detect, and resolve compliance issues. The CRCO will provide legal guidance to ensure our business processes and procedures adhere to applicable laws, rules, and regulations. This position will drive a culture of ethics and compliance. This role will also oversee providing guidance, legal advice, and training to employees and senior management on ethics and compliance matters, monitoring and reporting on compliance performance, and liaising with external regulators and auditors.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

The CRCO's main role is to provide leadership and legal guidance on ethics and compliance issues and foster a culture of compliance within the company. The CRCO's responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Developing and updating the company's compliance strategy, policies, and procedures consistent with the U.S. Department of Justice's guidance on corporate compliance programs. This will include the company's code of conduct, anti-corruption, conflict of interest, and non-retaliation policies.
Establishing and setting the tone of ethics and compliance throughout the company through an effective programmatic compliance program to drive legal and regulatory compliance and set expectations consistent with A Multinational Semiconductor and Telecommunications Equipment Company's values of ethics and compliance.
Providing sound legal advice and guidance to senior management, the Audit Committee, and various business units on a wide range of legal matters affecting the company's legal and regulatory compliance.
Identifying and assessing the legal and regulatory compliance risks and opportunities facing the company, providing legal advice to ensure they are properly addressed, and implementing appropriate controls and mitigation measures.
Monitoring and auditing of the compliance performance and activities of the company and its employees, agents, partners, and vendors, and ensuring timely and accurate reporting of compliance information.
Reporting to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors on ethics and compliance matters.
Conducting and overseeing internal investigations to assess potential compliance violations, breaches, or complaints. Leading and participating in investigative interviews, evidence gathering and analysis, and attending and participating in investigation status meetings.
Advising the company on its legal obligations and implementing corrective and preventive actions.
Developing and facilitating remedial action plans, including training and awareness activities relating to findings and outcomes from ethics investigations.
Documenting processes and procedures relating to the Company's internal investigations program.
Providing legal guidance and support to other internal investigative teams (such as employee relations, security, and internal audit).
Building local compliance capacity by providing legal advice and guidance to local ethics liaisons and regional compliance personnel on the development of work plans and initiatives to strengthen the Company's global compliance program and the local control environment, in coordination with country leadership.
Analyzing investigation trends and advising the Company on emerging risks.
Preparing periodic reports for the Company's Ethics Committee and management.
Leveraging knowledge gained from compliance reviews and internal ethics investigations to continuously improve business processes and solutions.
Overseeing a third-party due diligence protocol and risk management system.
Managing and supervising the compliance staff and resources, and ensuring that they have the necessary skills, knowledge, and tools to perform their duties.
Coordinating and overseeing the compliance training and awareness programs, and ensuring that they are relevant, effective, and engaging.
Liaising and communicating with regulators, auditors, lawyers, consultants, and other external parties on compliance matters, and representing the company in compliance-related inquiries, audits, inspections, investigations, and litigation.
Keeping abreast of the latest developments and best practices in compliance and ensuring the company's compliance program is updated and compliant with the changing regulatory and business environment.
Provide legal advice and counsel to the Security team on any issues that could touch on law enforcement, such as theft of property, brand protection matters, or other types of misconduct.

Skills and experience required:
The CRCO should have the following qualifications and skills:

Juris Doctorate degree from accredited college/university.
Fifteen (15) or more years of relevant legal practice experience as an attorney.
A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in ethics and compliance, including helping organizations ensure compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and international anti-corruption laws.
High ethical standards, integrity, and professionalism, and the ability to uphold and promote the ethics and compliance culture and values of the organization.
Demonstrated ability to handle sensitive and confidential situations discreetly and with poise, tact, and diplomacy.
Experience overseeing and properly running internal investigations.
Some travel (international and domestic) will be required

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience as a federal prosecutor desirable, but not required.
Twenty (20) or more years of relevant legal practice experience as an attorney.
A professional certification or accreditation in compliance, such as Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP), or Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM) desirable, but not required.

In addition to experience, the successful candidate will have demonstrated competencies in the following areas:

Analytical Skills: The ability to collect information and identify fundamental patterns/trends in data. This includes the ability to gather, integrate, and interpret information from several sources.

Building Trusting Relationships: The ability to build trusting, collaborative relationships and rapport with different types of people and businesses. This includes delivering on commitments and maintaining confidential information, as well as being approachable, showing interest in the other person, and relating well to people regardless of personality or background.

Communication: The ability to convey information clearly and accurately, as well as choosing the most effective method of delivery (e.g., email, phone, face-to-face). This includes using a technically sound communication style both verbally and in writing.