Regional Compliance Manager (East, Southern and Anglophone West Africa) at SGS

Job Description

The Regional Compliance Manager (East, Southern and Anglophone West Africa) is responsible for (i) promoting a culture of integrity within the sub-region, (ii) setting up and supervising regional/local compliance structures to manage integrity risks, (iii) performing integrity assessments, and (iv) investigating alleged integrity violations.

• Promotes corporate integrity rules, policies, and guidelines in the sub-region
• Advises on the implementation of, and monitors, integrity controls in regional/local operational processes
• Collaborates with regional/local internal and external stakeholders to manage integrity risks
• Empowers, engages with, educates, and trains management and employees on integrity risks
• Performs preventive testing and assessments
• Handles local reporting of integrity violations, performs investigations, and monitors corrective action plans
• Performs periodic field visits in the sub-region to fulfil its responsibilities
• Performs other related duties as instructed by the Global Head of Business Ethics
• Travel is required for this position

Qualifications

Essential

• Advanced university degree in law, business management, quality management, or similar fields 
• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience working in the industry and specifically in fields related to the SGS Business Lines
• Experience working with risk, ethics, integrity and/or compliance in Africa with regional responsibilities
• Experience in working within a matrix organization
• Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English

Job Related Competencies

• Discretion, impartiality, and confidentiality
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent facilitation and negotiation skills
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment with respect for diversity
• Excellent sense of integrity and ethics

Leadership Competencies

• Fosters Innovation
• Thinks Strategically
• Translates Strategy into Actions
• Influences Internally & Externally
• Collaborates Effectively
• Embraces Change
• Delivers Superior Results