Senior Legal Counsel - Compliance at SAP

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ROLE DESCRIPTION:

The SAP´s Office of Ethics and Compliance (OEC) is responsible for developing and operating SAP Compliance programs, including support for the SAP Code of Business Conduct and related compliance practices and policies. We focus on applicable bribery and corruption laws as well as serious fraud and conflicts of interest.

EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS:

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

• Provide compliance advice on Compliance matters relating to SAP’s African entities and ensure compliance principles are adhered to in Management decision-making, so that SAP acts in accordance with best-in-class compliance standards;

• Serve as trusted advisor to Senior Leadership;  

• Administer, prepare, run & follow up on local Compliance Committees;

• Organize, develop and administer policies and training on compliance topics including avoidance of bribery and corruption, competition law concerns, handling confidentiality and conflicts of interest, doing business with government customers, fraud in the contracting process, general fraud, etc.;

• Provide compliance oversight on sales activities: work with business to vet and validate sale, marketing, third-party transactions and presales opportunities, serve as trusted advisor and gatekeeper;

• Review and analyze Due Diligence for Partners and third parties;

• Support compliance investigations & manage Consequence Management: formulate consequence options with the guidance of Global Compliance leadership, build consensus with relevant HR, Legal, and Business executives, and execute;

• Serve as Liaison to Global Compliance leadership: receive and respond to the sub-region relevant Compliance inquiries and complaints, monitor response mechanism, liaise with relevant Regional stakeholders;

• Stay substantively up to date on relevant laws and regulations;

• Follow up on risk mitigation processes;

• Proper administration of SAP´s Code of Business Conduct and ensuring single point of contact for issues relating to the Code;

• Track and report compliance issues to OEC management on a periodic basis;

• The position reports to the Regional Compliance Manager:  EMEA South and will be based in SAP´s offices in Cape Town / Johannesburg / Casablanca / Nairobi or Lagos.
  Occasional international travels might be required. 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum 3 - 5 years of work experience, especially legal experience in compliance in an international environment.

• Corporate compliance department and/or law or audit firm experience highly desired.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

• Fluent business and legal English and French

• Accredited lawyer or other experienced compliance professional with legal background is required

• Hands-on with extreme attention to detail and written documentation

• Ability to do in-depth research and to interpret written guidelines and documents

• Strong grasp of codes 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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SAP innovations help more than 400,000 customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with 200 million users and more than 100,000 employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, we build breakthroughs, together.

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