Sr Compliance Specialist I at Thermo Fisher Scientific

Responsibilities:

• Perform all job responsibilities in a manner consistent with our 4i Values (Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement)
• Act as Compliance business partner to the region by continually providing advice and guidance to the business on compliance risks associated with business decisions. Take oversight of key decision points to ensure appropriate decisions are made on critical activities.
• Support the EMEA Compliance Director to foster ethical behavior by taking lead of various compliance projects to ensure the Middle East & Africa (MEA) growth continues on the right track.
• Work closely with the Internal Audit team to support investigations; support annual risk assessment and follow up the remediation action.
• Support and conduct screening and other due diligence on third party engagements.
• Develop and enforce compliance policies and SOPs and conduct training to ensure policy comprehension and effective implementation.
• Conduct compliance reviews and approvals on various activities.
• Monitor and identify compliance risks, coordinate control improvements to mitigate those risks, and monitor or audit implementation and effectiveness of those controls.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years of work experience directly relevant in Compliance and/or Operations with substantial exposure to FCPA and UK Anti-Bribery Act, preferably in the pharmaceutical/medical device industries or other healthcare industry.
• Bachelor degree or above. Legal background is preferred. Advanced degree, CPA certification, UK Bribery Act certification, audit experience or Juris Doctorate a plus.
• Thorough working knowledge of anti-corruption compliance and regulatory affairs (familiarity with trade compliance, import/export affairs or tax/money laundering affairs are beneficial).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong ability in working independently and under pressure, can-do attitude and self-motivated with bias for action.
• Proven integrity and high ethical standards.
• Excellent communication in English is necessary. (Additional regional language beneficial)
• Good at managing and coordinating relationships and interactions with various departments and teams.
• Strong competence in strategic planning and execution of commercial compliance programs.
• Ability to travel regionally 0-5%; globally once or twice a year.