Senior Manager, Compliance

Position Title: Senior Manager, Compliance

Department: Legal and Compliance

Location: Remote in CT, FL, GA, IL, MD, MA, NC, NJ, NY, PA, Puerto Rico, TN, TX, and VA

Key Relationships:

Reports to: General Counsel

Direct Reports: 0

Assignment Type: Full time

Compensation: $101,238 USD to $114,588 USD gross annually

Benefits: https://www.americares.org/take-action/jobs/

Application Requirements: Resume and cover letter

About Americares:

Americares is a health-focused relief and development organization that saves lives and improves health for people affected by poverty or disaster. Each year, Americares reaches 85 countries on average, including the United States, with life-changing health programs, medicine, medical supplies, and emergency aid. Americares is one of the world’s leading nonprofit providers of donated medicine and medical supplies. For more information, visit americares.org.

Americares Values:

We create global community, treating people as they want to be treated.

We respond effectively and responsibly, putting plans into practice.

We embed ethics and equity in our work and workplace.

We are better together; partnership is at our core.

We ask and listen, to create sustainable solutions for a healthier tomorrow.

We commit to quality, growing and improving to ensure individuals and communities thrive.

About the position:

Key Outcomes:

In the first 90 days, the Senior Manager, Compliance will:

· Learn and live the Americares values.

· Complete all required new hire onboarding training.

· Begin to manage the policy portal.

· Provide follow-up on pending certifications.

· Integrate into the work of the anti-boycott process.

· Have an understanding of the administrative aspects of the pharmaceutical warehouse distribution licensing, and charitable registration processes.

In the first 6 months, the Senior Manager, Compliance will:

· Assist the General Counsel with the modification of the Code of Conduct.

· Prepare for re-certification of the Code of Conduct, annual policy renewal process, and insurance renewal season.

· Support with the modification of policies and procedures

In the first year, the Senior Manager, Compliance will:

· Update and implement the Conflicts of Interest and Employee Gift Acceptance policies and procedures.

· Innovate for an enhanced policy review process and training calendar.

Duties and Responsibilities:

· Manage the organizational policy communication, tracking, documentation, and certification process (including but not limited to managing the policy portal).

· Support policy governance structure and the management of policies and procedures.

· Provide administrative oversight for the anonymous reporting line platform and monthly incident reporting.

· Assist with conducting investigations and managing investigatory processes under the direction of GC or AGC.

· Conduct compliance trainings.

· Serve as Records Custodian for Legal Department.

· Support corporate compliance and specialty compliance areas such as, Export Controls (Anti-boycott, Sanctions Screening, OFAC Compliance, BIS Compliance), Privacy/HIPAA/GDPR and Anti-corruption programs, including serving as an internal control.

· Support charitable registrations and pharmaceutical warehouse distribution licensing.

· Administer insurance renewal programs and ongoing insurance projects.

· Conduct legal research as needed.

· Drive strategic projects and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders.

· Maintain electronic records, filings, and documents.

· Any additional tasks or assignments as directed by the General Counsel.

· The role will have some travel during the year for meetings and key projects.

These competencies are required for the role:

• You have at least 10 years’ experience as a Paralegal or Compliance Manager, preferably in an international/multicultural NGO or government context.

• You have excellent legal research and writing skills.

• You have demonstrated project management and cross functional team collaboration skills.

• You are able to work independently, multi-task, and meet changing deadlines.

• You have demonstrated excellency when it comes to attention to detail.

• You have excellent communication skills.

• You have advanced knowledge of Lexis Nexis or Westlaw, Microsoft 365 package, and are proficient in the use of Lighthouse or another whistleblower hotline.

• You have U.S. work authorization.

These competencies would be great to have, but are not required:

· You preferably have a bachelor’s degree but will consider a paralegal certificate.

· CCEP or CCEP-I certification.

· Prior experience in a humanitarian/development organization is a plus.

· Fluency in languages that are spoken in at least one of our core locations (India, Philippines, Tanzania, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Colombia, etc.), in addition to English.

Additionally, our core competencies as an organization are:

· Ownership and results

· Communication

· Problem solving

· Equity and inclusion

· Teamwork and conflict resolution

· Leadership

· Prioritization

· Management

· Strategy and planning

· Decision making

We know not all applicants will demonstrate all the competencies we’re looking for, and that women and underrepresented groups tend to not apply unless they meet all the requirements. We encourage you to apply even if you do not check all the boxes above, and we look forward to reviewing your application holistically.

What you can expect, if you move forward in each step of the recruitment process:

1. ZOOM Interview with People and Talent

2. Competency exercise

3. Two ZOOM Interviews with Legal and Compliance Team (1 of which will be a panel interview)

4. Reference check

5. Offer!

6. Background check and onboarding

Americares is currently authorized to support remote work employees in the following locations: Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Please note that we do not provide relocation assistance at this time. #LI-REMOTE

Americares is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

This job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Americares. At any point in the recruitment process, we may request additional information to confirm qualifications. Any misrepresentation of qualifications in any stage of the process will prevent the applicant from moving forward in the process.

To request a disability accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact us at [email protected].

How to apply

https://americares.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/1416?c=americares

Please apply on the Americares job website