Job description
Company Description
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Our purpose is to guide all companies toward a sustainable world. EcoVadis is the leading provider of business sustainability ratings. Our solutions are backed by an international team of experts and powerful technology. We analyze data and build sustainability scorecards that give companies actionable insights into their environmental, social and ethical risks.
Why apply to EcoVadis? Be a part of the global sustainability change in business. Grow your career. Work with extraordinary people. Feel valued for your contribution.
Learn more about our team and culture on EcoVadis careers page.
Job Description
As the Ethics and Compliance Officer for EcoVadis, you are responsible for the development, implementation, and oversight of our ethics and compliance programs. Your role ensures that EcoVadis adheres to all relevant laws, regulations, and internal policies, fostering an ethical culture throughout the organization.
You will be joining a team of two passionate and motivated experts, reporting directly to our Risk and Compliance Director.
Responsibilities:
1. Program Development and Implementation:
- Design, implement, and manage comprehensive ethics and compliance programs.
- Develop and update policies, procedures, and guidelines to ensure alignment with current laws, regulations, and industry best practices.
- Maintaining Policy Management process.
- Establish and maintain the company’s code of conduct and other ethical standards.
2. Training and Education:
- Develop and deliver training programs to educate employees on compliance and ethical conduct.
- Ensure all employees understand their responsibilities related to compliance and ethics.
- Create and distribute educational materials to keep employees informed about compliance issues and updates.
3. Monitoring and Auditing:
- Conduct regular audits and assessments to evaluate the effectiveness of compliance programs and identify areas for improvement.
- Monitor compliance with internal policies and external regulations.
- Develop and implement corrective action plans to address any identified compliance issues.
4. Reporting and Documentation:
- Maintain accurate and detailed records of all compliance activities, including training sessions, audits, and investigations.
- Prepare and present regular reports to senior management and the board of directors on the status of the compliance program.
- Ensure timely and accurate reporting to regulatory agencies as required.
5. Investigations and Whistleblower Processes:
- Oversee the investigation of reported violations of laws, regulations, and internal policies.
- Manage the organization’s whistleblower program, ensuring confidentiality and protection for individuals reporting unethical behavior.
- Collaborate with legal counsel and other relevant parties to resolve compliance issues and implement corrective actions.
6. Sanctions Compliance:
- Ensure adherence to international sanctions and trade compliance regulations.
- Develop and implement sanctions compliance policies and procedures.
- Monitor and review transactions and business activities for compliance with sanctions regulations.
7. Risk Assessment and Mitigation:
- Conduct risk assessments to identify potential compliance and ethical risks within the organization.
- Develop and implement strategies to mitigate identified risks.
- Continuously monitor the regulatory environment to ensure proactive compliance with new and emerging regulations.
8. Stakeholder Collaboration:
- Work closely with Senior Management, Legal, HR, and other departments to ensure a cohesive approach to compliance and ethics.
- Act as a liaison between the organization and regulatory bodies, industry groups, and other external stakeholders.
9. Regulatory Compliance:
- Development of regulatory compliance framework.
- Collecting information on applicability and compliance with specific regulations, coordinating efforts and managing communications among a wide range of stakeholders.
10. Perform other duties as assigned by management.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Law or a related field, professional certifications as a plus.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in the Compliance field, with exposure to Policy Management, Regulatory Compliance, Sanctions Compliance and Whistleblowing.
- Demonstrated specialization in ESG regulations as a plus.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret and apply complex regulatory requirements to business operations.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex compliance concepts to various stakeholders.
- Can-do, proactive attitude, positive approach and drive to shape world around,
- Experience in conducting compliance training and awareness programs is desirable
- Fluent English is essential, other languages are a plus.
Additional Information
Start date: ASAP
Full-time position, 12-month fixed-term contract
Location: Warsaw
Hybrid model
In return for your expertise, we offer:
- Support with all the necessary office and IT equipment
- Flexible working hours
- Wellness allowance for mental and physical wellbeing
- Access to professional mental health support
- Referral bonus policy
- Learning and development
- Sustainability events and community involvement
- Peer recognition program
- Employee-led resource groups
- Optional (fully covered or co-financed) health care and life insurance
- Multisport card
- Multikafeteria
- Lunch card
- Hybrid work organization
- Remote work from abroad policy
- Internet and Electricity bill allowance
- Additional day for community service when volunteering
Our hiring team looks forward to reviewing your CV and cover letter with a guaranteed response to every application. A new job with purpose awaits you!
Don’t fit all the criteria but still think you’d be a good candidate? Please apply anyway to give our hiring team the opportunity to assess your skills and to learn more about what you could bring to EcoVadis. We’re interested in hiring capable people, regardless of professional and educational background.
Can the hiring process be adjusted to suit my needs? Yes. We want everyone going through the hiring process with EcoVadis to feel confident that you are able to demonstrate your full potential. We welcome applications from disabled people, people with long-term health conditions, and neurodiverse candidates. If you need any adjustments, including the provision of interview questions, please let the hiring team know.
Our team’s strength comes from everyone’s uniqueness and is founded upon mutual respect. EcoVadis commits to equity, inclusion and reducing bias in our hiring processes. EcoVadis does not accept any form of discrimination based on color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, beliefs, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, disability, parental status, or any other protected characteristic that makes you unique. In your application, we encourage you to remove personal information such as: photographs, marital status, number of children, religion, gender, residential postal code, university graduation date, past medical or parental leave(s) taken, nationality (instead, please state if you are legally eligible to work in the job region/country), university name (instead, please state any degrees obtained and the study major).
