Ethics & Compliance Officer, Middle East and Saudi Arabia

Main Tasks:

• Identifies, organizes and participates proactively in relevant compliance and investigation training, networks and other respective educational activities to further professional development in consultation with Business Partner of respective country/countries
• Oversees and quality assures adaption of globally provided policies, training content or other material to local needs
• Independently monitors, analyses, assesses and records local business transactions, processes, structures, relations as well as external developments and independently performs appropriate controls that promote an effective Compliance Program
• Manages local compliance advisory activities, especially when involving local management, in order to ensure compliance awareness as well as effective management of areas of potential compliance risk
• Oversees and identifies potential risks and initiates appropriate (preventive) mitigating actions, provides practical compliance-related solutions to reduce compliance-related risks, taking into consideration internal and external implications and/or supports their implementation
• Provides or coordinates training on compliance topics to local employees on a regular and ad hoc basis
• Ensures monitoring of regulatory developments and adapts Compliance Program accordingly, e.g. attending events, associations and doing research
• Oversees and ensures regular and ad hoc information flow for a sound collaboration within the Global Compliance Department and with other Ethics & Compliance Officers
• Quality assures and conducts regular reporting to internal and external stakeholders

Global Compliance Program

• Independently supports in the further development of the Global Compliance Program, including optimization of processes, procedures, policies, training etc. and oversees the allocation of available resources effectively and efficiently by e.g. providing feedback from local organization
• Independently supports the implementation of global compliance instruments such as processes, procedures, policies, training, IT-tools by providing local feedback and implementing it in the local organization

Projects and Operations

• Independently supports the performance of all relevant projects and ongoing operations regarding scope, timeline for area of responsibility
• Oversees and independently supports project work initiated on global level and conducts projects on local level
• Independently supports in the maintenance and development of instruments for communication of compliance-relevant content; oversees the maintenance and development of communication platform content (e.g., intranet, local MS Teams Channels) and oversees the performance of processes for document management
• Additional tasks in consultation with the respective supervisor

YOUR PROFILE:

• Master degree or equivalent qualification in Business, Economics, Law or similar specialization is beneficial
• Certifications such as CCP are beneficial 2) Required professional experience (in years):
• Minimum of 10 years of general professional experience, of which a minimum of 6 years of operational experience in the field of Compliance / Risk Management, Regulatory, preferably in the healthcare industry, is beneficial
• International experience is desired
• Strong interpersonal, communication, intercultural, collaboration, change and project management, presentation / moderation, action orientation / problem solving skills, as well as the ability to deal effectively with all levels of an organization
• Strong result driven attitude
• Strong apprehension and fast familiarization with new and complex tasks
• Strong analytical skills and judgment
• High degree of integrity, confidentiality, trust and accountability
• Strong self and time management
• Good negotiation and mediation skills as well as confidence to handle difficult conversations, pressures and deadlines
• Ability to integrate oneself in a team environment
• Sound Leadership skills, e.g. motivation, team building, talent development, visionary leadership
• Sound ability to make qualitative decisions and think creative
• Good organizational savvy, e.g. processes and politics
• Solid degree of flexibility, e.g. willingness to travel or situational adaptability
• Compliance / Legal and business acumen
• Fluency in English and the language locally spoken
• Solid command of MS-Office and ability to adapt new technologies

Our Offer for you: 

There is a lot you can discover at Fresenius Medical Care, regardless in which field you are an expert and how much experience you have -  all dedicated to your professional journey. 

• Whether in front of or behind the scenes - you are helping to make ever better medicine available to more and more people around the world 
• Individual opportunities for self-determined career planning and professional development 
• A corporate culture in which there is enough room for innovative thinking - to find the best solution together, not the quickest one 
• A large number of committed people with a wide range of skills, talents and experience 
• The benefits of a successful global corporation with the collegial culture of a medium-sized company