Ethics and Compliance Director, North America

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

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Step into the world of our Legal and Compliance Function and prepare to be challenged and stretched with a combination of impact, innovation, and excellence. Our Legal team is at the forefront of shaping the corporate landscape and redefining the boundaries of what is possible.

We go beyond the traditional realms of a legal and compliance function. Transforming ourselves into strategic partners who help drive business growth, mitigating risks, and championing ethical and sustainable practices. Every day, our team deliver on groundbreaking transactions and navigate complex regulatory landscapes that help our organisation make a positive societal impact.

Join us, and you'll be collaborating towards shared goals, solving complex challenges, and leaving an enduring legacy.

About The Role

The North America Ethics & Compliance Director & Global Third-Party Risk Lead is a newly created position at Reckitt. As the business continues its journey of growth and transformation, this new, exciting role is designed to deliver a best-in-class compliance programme and management support within North America across all GBUs. As well as ownership of NA E&C, the successful candidate will also lead and manage Reckitt’s global third-party risk programme.

Reporting to the Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, the position is located Parsippany New Jersey USA and is also responsible for leading and managing a small, high-performance team. They will be a member the Global Ethics & Compliance leadership team, and partner closely with the Nutrition and North America leadership teams as well as supporting Global Procurement on Ethics and Compliance matters.

Your responsibilities

• Shape and oversee Reckitt's ethics and compliance programmes, ensuring they are in sync with the latest legal and regulatory benchmarks.
• Evaluate and fine-tune our operations through rigorous compliance assessments and audits to identify and mitigate risks.
• Educate and guide employees on E & C matters, designing training that helps embed our core values into all aspects of our work.
• Investigate reports of misconduct, taking decisive action to resolve issues and maintain our high ethical standards.
• Monitor shifts in legal and regulatory landscapes to ensure that Reckitt continuously operates at the forefront of compliance.
  
  

The experience we're looking for

The candidate will be an experienced US qualified attorney serving as both general counsel and as a compliance officer during their career. They will be a credible leader who can motivate his or her team and be a strategic business partner that fosters development of a business-friendly, solutions-driven Ethics and Compliance function. You will be an action oriented, performance-focused “change agent”, who enjoys autonomy, can navigate ambiguity, can operate in a cross-functional, cross-matrixed organization, and interface with an incredibly diverse and international employee population.

The skills for success

Integrity, Corporate Governance, Compliance Management, Solutions Focused, Excellent Communication Skills, Risk management, Teamwork, Fact-based Decision Making, Ability to manage and prioritize workload, Continuous Improvement Mindset, Legal Services, Process Optimisation.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.