Senior Ethics and Compliance Specialist

Profil du candidat

Education and Experience Requirements:

• College degree preferred.
• Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP) preferred.
• Five to ten plus years' (seniority based on level of experience) relevant experience in an ethics and compliance role at a top company, law firm or government agency, including the following:
• Experience with compliance program creation and implementation
• Knowledge of significant compliance laws (FCPA, SAPIN II (preferred), anti-bribery/anti-corruption laws, anti-trust and competition laws, data privacy laws)
• Knowledge of trade compliance matters, including economic sanctions, export controls, import requirements, anti-boycott regulations preferred.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong project management capability.
• Ability to work independently on a wide range of projects and exercise judgment to make reasoned decisions and prioritize workload.
• Effective relationship management and influencing skills.
• SAP experience and experience with restricted party screening software preferred.
• Understanding of energy industry, a plus.
• Ability to act autonomously and to solve complex problems and make strategic decisions.
• Comfortable working in cross-cultural teams, collaborating across country boundaries with a sense for diversity and inclusion.
• Highest standards of ethics and integrity.
  
  
  

Activités

Responsibilities:

• Assist the Deputy General Counsel, Ethics and Compliance, with strategic planning and compliance program implementation and enhancement.
• Help the Company demonstrate integrity, transparency and accountability to stakeholders.
• Implement ethics and compliance policies and procedures, and compliance program enhancements, to reduce the company's risk exposure and potential for penalties.
• Develop and present compliance training for all levels of the company, including both U.S. and non-U.S. audiences, to increase awareness of ethics and compliance laws and regulations, and facilitate strategic business solutions.
• Provide support and back-up to the trade compliance team (covering import, export and licensing functions).
• In conjunction with the Corporate, Commercial Law, HSSE, Litigation and M&A teams, work cooperatively on all aspects of TotalEnergies’ business activities in the U.S.
• Manage files for the ethics and compliance group.
  
  
  

Accountabilities:

• Participate in coordination of the developing U.S. OTOC initiative and serve as additional point of contact and resource for the initiative.
• Continually seek out best practices to make the ethics and compliance programs more effective and efficient, including designing and modifying internal processes.
• Create compliance communications, policies/procedures, web content and training; deliver training.
• Assist with ensuring that procedures, guidance, and standards are developed, implemented, maintained, and updated in accordance with the development of local requirements and best practices.
• Participate in and assist with management of the compliance network.
• Monitor and help provide routine updates to senior management regarding compliance-related developments, cases, regulatory updates and news.
• Oversight of third-party due diligence process, gifts and hospitality register, training statistics and routine compliance reporting obligations (including monthly KPIs).
• Assist with and perform regular restricted party screening.
• Assist with proposed M&A and joint venture transactions including overall vetting, evaluating and monitoring; conduct due diligence related to integrity, competition law and trade compliance.
• Help review contracts for appropriate compliance provisions. Maintain library of compliance based contractual terms.
• Assist with management and awareness of the Business Integrity Line and the annual Code of Conduct and Business Ethics Questionnaire (COCQ). Primary point of contact for COCQ and responsible for initial conflicts of interest oversight and follow-up.
• Assist with compliance-related audits; conduct assessments and participate in investigations. Help develop and monitor risk mitigation action plans, as needed.
• Assist with organizing and conducting annual ethics and compliance awareness event(s), such as TotalEnergies’ Business Ethics Day.
• Provide and/or seek advice on ethics and compliance-related questions.
• Liaise with other legal department members on various matters.
• Special projects as required.
  
  
  

Contexte et environnement

TotalEnergies is a major energy company, which produces and markets fuels, natural gas and low-carbon electricity. Over 100,000 employees are committed to better energy that is safer, more affordable, cleaner and accessible to as many people as possible. Active in more than 130 countries, TotalEnergies ambition is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 or sooner.

The US Government is engineering a major transformation of the US economy with ambitious goals to cut GHG emissions in half by 2030 and reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

What We Provide

TotalEnergies offers a robust comprehensive benefits package available to employees on the first day of hire. These benefits include but are not limited to generous PTO, medical, dental & vision care, HSA with company contributions, health FSA, commuter benefits or paid parking, 401(k) plan with employer match, pension plan, life & accident insurances, generous parental leave, education assistance, fitness subsidy and more.

Informations supplémentaires

This position is located in TotalEnergies Downtown Houston office and follows a Hybrid work schedule.