Job Title: Compliance Officer – Anglophone West Africa
Reference: 130813-1
Employer: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
Location – Town / City: Lagos
Location – Country: Nigeria
Reporting To (Job Title): Compliance Business Partner – Middle East Africa
Type of position: Permanent
Job Purpose/Scope:
• To proactively drive a values & compliance based culture and improve risk identification & management in Anglophone West Africa (AWA)
• To provide legal advisory support for the Pharmaceutical business in Anglophone West Africa
• Responsibility spans across Anglophone West Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra –Leone, Gambia)
Key Responsibilities:
1.Compliance standards & procedures – incorporating and adhering to industry practices and standards of compliance as required by government regulations
• Ensuring that local compliance standards and procedures are kept up to date and are consistent with regional/corporate compliance standards and procedures
• Managing common compliance activities (e.g. analytics, reporting, communications, policy administration, project management, and training) with a focus on efficiency, consistency, and continuous improvement
• Working with management and functional heads to embed compliance standards and procedures as standard ways of working in the business
• Ensuring that appropriate standards are in place governing high risk business activities
• Ensuring a sound system of internal controls and legal & regulatory compliance are in place across AWA
2.Organizational Leadership & culture of compliance
• Documentation of all transactions between the business and 3rd parties to minimize dispute
• Providing legal advisory support on an on-going basis to all departments in the conduct of their various operations and businesses
• Reviewing potential disputes and advising the business on how to handle them to minimize their escalation to full blown disputes
• Advising the businesses on their potential rights, obligations and liabilities on various issues and recommend remedial strategies
• Attendance at meetings and representing the business in such fora as may be required from time to time
3.Organizational culture and leadership
• Coaching & mentoring AWA management and functional heads in key compliance messages, communications and behaviour
• Ensuring that the training of AWA management, in the areas of organisational leadership, establishing and promoting a culture of compliance, is up to date
4.Training and communication of standards and procedure
• Managing delivery of compliance training for AWA staff. Maintaining appropriate compliance training records
• Conducting regular training needs assessments with AWA management and functional heads to determine compliance training requirements for staff
• Creating, managing and implementing an effective compliance communications programme
• Ensuring that confidential internal reporting processes in AWA are effective and that reported concerns are correctly and promptly investigated with suitable corrective action as necessary (including escalation to above-country where relevant) and in collaboration with appropriate heads/line managers
• Ensuring that all new joiners undergo compliance training as part of the induction process
5.Monitoring, Auditing and Evaluating Program Effectiveness
• Acting as secretary for the AWA Risk Management & Compliance Board (RMCB) – working in liaison with the General Manager to set the meeting agenda, maintain appropriate records and follow-up
• Reporting risks, issues and mitigation actions to Africa Compliance Officer and submitting all reports due to Africa Regional Compliance on a timely basis (e.g. RMCO report, Back-End-Monitoring report and Quarterly Breaches)
• Regularly reviewing and updating the AWA Risk Map, Risk Management approach/processes and Risk assessments
• Setting compliance objectives that are aligned with Africa Regional Compliance objectives
• Monitoring, evaluating and reporting on attainment of compliance objectives and communicating findings to AWA management and Africa Regional compliance
• Including compliance goals into overall business objectives for the business and functional management
• Co-ordinating and supporting business preparation, readiness and response to audits from all GSK audit groups
• Reviewing audit findings with line management, advising on corrective actions and implementing plans to correct audit findings
Qualifications, Experience:
• A good first degree (preferably with background in Law, Business Admin, Finance)
• At least 5 years experience in a similar role with a comparable organisation
• Must have previous demonstrable experience in at least two of the following areas – operations management, business process change/improvement, change management, internal/employee communications, training, regulatory affairs
Competencies:
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong problem solving skills with the ability to come up with creative and innovative solutions
• Ability to consult, negotiate and influence at a management level
Application Hint:
1. Enter "Reference" as "Job Advert Keyword(s)"
2. Scroll down and click on "GO" to search for the position
3. Click on "View Details"
Apply to this job (http://www.jobnavy.com/job/22641/compliance-officer-anglophone-west-africa-job-at-glaxosmithkline-nigeria/)