Senior Specialist, Compliance

ADNOC Group


Date: 2 hours ago
City: Abu Dhabi
Contract type: Full time
JOB PURPOSE:

  • Provide advice on key regulatory compliance matters, such as data privacy, international trade compliance, ESG, insider management, market abuse, enabling compliance with applicable regulatory standards.
  • Support the Manager, Compliance Advisory and Compliance Advisory team in managing any other regulatory compliance matters, escalating risks and opportunities as needed.
  • Act as SME to support developing, implementing, and maintaining compliance policies and procedures tailored to evolving regulatory landscapes.
  • Design and deliver advanced compliance training and awareness sessions to strengthen organizational understanding of key laws and standards.
  • Support development, monitoring, and management of the external counsel and service provider budget for Compliance Advisory team
  • Mentor junior team members, sharing expertise to uphold high professional standards.
  • Support wider E&C team on E&C initiatives and project related matters.
  • Support preparing reports on Compliance Advisory matters.
  • Collaborate across E&C teams, business and functional stakeholders and LGC to ensure seamless end-to-end support and advice to the business.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Job Specific Accountabilities

Group Ethics & Compliance

  • Determine and ensure compliance with the ADNOC Group Ethics & Compliance Program, which is designed to prevent and detect unlawful or unethical business conduct.
  • Ensure that a culture of compliance and ethical business practice is embedded across the ADNOC Group.
  • Create awareness and knowledge on good compliance practices.

Budget Management

  • Input into the development of annual budget in line with business objectives and operational plans.

Policies, Systems, Processes & Procedures

  • Lead the development and implement policies, processes, systems, standards, procedures, guidelines, and internal controls in order to support execution of the Department’s work programs in line with Company and International standards.
  • Drive continuous improvements within the Ethics & Compliance to achieve and sustain performance levels reflective of external benchmarks.

Performance Management

  • Lead the achievement of KPIs and performance objectives for the Ethics & Compliance function and establish monitoring mechanisms to ensure delivery of these objectives.
  • Provide strategic analysis and recommendations for business practice enhancements.

People Management and Development

  • Develop knowledge and competencies within the Group Ethics & Compliance.
  • Lead initiatives for the training and continuous learning of the developees within the Group Ethics & Compliance.
  • Lead initiatives for training and development within the Group Ethics & Compliance.
  • Support the development of junior Emirati colleagues.

Organisation Structure and Development

  • Evaluate the organization structure to optimize human capital utilization.
  • Proactively incorporate sustainability into the on-going work practices to meet the business objectives.

Stakeholder Management

  • Oversee daily operations and represent the Ethics & Compliance function in various capacities.
  • Represent Group Ethics & Compliance in various task forces, events and committees.
  • Prepare, deliver, and present reports.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders.
  • Assist with the appointment of external lawyers and experts and the assessment of the performance of external lawyers and experts.

Risk Management

  • Support Corporate Risk Management within the Business Unit.

Innovation and Continuous Improvement

  • Champion an organisation culture that encourages innovation, enhances employee motivation and supports initiatives for implementation of Change Management to continuously operations and services.
  • Recommend improvements in internal processes against best practices in pursuit of greater efficiency in line with approved standards in order to define intelligent solutions

Health, Safety, Environment (HSE) and Sustainability

  • Support the implementation of an HSE culture and compliance with relevant HSE policies, procedures, systems & controls and applicable legislation and sustainability guidelines across the Function in line with ADNOC Code of Practices.

Management Information Systems (MIS) and Reports

  • Contribute and input into MIS and deliver progress reports to provide accurate and timely reports and necessary information to effectively manage operations of the Group Ethics & Compliance Function.

COMMUNICATIONS & WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

Internal

  • Contacts with ADNOC’s cross-functional management teams when representing Group Ethics & Compliance.
  • Contacts with ADNOC Legal, Governance and Compliance leadership.
  • Regular contacts with legal advisors across ADNOC Group.
  • Regular contacts with counterparts and focal points of the Business customers across ADNOC Group.

External

  • Contacts with other lawyers of major governmental, legal, financial, and commercial institutions.
  • Contacts with governmental entities and representatives of local authorities.
  • Contacts with external legal firms and advisors.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

Minimum Qualification

  • Bachelor’s degree in law is essential.

Minimum Experience & Knowledge & Skills

  • 8 to 10 years of professional experience in transactional work experience in a reputable international law firm and/or in-house legal department, preferably within the oil and gas industry.
  • Excellent English language (written and spoken). Fluent Arabic in addition is an advantage.
  • Knowledge of applicable legislations and regulations.
  • Knowledge of business and international best practices

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