Sr Compliance Specialist - Corporate Compliance Investigator
About the position Supports legal and regulatory compliance by designing, implementing, administering, and monitoring compliance and policy-related programs, assessments, projects, internal customer training and related functions. Conducts highly complex compliance investigations and vendor assessments.
Responsibilities
- Conducts highly complex investigations that involve significant legal risk to the company including, but not limited to, fraud and falsification investigations, workplace investigations, and regulatory compliance investigations.
- Leads the designing, implementing, and monitoring of compliance-related programs, assessments, projects and related functions.
- Develops, implements, and conducts compliance training of internal customers.
- Collaborates with Field personnel and other functional departments to promote and enhance corporate compliance objectives.
- Assesses contractual and legal compliance related to vendors and Service Providers.
- Assists FedEx attorneys in reviewing highly complex compliance assessments, drafting recommended action plans, following-up on such action plans, and communicating assessment results and recommended action, as needed.
- Performs compliance trend analyses and makes recommendations for further action regarding short and long-term business and compliance objectives.
- Develops and maintains knowledge of current compliance best practices and industry standards to support company and department goals and objectives.
- Develops and maintains understanding of changes in legal, government and regulatory environment, and assists FedEx attorneys in promoting company awareness of and compliance with such changes.
- Design and implementation of the company’s compliance programs including anti-corruption/3rd Party vendors, training & communications, risk assessment, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (including anti-money laundering, antitrust and anti-fraud) and the FedEx Alert Line.
- Design and implementation of compliance programs relating to restricted or regulated commodities, import and export controls, and other compliance obligations and functions.
- Works collaboratively with other departments to ensure possible integrity issues are promptly investigated and corrective action is taken where necessary.
- Assists in the group’s providing of consultative support and advice to management and employees about compliance programs.
- Reviews compliance assessments and identifies areas of improvement based on standard operating procedures and established guidelines; communicates assessment results and required remediation, if any, for issues identified during assessments; performs trend analysis of same.
- Collaborates with legal and compliance groups to develop process improvements (e.g., specifications, standards, project processes, including other department’s roles in those processes) that relate to compliance.
- Conducts investigative interviews and writes investigative reports; drafts investigatory action plans.
- Mentors and advises department personnel within area of responsibility.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; 4 (four) additional years’ of compliance, analytics, audit, investigative or additional applicable experience beyond the minimum years’ experience, will be accepted in lieu of a degree.
- Eight (8) years ‘experience required in compliance, analytics, audit, investigative or related area.
- Software skills, including use of Microsoft Office software (SharePoint), data analytics tools, and web-based applications.
- Verbal and written communication skills necessary to explain highly complex and/or confidential information.
- Presentation skills necessary to facilitate training and/or deliver informational sessions to groups and/or individuals.
- Time management and organizational skills necessary to manage multiple projects, appropriately prioritize workload, plan for resources to meet deadlines and goals, and respond to day-to-day functional needs.
- Ability to analyze review and make recommendations.
- Ability to mentor, coach and act as a knowledge resource to other employees.
- Knowledge of concepts, practices, policies and procedures related to FedEx operations
Nice-to-haves
- Experienced with data heavy investigations.
- True investigations focus.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits