Compliance Monitoring & Testing Lead- Legal
About The Position
The Ethics & Compliance team is responsible for maintaining Cisco’s global compliance program and ensuring adherence to legal and ethical standards across all business operations. Our work provides the necessary oversight to identify and mitigate risk, ensuring that company activities remain aligned with internal policies and external regulatory requirements. The team is comprised of a diverse group of legal, compliance, and technical professionals working in a structured, collaborative environment. We are currently focused on modernizing our oversight capabilities by integrating advanced data analytics and automated monitoring into our core compliance functions. Cisco is seeking an experienced and strategic Compliance Monitoring and Testing Lead to independently oversee the design and execution of our global compliance control framework. This critical individual contributor will be responsible for architecting automated monitoring systems, driving risk visibility through data analytics, and implementing innovative technology solutions—including AI/ML—to ensure organizational adherence to global regulatory standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Data Analytics, or a related field, plus 12 years of relevant experience in compliance, internal audit, or risk management.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience architecting and implementing automated compliance monitoring systems or GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) platforms.
- Experience in designing and executing risk-based audit or testing programs that meet the requirements of international regulatory bodies (e.g., FCPA, UK Bribery Act).
- Proven track record of developing and maintaining executive-level risk dashboards and KRIs (Key Risk Indicators) using BI tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree (MBA, JD, or Master’s in Data Science) or professional certifications such as CISA, CFE, or CIA.
- Understanding of RegTech trends and experience deploying AI/ML models to detect anomalies in financial or third-party transaction data.
- Ability to translate technical findings into reports for senior leadership and audit committees.
- Experience leading cross-functional projects involving Legal, IT, and Data Analytics stakeholders.
- Experience in identifying root causes and designing sustainable remediation strategies for compliance control failures.
Responsibilities
- Architect and oversee the end-to-end design of automated compliance monitoring systems, transitioning from manual transaction testing to scalable, technology-driven checkpoints.
- Define and configure AI-driven detection logic within compliance and GRC platforms, ensuring alerts are accurate, prioritized, and actionable.
- Continuously tune automated rules to reduce false positives and surface genuine risk signals across global transaction flows and third-party interactions.
- Build and maintain real-time risk dashboards and data visualizations to provide leadership with timely insights into the health of compliance controls globally.
- Transform complex monitoring outputs into high-level assurance narratives suitable for senior executives, audit committees, and regulators.
- Develop and track Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) to enable proactive, data-driven risk management and informed decision-making.
- Design and execute risk-based compliance testing programs, utilizing forensic and internal audit methodologies to validate control effectiveness across diverse business units.
- Conduct comprehensive root cause analysis on control failures and exceptions, delivering clear findings and actionable, sustainable remediation recommendations.
- Maintain a structured issues management process from identification through to closure, ensuring accountability and adherence to established timelines.
- Lead the integration of generative AI tools for real-time regulatory tracking, horizon scanning, and predictive analytics to evolve the function toward preventive risk management.
- Partner with Legal, IT, and Data Engineering teams to embed seamless, automated compliance checkpoints within existing business workflows.
- Evaluate and recommend cutting-edge compliance technology solutions, maintaining deep expertise in RegTech and AI-powered monitoring trends.
- Serve as a primary liaison between the Ethics & Compliance team and global business functions, ensuring monitoring programs accurately reflect operational realities.
- Build and retain deep institutional knowledge of Cisco's compliance control environment to minimize reliance on external consultants.
- Act as a technical advisor to legal and compliance colleagues, sharing best practices and providing guidance to up-skill the broader team.
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision insurance
- a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- paid parental leave
- short and long-term disability coverage
- basic life insurance
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
- 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees (non-exempt)
- flexible vacation time off program (exempt)
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
- annual bonuses (for non-sales roles)
- performance-based incentive pay (for sales roles)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
