Compliance Senior Director

Grant Thornton•Chicago, IL

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

Grant Thornton is seeking a Compliance Senior Director to join the team. Approved office locations can be found below. This role will focus on developing, enhancing, and managing a global compliance program for our expanding multi-national organization, with a particular emphasis on compliance related to sanctions, AML, anti-bribery and conflicts of interest as well as other regulatory areas relevant to professional services firms. In addition to laying the foundation of a global compliance function, this role will manage and continuously mature the operations of the U.S. compliance program together with a team located in the U.S. and India. This is a high-visibility, high-impact role that require close partnerships with legal, risk, privacy, and other business teams.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Law, Business Administration, or related field (Master’s or JD preferred).
Certified compliance professional or legal background is required
Proven experience as compliance professional or have a legal background; minimum 10+ years of experience
Deep subject matter expertise in legal and compliance areas applicable to privately-held global organizations
Well-versed in compliance program management, frameworks and best practices, and strong project execution skills
Excellent writing and editing skills are mandatory, including preparing presentations and reporting packages
Proven experience creating training content and producing training courses
High ethical standards and ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with professionalism and maturity
Methodical and diligent with outstanding planning and process improvement abilities

Nice To Haves

Experience working in professional services industry a plus

Responsibilities

Proactively managing identified risks and evaluating the effectiveness of ethics and compliance policies
Researching new and existing laws, regulations, policies, and industry standards and identifying emerging compliance risks, performing risk assessments, and managing an enterprise compliance risk register in collaboration with other risk stakeholders
Project managing cross-functional initiatives, developing remediation roadmaps to address compliance risks and implementing monitoring mechanisms to ensure regulatory adherence across the global enterprise.
Promoting ethics and compliance as a top priority to the organization
Creating ethics and compliance awareness training materials, including developing annual Code of Conduct training content
Collaborating with the legal and other departments to monitor enforcement of policies, regulations and other standards
Coordinating internal compliance risk assessments
Developing and updating policies, procedures, and guidance based on prioritized needs and risk assessments
Other duties as assigned