Senior Counsel - Global Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption

GE Aerospace • Evendale, OH

1d • Remote

About The Position

The Senior Counsel – Global Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption is the owner of GE Aerospace ABAC compliance program. In this role, you will be directly responsible for managing (a) understanding the risk globally and, in close collaboration with key business stakeholders, (b) maintaining risk controls sufficiently robust to allow the business to effectively manage these risks.

Requirements

• Juris Doctorate from accredited university
• At least 7 years of legal experience as a practicing attorney.
• Member in good standing with a State Bar.
• Must be willing to travel up to 10% of their time
• Note: Military experience is equivalent to professional experience

Nice To Haves

• Strong program and project management skills.
• Appetite for continuous improvement.
• Established analytical ability.
• Experience with corporate compliance, integrity investigations and audit functions.
• Strong interpersonal and leaderships skills.
• Proven ability to develop process-driven solutions to recurring issues.
• Creativity, vision, and sound judgment in developing and implementing legal solutions.
• Proactive and defined self-starter with superior communication skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills; ability to tailor content, presentation, and language to various audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and drive internal and external stakeholders to a decision in a matrix corporate environment.
• Ability to make decisions that have deep impact.
• Actively embraces new ways of thinking and practices that increase efficiency and effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Deeply understand the ABAC risk, which means (a) having an intimate familiarity with the laws, regulations, and case law relevant to the risk and how it develps; and (b) understanding how the risk is manifesting itself in GE Aerospace specifically.
• Keep current on global regulatory changes, enforcement trends, and other key developments and leveraging external learnings to further your internal risk management strategy.
• Maintain an understanding the risk controls used to manage this risk area, and (where appropriate) monitor & test the effectiveness and efficiency of the risk controls, always striving to ensure that they are capable – in application – of (a) operating as designed and (b) managing the ABAC risk as intended and adjusting them when not.
• Be aware of and appropriately analyze available internal data to gain insights into trends, discrete concerns, and potentially gaps or weaknesses in existing risk controls.
• Oversee, monitor, and (where appropriate) improve enterprise-wide ABAC processes and controls with the consistent goal of ensuring GE Aerospace is – through the processes and controls – capable of effectively managing the risk areas.
• Act as subject matter expert on relevant anti-corruption and anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, United States money laundering statutes, the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and other global anti-corruption legislation.
• Provide legal advice, training, and support principally related to compliance issues to multi-functional teams embedded throughout the GE Aerospace.
• Drive initiatives to forecast emerging risks within the business and implement solutions to manage those risks.
• Understand the complexities of ABAC risk associated with operating in a matrixed business with substantial government contracting and interactions, advise the business on risk mitigation, and support the development of digital tools to embed compliance processes throughout the business.
• Investigate and advise on compliance concerns, manage and advise on audits of internal teams and external counterparties relating to emerging risks, implement corrective actions, and develop strategies that will continue to strengthen a world class compliance culture.
• Utilize FLIGHT DECK to simplify processes and reduce cycle time, including development of standard practices and web-based tools.
• Develop and deliver comprehensive compliance training to the business relating to relevant areas of risk.
• Anticipate and drive solutions for unassigned legal and business issues and growth initiatives.
• Manage referral of matters to in-house legal specialists and occasionally outside counsel.

Benefits

• GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing.
• Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services.
• Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants.
• Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.
• GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees