Senior Compliance Manager

Mubadala; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Wellness benefits

Performance pay

Career growth

Job summary

Mubadala Investment Company is seeking an experienced Compliance Counsel to lead the ethics and compliance function across the organization. You will develop and manage policies, train staff, and drive risk mitigation in line with global standards.

Based in Abu Dhabi, you will partner with senior stakeholders to embed an ethics-driven culture, ensure regulatory alignment, and deliver strategic programs across Mubadala's diverse portfolio.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or graduate-level degree in law or relevant discipline.
• Certification such as CCEP or similar.
• Minimum of 13 years of experience in progressive and more complex senior-level roles in ethics and compliance or regulatory-enforcement management.
• Preferably, experience in a top-tier international organization or experience working in various industries in the US.
• Good knowledge of ethics and compliance practices and techniques, and ability to leverage leading practices to assist in developing and leading an ethics and compliance project tailored to Mubadala Group’s business requirements and in line with the ethics and compliance program.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the implementation of ethics and compliance policies and procedures.
• Lead the implementation of an ethics and compliance project for the assigned corporate/business function(s).
• Identify, evaluate and analyse key ethics and compliance risks and emerging issues; review audit results to implement measures.
• Lead training programmes to raise knowledge of governance and compliance matters across Mubadala.
• Develop and implement communication initiatives for the ethics and compliance function.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Regulatory knowledge

Governance

Education

Law degree or related discipline

CCEP or similar certification

Job description

About Us

Mubadala is a leading global and responsible investor with US$3085+ billion assets under management, five global offices and business investments in 50+ countries. While creating sustainable financial returns, we deliver impact and help find solutions to the world’s biggest challenges.

About Us

Mubadala is a leading global and responsible investor with US$3085+ billion assets under management, five global offices and business investments in 50+ countries. While creating sustainable financial returns, we deliver impact and help find solutions to the world’s biggest challenges.

As a business, we aim to double the size of our portfolio over the next decade. To achieve this, we are seeking talent with corporate experience that can contribute to the organization’s success across local and global offices, including London, Beijing and New York.

Legal & Governance is responsible for all aspects of legal, regulatory, and governance matters across the Mubadala Group. By working closely with each Sector and Division, we protect and promote the best interests of the company, identifying and managing legal and regulatory risks affecting Mubadala, its assets and its investments.

What you will do

To develop and manage the implementation of the Ethics and Compliance policies and procedures, and to lead the delivery of ethics and compliance projects for the assigned corporate/business function(s) in line with the ethics and compliance program to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations and policies, ethical operations, as well as the identification and mitigation of ethics and compliance risks.

Ethics and Copliance Policies and Procedures

• Lead research into the relevant local and international laws and regulations to ensure Mubadala Investment Company is in line with the latest developments and to drive the implementation of internal policies and procedures.
• Review all ethics and compliance policies and procedures to ensure alignment with relevant laws and regulations.
• Establish and maintain a system and process to manage the review, approval and updating of internal ethics and compliance policies and procedures.
• Manage the monitoring and enforcement of the ethics and compliance policies and procedures to ensure compliance with corporate and governance requirements across Mubadala Investment Company.

Ethics and Compliance Programs

• Lead the implementation of an ethics and compliance project for the assigned corporate/business function(s) in line with the Group ethics and compliance program to ensure ethics and compliance risks are effectively managed.

Risk Assessment and Management

• Participate in identifying, evaluating and analysing key ethics and compliance risks and emerging issues inherent to the operations of Mubadala Investment Company, and review internal and external audit results in order to formulate and implement effective ethics and compliance related measures.
• Manage assigned risk areas through the monitoring of developments in that risk area, in order to ensure risks are mitigated effectively and are in compliance with set standards.

Capability Building

• Lead the development and implementation of training programmes in order to raise knowledge and awareness of corporate governance and ethics and compliance matters across Mubadala Investment Company.
• Establish and maintain training requirement plans and reporting for all employees to ensure up-to-date training and development in corporate governance and ethics and compliance.

Communication

• Develop and implement communication initiatives for the Ethics and Compliance function in order to raise awareness and encourage an ethics and compliance driven culture.

Business Partners Management

• Supervise and manage business partners and service providers to ensure delivery of defined, cost effective and high quality ethics and compliance advice and services in line with business needs

Continuous Improvement

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge on changes and developments in relevant local and international laws and regulations to assist in providing inputs into the ongoing development and implementation of key governance processes to ensure ‘best practice’ across Mubadala Investment Company.

Policies, Systems, Processes and Procedures

• Contribute to the identification of opportunities for the continuous improvement of functional systems, policies, processes and practices taking into account ‘international leading practice’ in order to improve business processes, productivity and operational efficiency.
• Provide critical input to support the development of functional systems, policies, processes, and procedures in order to meet business requirements.
• Ensure team members comply with all functional policies, processes, standard operating procedures and instructions so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner.

Reporting

• Prepare functional reports in a timely and accurate manner in order to meet Mubadala Investment Company’s requirements, and the functional requirements, policies and standards.

Related Assignments

• Perform other related duties or assignments as directed.

What will you bring

• Bachelor or graduate-level degree in law or relevant discipline from an internationally recognised higher education institution.
• Relevant certification such as Certification of Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP) or similar.
• Minimum of 13 years of experience in progressive and more complex senior-level roles in ethics and compliance or regulatory-enforcement management.
• Preferably, experience in a top-tier international organization or experience working in various industries in the US.
• Additional relevant experience is an advantage.
• Good knowledge of Mubadala Investment Company operations and business across various sectors.
• Good knowledge of ethics and compliance practices and techniques, and ability to leverage leading practices to assist in developing and leading an ethics and compliance project tailored to Mubadala Group’s business requirements and in line with the ethics and compliance program.
• Knowledge of local and international ethics and compliance requirements and laws, regulations and legislations.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to effectively communicate on ethics and compliance related items and matters with various internal stakeholders at different organisational levels.
• The Compliance Counsel reports to the Director – Ethics & Compliance or to the Head – Ethics & Compliance, and confers with the latter on all critical and strategic matters.
• The jobholder is expected to lead the development and delivery of ethics and compliance projects, and provide input and assist the Director – Ethics & Compliance and the Head – Ethics & Compliance in effectively implementing projects in line with the ethics and compliance program for the ethics and compliance function of the Mubadala Investment Company.
• Key decisions having any material impact on the function are referred to the Director – Ethics & Compliance or Head – Ethics & Compliance for approval before implementation.

What we offer

• A superior platform to grow your career including.
• A role that has social and financial impact.
• Great working environment with talented colleagues.
• Market leading pay and benefits including performance pay.
• Hybrid working and wellness benefits to help you live your best work and private life
• Opportunity to grow and develop through learning and experience.
• Excellent work culture enabled by our values of Accountability, Inspiration, Integrity & Partnership.

Key Indicators

Abu Dhabi based role