Compliance jobs in United States

The Office of Ethics and Compliance (OEC) is a part of the Office of the CEO Board area, and reports to both SAP SE's CEO and the Audit Committee of the Supervisory Board.

Our mission is to advance SAP's business goals by promoting a culture of integrity, and by mitigating a defined set of legal risks.

The OEC is responsible for various SAP compliance initiatives, including oversight and support of the SAP Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, employee compliance training and communications, and the global governance policy management.

We also monitor and enforce compliance for fraud and corruption.

Our focus includes compliance with the FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act), UK Bribery Act, and other global anti-corruption and bribery laws.

• Provide compliance advice on Compliance matters relating to SAP's Brazil entities and ensure compliance principles are adhered to in Management decision-making, so that SAP acts in accordance with best-in-class compliance standards.
• Develop and administer policies and training on compliance topics including avoidance of bribery and corruption, secondary activities and conflicts of interest, doing business with government customers, fraud in the contracting process, general fraud, among others.
• Manage investigations as needed and interact with HR and Legal regarding consequence management.
• Directly support the legal compliance aspects of managing third party relationships.
• Review and analyze donation, sponsorship, membership requests.
• Review and analyze hospitality and business event invitations and new local events.
• Review and analyze Due Diligence for Partners
• Handle localization of Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, compliance trainings and other policies as needed.
• Delivery compliance trainings
• Interact with employees, including senior leaders, to clarify questions regarding SAP Policies.
• Assist with Compliance Risk Assessments and implementation of mitigation plans.
• Manage adoption and localization of global projects
• Monitor changes to legal and regulatory climate / guidelines applicable to the company and proactively develop solutions
• Effectively channel inquiries and complaints; provide clarification & advice; assist in effective response mechanism.
• Monitor compliance trends in Brazil, Latin America and globally, including compliance initiatives, industry compliance failures and other internal and external Compliance trends to provide insight for leadership knowledge forums, newsletters, and employee groups.
• Track and report compliance issues to OEC management on a periodic basis

The position liaises with multiple areas to align compliance policies.

The position reports to the Regional Compliance Officer, Americas, supports Field Compliance Officer in Brazil and enjoys excellent exposure within the business.

• Full proficiency with Portuguese and English is required; secondary language skills in Spanish is nice-to-have
• Accredited lawyer or other experienced compliance professional is preferred
• Minimum 1 year of work experience, especially experience in a legal, compliance, organization governance, finance, risk management or audit type role
• Hands‑on with extreme attention to detail and written documentation
• Ability to do in-depth research and to interpret written guidelines and documents
• Proactive, dynamic and result driven individual
• Strong grasp of code of conduct, business ethics policies and current compliance practices
• Demonstrated ability to navigate complex issues
• Demonstrated ability to manage senior leadership in dynamic environments
• Experience in the areas of detection and prevention of fraud or corruption preferred
• Demonstrated ability to work with international, virtual teams with sensitivity to cultural differences
• Very good communication and collaboration skills
• Comfortable in MS office tools and IT business environment

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