Regional Compliance Specialist

020 Cisco Systems, Inc.; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Compliance Specialist to support its LATAM regional program. You will partner across the Regulatory & Compliance team and the broader Legal organization to ensure adherence to global and local regulations and Cisco policies.

Your operational excellence will drive process improvements, automation, and data-driven decision making. You will implement programs to mitigate risk, manage third parties, and support trainings, audits, and investigations, while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or regional equivalent.
• 5+ years at a global company crafting and improving ethics and compliance programs and internal controls.
• Experience with gifts, travel and entertainment controls; conflicts of interest.
• Risk assessment, third party management, M&A and investments.
• Expertise with compliance software, data analytics, dashboards, and workflow automation.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Operate regional compliance program and ensure regulatory alignment.
• Drive programs, processes, and automation to mitigate risk.
• Scale ethics and compliance operations through automation and AI.
• Support regional compliance committees and training, due diligence, conflicts of interest, audit.
• Collaborate with Ethics & Compliance Team and stakeholders.

Skills

Ethics & compliance

Data analytics

Risk assessment

Third party management

Program management

Fluent English

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree or regional equivalent

Tools

Compliance software

Case management systems

Dashboards/BI tools

Job description

Meet the Team

You will join Cisco Legal’s Regulatory & Compliance team. The Regulatory & Compliance team is comprised of lawyers, operational specialists, program managers, and subject matter experts passionate about topics such as ethics and compliance, global trade and telecom, ESG, accessibility and human rights, public sector compliance and other product and industry regulations.

You will partner with your colleagues across the Regulatory & Compliance team, the broader Legal organization, and numerous other functions across the company to have an immediate impact with your analytic rigor, business judgment, and ability to get things done.

Cisco’s Ethics & Compliance team is seeking an outstanding Compliance Specialist to provide local operational support for our compliance program in our LATAM region.

Your Impact

You will play a meaningful role in the operation of our regional compliance program, helping to ensure compliance with global and local regulations and laws, as well as Cisco’s policies, Code of Business Conduct, Public Sector Code and other processes and requirements.

Using your strong operational skills and program and project management experience, you will drive implementation of programs, processes and approaches to mitigate risk, ensure alignment with global and regional compliance requirements and otherwise promote Cisco’s foundational compliance culture.

You will scale ethics and compliance operations through automation and AI with a focus on operational excellence and driving data-based, ethical decision-making.

You will build and implement processes and approaches to operationalize Cisco’s ethics and compliance program regionally and support Cisco’s regional compliance committees and teams in the areas of training, third party diligence, conflicts of interest, audit, investigations and remediation.

You will also build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with the Ethics & Compliance Team and local and regional stakeholders across functions, leveraging Cisco’s culture of teamwork to drive impact, enable the business to take smart risks quickly and responsibly, and embed Cisco’s principles of visibility and accountability into all business operations.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or regional equivalent
• 5+ years of experience at a global, publicly traded company crafting, implementing, operating, monitoring, and continuously improving ethics and compliance programs and internal controls, including in relation to gifts, travel, and entertainment
• conflicts of interest
• risk assessment
• third party management
• mergers, acquisitions, and strategic investments
• Expertise with compliance, risk management, and case management software and systems, including emerging trends and leading technologies; data analytics; dashboards; and workflow automation
• Fluent in English

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP or CCEP-I), Fraud Examiner (CFE), Leadership Professional in Ethics & Compliance (LPEC), or equivalent
• Experience in the technology industry and with sales models, including channel/indirect sales models.
• Effectively prioritizes tasks and leads workload to consistently deliver high-quality outcomes within established deadlines.
• Demonstrates adaptability, resiliency, and proactive problem-solving in response to evolving strategies, priorities, responsibilities, and changes within ethics and compliance.
• Outstanding listening skills and a high degree of discretion and tact; ability to be viewed as a trusted resource among colleagues and employees.
• Excellent verbal and written audience-centric communication skills with the appropriate tact, subtlety, and ability to effectively influence individuals of varying backgrounds, learning styles, and seniority

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you. Cisconians power the future. We make impact as a team, innovating fast and fearlessly to create meaningful solutions on a large scale. The depth and breadth of our technology doesn't just benefit our customers – it also means limitless opportunities for us to experiment and learn. We understand the power each of our unique backgrounds bring when we work together. Because of that, we have a global network of thinkers, doers, experts, and curious creators who help one another do your life’s best work.