Compliance Manager - Anglophone Africa

Schneider Electric Gruppe; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 800 000 - 1 200 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Compliance Manager for Anglophone Africa to support compliance topics, manage risk assessments, and ensure effective implementation of policies. The role requires strong communication and networking skills, along with significant experience in ethics and compliance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience in Ethics & Compliance within a multinational corporation.
• Experience with compliance issues like anticorruption regulations and fraud.

Responsibilities

• Support Anglophone Africa clusters on Ethics & Compliance topics.
• Manage risk assessment process and ensure policy implementation.
• Conduct training on Ethics & Compliance program.

Skills

Integrity

Communication

Networking

Education

Relevant education or external accreditation in compliance

Job description

Job Description - Compliance Manager - Anglophone Africa (009D7J)

Job Description

Compliance Manager - Anglophone Africa - 009D7J

Schneider’s Purpose: To create IMPACT by empowering all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability. At Schneider, we call it 'Life Is On. '

Our Mission: To be a trusted partner in sustainability and efficiency.

Our Renewed Purpose: Highlights our commitment to creating a lasting impact while upholding our promise to maximize the use of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all.

We are a global industrial technology leader, bringing world-leading expertise in electrification, automation, and digitization to smart industries, resilient infrastructure, future-proof data centres, intelligent buildings, and intuitive homes. Anchored by our deep domain expertise, we provide integrated, end-to-end AI-enabled Industrial IoT solutions, featuring connected products, automation, software, and services, that deliver digital twins to enable profitable growth for our customers.

We are a people company with an ecosystem of 168,000 colleagues and over a million partners operating in more than 100 countries, ensuring proximity to our customers and stakeholders. We embrace diversity and inclusion in everything we do, guided by our meaningful purpose of a sustainable future for all.

Your Mission:

The Tech Partner will act as a technical support for end users and supports them with their technology related queries and issues. He/she is responsible to provide support for Schneider Electric workplace and infrastructure equipment (including network related ones), physically on-location at Schneider Electric facilities.

Your Role – Magic happens when you bring great people together!

• Support the Anglophone Africa clusters’ Management, Leaders, and employees on Ethics & Compliance related topics
• Manage the risk assessment process regarding ethics & compliance topics and the related actions plan in close collaboration with Business and Operations teams, internal control & audit teams
• Ensure effective implementation and monitoring of the company policies and procedures related to the Group Ethics & Compliance Program, in collaboration with Regional Legal teams, Human Resources and permanent support of Ethics Delegates
• Perform due diligence of 3 rd parties
• Further develop the Ethics & Compliance program awareness through training and communication as appropriate and conduct trainings (onsite or virtual)
• Manage alerts from the whistleblowing system in collaboration with Fraud Examination Team
• Support the monitoring of the Ethics & Compliance program, with supervision of recommendations made by Internal Control and Internal Audit teams
• Support MEA Regional Compliance Officer and Group Compliance team on other compliance related initiatives within the Middle East and Africa (MEA) zone

Relations:

• V ery close colla boration with the cluster Legal, HR, Internal Control & Audit, Ethics Delegates network.
• Cluster management (top and middle)
• Close collaboration with Group HR Compliance Officer & Fraud Examination Team
• Sales, Marketing & GSC (sustainable purchasing team)
• Business leaders
• Any employee asking for support
• External stakeholders (Auditors, Institutions, professional networks, other businesses)

Scope of work:

• Anglophone Africa territories – all organizations & functions

Position in the Organisation:

• Reports to the Regional Compliance Officer, MEA
• Part of the Group Ethics & Compliance Department, in Governance function

Qualifications

• 7 years + experience within a large multinational corporation in Ethics & Compliance areas.
• Experience dealing with compliance issues, such as anticorruption regulations, fraud, ethics & HR matters
• Relevant education or external accreditation in the areas of compliance, audit, quality or risk management

Skills:

• High level of integrity & tenacity; high-energy, positive, flexible & team spirit.
• Excellent communication skills in multi-cultural environment.
• Good ability to network in various environments & matrix organization.
• ISO 37001 knowledge is an advantage

Why us?

At Schneider Electric, we're committed to creating a workplace that gives you not just a job but a meaningful purpose in joining our mission to use energy and efficiency to enable life, progress, and sustainability for all. Our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.

We believe in empowering our team members to reach their full potential and foster a sense of ownership in their work.

We embrace inclusion as a fundamental value, ensuring every voice is heard and valued. We value differences and welcome people from all walks of life. We believe in equal opportunities for everyone, everywhere.

If you want to be part of a company where your contributions truly matter, where you are empowered to make a difference and where inclusivity is valued, we would love to hear from you.

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