Compliance Senior Director

About the role

Grant Thornton is seeking a Compliance Senior Director to join the team.

Responsibilities

• Developing, enhancing, and managing a global compliance program for the expanding multi-national organization, with emphasis on sanctions, AML, anti-bribery and conflicts of interest, and other regulatory areas relevant to professional services firms.
• Laying the foundation of a global compliance function and managing and continuously maturing the operations of the U.S. compliance program together with a team located in the U.S. and India.
• Proactively managing identified risks and evaluating the effectiveness of ethics and compliance policies.
• Researching new and existing laws, regulations, policies, and industry standards; identifying emerging compliance risks; performing risk assessments; managing an enterprise compliance risk register in collaboration with other risk stakeholders.
• Project managing cross-functional initiatives; developing remediation roadmaps to address compliance risks; implementing monitoring mechanisms to ensure regulatory adherence across the global enterprise.
• Promoting ethics and compliance as a top priority to the organization.
• Creating ethics and compliance awareness training materials, including developing annual Code of Conduct training content.
• Collaborating with legal and other departments to monitor enforcement of policies, regulations and other standards.
• Coordinating internal compliance risk assessments.
• Developing and updating policies, procedures, and guidance based on prioritized needs and risk assessments.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Business Administration, or related field (Master’s or JD preferred).
• Certified compliance professional or legal background is required.
• Proven experience as compliance professional or have a legal background; minimum 10+ years of experience.
• Deep subject matter expertise in legal and compliance areas applicable to privately-held global organizations.
• Well-versed in compliance program management, frameworks and best practices, and strong project execution skills.
• Excellent writing and editing skills are mandatory, including preparing presentations and reporting packages.
• Proven experience creating training content and producing training courses.
• High ethical standards and ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with professionalism and maturity.
• Methodical and diligent with outstanding planning and process improvement abilities.
• Experience working in professional services industry a plus.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is between $187,000 and $270,000. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton’s discretion, based on factors such as job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity.

Benefits

Grant Thornton supports employees with personalized and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all identities, roles and aspirations. For an overview of benefit offerings, visit: https://www.grantthornton.com/careers/rewards-and-benefits.

Schedule

Grant Thornton operates a hybrid work model. Colleagues are expected to work a minimum of two days per week in their local office or from a client site, and this role requires in‑person attendance at least three days per week at a GT office or client site.