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Job Description:
- Participate as a member of the Regional Operations Team, working alongside sub-Regional COO’s, Change Leadership, PMO and IT
- Work closely with Regional Compliance, Legal and LCO’s in establishing the appropriate processes and tools in line with corporate policy
- To act as an advisor and coach to the business CEO’s in the design of operational controls and in the effective introduction and implementation of policies and procedures
- Identify the gaps, risks and identify potential solutions for supporting the business in the effective implementation of controls –work out how we fill the gaps between the business implementation/execution and 2nd line of defence, particularly in sub-scale organizations
- Support the business in preparation for audit
- Work with risk advisors to identify political and physical risks for the region
- Understand the implications for business continuity and physical security; for high risk locations, work with Group Security in creating scenario based training for business leaders for incident management (examples like the Middle East/Bahrain or Japan where political or physical incidents mean we need to think about operations recovery in a different way)
- Support the business in delivering the appropriate processes and controls in respect of the introduction of new legislation (e.g. FATCA)
- Work with LCO’s on control framework development. Use your experience and business knowledge to rationalize and optimize the control environment – drive to standardize across the region
- Act as an advisor to outsourcing programmes to ensure effective management and good governance
- Teach, mentor, support
Job Requirements
- Fluent French Speaking
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in a corporate Internal Audit or Compliance function in a multi-cultural environment
- Experienced in engaging, managing and influencing challenging stakeholders in a non-hierarchical environment towards achieving a common vision or goal
- Knowledge of the first/second/third line of defence principals
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Cultural awareness and able to adapt style and approach to the country they are working in
- Experience of the analysis of process control environments in conjunction with regulatory requirement and subsequent diagnosis of deficiency/recommendation of change
- Experience of the insurance sector
- Experience of the region