lead Compliance specialistFactSet Research Systems

Role/Department Description:
FactSet is looking to recruit a Lead Compliance Specialist for the in-house Legal Department. The role assists in developing and administering polices, programs, and procedures to facilitate FactSet's compliance and manage tactical and enterprise risks associated with applicable global regulatory requirements, including but not limited to anti-bribery and corruption, cybersecurity, data privacy, discrimination and harassment, employment, export control, intellectual property, and securities trading. The role works closely with various groups, in particular with business leaders in Finance, Human Resources, the IT Security group, Facilities, and others, to promote security and mitigate risks associated with self-evaluation of program effectiveness and management of potential or actual breaches. The role leads in the conduct investigations of alleged breach of compliance matters and make recommendations to the Compliance Officer on the action to be taken as a result of such investigation and take the lead in the implementation of remediation efforts. The role may be required to take data privacy officer or compliance officer roles for FactSet subsidiaries where such roles are statutorily required. The role is comfortable building relationships throughout the organization, including senior leaders across FactSet's Asia Pacific Region, to exercise influence to achieve results. Responsibilities:
Implement, review, revise and institutionalize policies to encourage appropriate and compliant conduct;
Administer and track the roll-out of compliance policies using adopted tools, communication policies, and methodologies to identify, classify, remediate and track enterprise risk; evaluate and counsel on change management associated with remediation, and administer legal compliance requests and compliance reports, along with monitoring of internal mailboxes and responding to general inquiries in terms of compliance of our companies and offices and other administrative requirements;
Detecting compliance risks in the organization and provide advice on possible non-compliance issues;
Take the lead in the conduct of investigations of alleged breach of compliance matters and make recommendations to the Compliance Officer on the action to be taken as a result of such investigation, elevate difficult issues to the Compliance Officer for resolution;
Implement effective processes for receiving, investigating, and responding to employee complaints;
Liaising and advising different stakeholders on the importance of compliance and navigate the rapidly evolving global compliance landscape;
Take data privacy officer or compliance officer roles for FactSet subsidiaries where such roles are statutorily required, including familiarizing with the local law requirements for such roles, and performing the duties required under relevant laws and regulations;
Documentation, monitoring, and auditing of compliance efforts, to track efficacy;
Develop and administer a system to respond to allegations of improper or illegal activities and to enforce appropriate disciplinary action when violations occur;
Participate in activities to create risk and compliance awareness within the organization, organize and conduct training for employees about various risk and compliance areas.
Required Skills:
Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in Law (Juris Doctor or equivalent), Compliance Management, Financial Crime, Corporate Compliance, Risk Management, Control and Audit, or any related field. In lieu of an advanced university degree, a Bachelor's degree coupled with either of the following may be accepted: (a) Certification as a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Accountant (CA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), or equivalent, or (b) a minimum of ten years of progressively responsible legal, compliance, or advisory experience;
A minimum of 5 to a maximum of 8 years' experience in a legal, compliance or advisory role, gained as a compliance specialist, compliance officer, legal counsel, or other similar role. A minimum of two years must be in one of the following: (a) litigation, with first-hand experience in appearing and leading the examination of witnesses, or due diligence review of corporate fraud and white collar crime; or (b) frontline experience in audit in the public or private sector, in relation to financial or accounting audit, information and communications technology auditing, audit of enterprise resource planning systems, cloud computing, or cybersecurity, or (c) frontline experience in identification and remediation of compliance issues such as cybersecurity, legal, money laundering, fraud, corrupt practices, or white collar crime;
General understanding of compliance systems or programs and identifying compliance risks;
Expertise in at least one of the following fields, and detailed knowledge of the other fields, including: data privacy, anti-bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering, cybersecurity, workplace harassment, intellectual property, securities and insider trading, and corporate governance;
Excellent communication skills.
Desirable Skills:
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with colleagues, aptitude to develop sound judgment, capacity to multitask and to quickly develop expertise in new fields;
Highest levels of integrity, discretion and maturity;
Experience with data licensing and intellectual property is a plus;
Knowledge of compliance software such as NAVEX or ComplySci is a plus;
Energetic, decisive, hard-working, detail-oriented, hands-on personality with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to gain respect and influence others;
Candidate must be comfortable dealing with own administration and paperwork, as well as the administrative aspects of compliance software, on one's own and/or with a team comprising of staff;
Some flexibility on working hours is required, since some training will be provided by U.S. based lawyers, and as to day-to-day work, calls may be needed at odd hours with offshore colleagues and stakeholders.
FactSet Research Systems

Manila City, Metro Manila
Permanent
Full-time