Description
You will join Cisco Legal’s Regulatory & Compliance team as a Compliance Specialist, providing local operational support for the compliance program in the European, Middle East and Africa region.
Your role involves ensuring compliance with global and local regulations and laws, as well as Cisco’s policies, Codes of Conduct, and other processes and requirements. You will drive implementation of programs, processes and approaches to mitigate risk, ensure alignment with global and regional compliance requirements and promote Cisco’s foundational compliance culture.
Key responsibilities include:
- Designing and implementing processes and approaches to operationalize Cisco’s ethics and compliance program regionally
- Supporting Cisco’s regional compliance committees and teams in areas such as training, third-party diligence, conflicts of interest, audit, investigations and remediation
- Building and maintaining strong, collaborative relationships with the Ethics & Compliance Team and local and regional stakeholders across functions
- Scaling ethics and compliance operations through automation and AI with a focus on operational excellence and driving data-based, ethical decision-making
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree or regional equivalent
- 5+ years of experience at a global, publicly traded company designing, implementing, operating, monitoring, and continuously improving ethics and compliance programs and internal controls
- Expertise with compliance, risk management, and case management software and systems
- Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP or CCEP-I), Fraud Examiner (CFE), Leadership Professional in Ethics & Compliance (LPEC), or equivalent
Preferred qualifications:
- 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