Legal Compliance Senior Specialist

Candidate Must be UAE National

Working within the Legal Department the Compliance Senior Specialist is responsible for analyzing risks to identify trends, and develop needs-based interventions, training, and other materials for the campus community as well as provide support to a range of administrative, compliance, and research functions.

Some of the responsibilities will be:

- Participate in the development, implementation and administration of a campus wide monitoring initiatives to ensure compliance with local laws, and requirements to include campus/departments
- Contribute to development of metrics to measure compliance effectiveness.
- Assist the Manager with the development of an annual work plan based on risk assessment. Interpret policies, procedures, and ethics compliance requirements
- Monitor ethics related reporting, escalation, and timely remediation of issues, deficiencies or regulatory matters regarding compliance risk management
- Evaluate issues of non-compliance to include investigation, oversight, follow up, and resolution. Conduct internal investigations and operational audits to assess risk of issues, identify potential compliance vulnerabilities, and make recommendations to improve internal controls.
- Stay abreast of requirements and changes in the regulatory environment and assist with interpretation and distribution of University and Partners policies as well as local, state, and federal laws and regulations related to compliance.
- Work with complex business units, rules and regulations on moderate ethics risk compliance matters
- Maintain and promote a positive relationship with department personnel, clients, and other governmental entities, external auditors/monitors and other stakeholders.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of federal and local laws, policies, regulations, exhibits and guidelines as they relate to the relevant programs.

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