Compliance Officer

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Compliance Officer

Job Introduction

Thanks for checking out our vacancy, we're delighted you want to learn more about Dechra!

Dechra is a growing, global specialist within the world of veterinary pharmaceuticals. Our expertise is in the development, manufacture, marketing and sales of high quality products exclusively for veterinarians worldwide.

Here at Dechra, our values are embedded within our culture and thrive within our family of almost 2000 colleagues globally. From manufacturing to marketing, (D)edication, (E)njoyment, (C)ourage, (H)onesty, (R)elationships and (A)mbition are at the heart of our everyday operations and the way we do business

The Opportunity

Compliance is a key function for Dechra. Dechra operates within an increasingly complex and diverse regulatory framework. It is the role of the Compliance Officer to navigate relevant regulations, guidance, and standards to facilitate awareness and compliance in line with Dechra's strategic goals.

We are looking for a Compliance Officer to join our Compliance Team which is based in Northwich, UK. The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting the Compliance Manager in overseeing global compliance with all general legislative and regulatory requirements and developing the Group's due diligence program, and in particular will be responsible for overseeing NA compliance. The role will be based in North America.

For the avoidance of doubt, the role is not responsible for pharma-industry specific regulatory matters which are managed globally by the Regulatory team.

Role Responsibility

So, what will you be doing? This role has a broad and varied scope and the successful candidate will have responsibility for duties including:

• The key day-to-day responsibility will be to keep Dechra compliant with regulatory legislation with key areas including Data Protection; Anti-Competitive Practices; Anti-Money Laundering; Fraud and Fraud Awareness; Modern Slavery; Anti-Bribery and Corruption; Sanctions.
• Scanning the legislative horizon as regards upcoming developments and impending changes which may impact best practices. Monitoring and updating policies, procedures, and training programmes to enable the business to act in line with applicable legislation and, guidance.
• Providing practical, knowledgeable, and effective advice and training on all compliance matters. Assisting the Compliance Manager with the design and update internal online training courses. Determine the required frequency of training, the required audience and then monitor take up.
• Liaise with senior management regarding key compliance risks in their respective business areas, providing them with regular updates, training, and reports.
• Being the first point of contact and subject matter expert for the business for all compliance related issues on a day-to-day basis.
• Monitoring and managing relevant email inboxes and compliance and due diligence systems.
• Conducting external due diligence checks; advising on due diligence issues with respect to new and existing businesses and conducting third party screening for Modern Slavery, ABC, Sanctions, Data Protection, and other key compliance risks.
• Partnering with the Legal and Internal Audit and Risk teams to analyse and resolve potential compliance issues and respond to changes in regulatory requirements.
• Assist the Group Data Protection Officer with Data Privacy matters, in particular in North America.
• Responsible for own personal health & safety.
• Some domestic and / or international travel may be required
• Other tasks as requested.

The Ideal Candidate

Here at Dechra we pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer and we embrace candidates from all walks of life. We're particularly excited to hear from those who have/are:

• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
• Confident and effective communicator (verbal and written)
• Ability to manage own workload, meet deadlines and remain focused with long term deliverables
• Creative and innovative
• Self-starter with a strong desire to learn and develop in other areas outside their expertise
• Desire and ability to build and maintain relationships with multiple stakeholders internal and external to Dechra
• Strong stakeholder management
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills
• Writing reports, instructions, and specifications and creating flowcharts
• Previous broad experience in a Compliance function including advising on data protection matters
• Computer literate with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office (inc. Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
• Experience with specialist compliance software

About the Company

As a people first values-based culture, we provide free weekly wellness sessions focused on our employee's physical and mental wellbeing, and flexible work arrangements. We offer a generous employer 401k match and an other incentives for long-term financial wellness. Our full array of health, financial and voluntary benefit programs are what you would expect from a recognized Best Place to Work.