Governance, Risk and Compliance (Centre of Excellence) - Ethics Office (Global)

Responsibilities

Team Introduction:
High ethical standards and a culture of integrity will play a pivotal role in achieving the vision of the Ethics Office. The Ethics Office was created to guide ethical leadership and decision making; develop, educate, and raise awareness of internal policies; and lead and manage investigations. Our Ethics Office is looking for a high-performing professional based in Singapore, with proven experience delivering results in complex business environments and supporting global initiatives.

Responsibilities:
Main responsibilities would include: (i) administrating and monitoring the company's speak up hotline and internal investigation case management system; (ii) improving governance of ethics and compliance policies and systems; (iii) alignment of standards across China and Rest-of-World investigation teams; and (iv) co-ordinating and preparing materials for leadership reporting.

This includes:
- In response to needs of the function and businesses, perform data analyses and prepare data reports in a timely manner; continually enhance operations around such report preparation.
- Work with audit and/or other risk functions to manage and execute risk assessments relating to policies and investigations, including resolution of discovered issues and developing risk mitigating strategies.
- Review and update global ethics and compliance policies and SOPs.
- Monitoring the internal investigation case management system, and having the expertise to accurately and efficiently triage the allegations received to the appropriate investigation team in the company for prompt management.
- Working with cross-functional departments on the remediation actions/processes discovered during the investigation process.
- Data owner to all employee data in the custody of the Ethics Office, including system access management and maintenance.
- Perform analysis and checks on extracted data.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Law, Accounting, Risk Management, or a related field.
- More than 5 years of work experience in a governance, risk, or compliance role.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to organize, analyze, and interpret complex information with attention to detail and accuracy.
- Basic proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including use of formulas, data consolidation, and visualization through charts and graphs.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally and across international teams.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Background in legal, audit, or compliance.
- Familiarity with whistleblowing case management tools such as Navex or similar industry platforms.
- Proficiency in Mandarin is highly preferred to engage with Chinese stakeholders based in Chinese-speaking markets and the need to review documents in Mandarin.

Job Information

About Us

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.​

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