Compliance Specialist

Company Description

Veolia group is the global leader in optimized resource management. The Group designs and provides water, waste and energy management solutions that contribute to the sustainable development of communities and industries. Through its three complementary business activities, Veolia helps to develop access to resources, preserve available resources, and to replenish them.

Job Description

The Compliance Specialist will play a pivotal role in supporting the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) to establish a unified compliance framework across the India and South East Asia Business Units, as well as other Asia Zone work. 

Based in Singapore or Shanghai, this role focuses on implementing the Group’s compliance policies, fostering a culture of integrity, and ensuring adherence to regulatory standards across multiple sites in India and South East Asia countries. The position offers opportunities to collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute to high-impact compliance initiatives in a dynamic, multicultural environment.

Responsibilities

Support the CCO of India and SEA BUs: 

• Compliance program: Support to develop and implement an effective compliance program for the BUs, with a view to a robust compliance culture in the organization, focused on prevention, detection and response;
• Due Diligence: Conduct compliance due diligence on key stakeholders such as clients, suppliers, subcontractors, business partners and beneficiaries, ensuring compliance risks are identified and addressed.
• Reporting: Prepare regular compliance reports for management review.
• Training: Support to Develop compliance training materials, coordinating with the HR team to organize training sessions.
• Communication: Support to Create compliance communication materials, collaborating with the Communications team and/or Compliance Correspondents to promote awareness across the organizations.
• Policies & Procedures: Update and maintain compliance policies on the intranet and other internal platforms, ensuring alignment with the Group and Asia latest policies.

• Project Support:

• Investigations: Support internal investigations, ensuring thorough and confidential processes.
• Ad Hoc Tasks: Undertake additional compliance-related projects as assigned by the CCO.
• Draft compliance memos for investment committees. 
• Draft meeting minutes for sponsorship & duty of care committees.
• Track project status, follow up on remedial actions, and collect evidence with cross-functional teams.

Support the CCO of Asia for the zone level tasks:

• Asia projects or campaigns, e.g. annual COI campaign, annual e-learning, etc.

• Communication And Training

• Digitalization

• Reporting

• Ad Hoc Tasks

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Laws, Finance, or a related field from an accredited institution.
• Experience: Minimum 3 years of experience in compliance, legal, finance or audit roles in multinational corporations or professional firms, ideally with exposure to India and/or South East Asia regulatory environments.

• Skills:

• Cross-Cultural Expertise: Proven ability to work in global, matrixed environments and collaborate across diverse cultures and functions.
• Travel: Willingness to travel abroad for meetings and site visits.
• Work Environment: Ability to thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced setting with opportunities for professional growth.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and languages of South East Asia countries proficiency is a plus.
• Familiarity with compliance tools (e.g. due diligence software) and regulations (e.g. anti-corruption, anti-trust laws).
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure.

Additional Information

Remuneration packages will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Interested parties please apply with full curriculum vitae with Current & Expected Salary and Available Date.

Veolia China Holding Limited is committed to conducting recruitment in a fair, ethical and transparent manner based solely on merit. Candidates with personal/professional ties to Veolia business related company employees must disclose this information.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.

Veolia China Holding Limited is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all qualified candidates. The information provided will be treated in strict confidence and be used only for consideration of your application for relevant / similar posts within the Veolia Group. All personal data of unsuccessful applicants will be destroyed within 24 months from the date of application.