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HR and Recruitment Partner at Ardagh Group

Group Legal Compliance Counsel

This position is a 12 month contract.

Location; Ardagh Group’s UK, Ireland or Netherlands offices.

As member of Group Legal & Compliance to ensure the ongoing success of the compliance function and provide prompt delivery of accurate legal advice in relation to legal compliance matters

Key responsibilities

• To work with Group Compliance Director and the other members of Group Legal & Compliance to ensure overall compliance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements for the entire Group.
• To provide legal advice to the business in relation to compliance matters, including bribery and corruption, sanctions, human rights/social sustainability and conflicts of interest, and to work as a team to continue to develop, implement and monitor Ardagh’s compliance programme throughout the global business, including through development and delivery of training.
• To work with the team to deliver improvement projects.
• To review, maintain and keep up to date all required compliance logs, registers and reports in relation to the global business.
• To conduct the required due diligence and checks on third parties, as well as respond to due diligence requests from third parties, and advise the business accordingly on compliance requirements.
• To advise on and draft the compliance elements in various commercial contracts across the business globally.

Most important result areas

• Assisting the Group Compliance Director to promote and maintain a culture of compliance, including assisting in implementing and ensuring continuous improvement of the Group’s Code of Conduct and the associated policies.
• Continual development and management of the Group’s compliance programme, including risk assessments, monitoring and audit of compliance KRIs, investigation and management of compliance matters/concerns in relation to all compliance areas, including compliance hotline cases and fraud matters, developing and updating legal compliance policies and procedures, and providing training/updates to relevant sections of the business as required.
• Continuous control of the costs for the legal function/external counsels and continuous improvement of the quality of the legal advice rendered by Group Legal & Compliance.

Nature and size of the job area

• The job requires someone with compliance related experience who can provide legal advice in various jurisdictions on such laws. In addition, the position requires a good understanding of regulatory/administrative investigations.

The position in its organizational context

• The position reports to the Group Compliance Director.
• Three other positions report to the Group Compliance Director.

Assessment standards

• Ongoing implementation of a robust Group compliance program, including policy development, risk assessment and training.
• Continuous control of the overall costs for the legal function.
• Satisfaction of the colleagues with the quality and time for the rendered legal advice.

Business contacts

• HR teams.
• Sales/Procurement teams.
• External lawyers in concerned jurisdictions.
• Members of the compliance committee.
• External lawyers of the Group.

Flexibility and decision making

• On general compliance matters, the position coordinates with the involved departments and the Group Compliance Director. The position develops proposals on the ongoing development and implementation of Ardagh’s compliance programme.

Education/ Training

• Law degree/qualification

Experience

• At least 5 years of professional work experience in an international environment;
• An interest in compliance and a capacity to adapt quickly to new fields of law/jurisdictions.
• Good knowledge of at least one area of compliance laws, such as anti-bribery laws, competition laws, data privacy laws, sanctions laws.
• Fluent in English; additional languages skills are a distinct plus.
• Strong intercultural competences to interact with a team of lawyers of different jurisdictions
• Strong communication skills to interact with commercial and operational teams.
• Confident and proactive approach.
• Enthusiastic and positive attitude.
• Reliable, discreet, rigorous and has a sense of humour.
• The position may require travel, so must be willing to do so.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Legal, Consulting, and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Packaging and Containers Manufacturing, Manufacturing, and Food and Beverage Manufacturing

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