Compliance Leader Americas

Job Description Summary

The Americas Compliance Leader will run all aspects of our compliance program across the region. The role will be based at Grid Solutions and will support all business divisions for the Electrification Systems segment and will report to the Chief Compliance Officer for GE Vernova Electrification Systems. The key activity for this role includes prevention, detection and response as key pillars and be responsible for risk assessment, mitigation and corrective actions. The role will engage business leaders and managers at all levels of the organization to influence culture and ensure an environment that fosters open reporting and compliance.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

• Responsible for understanding the business, organization, relevant industry regulations, and internal policies and procedures.
• Ensure the implementation of the Compliance Enterprise Standards and identifying and raising gaps for remediation as needed in the region.
• Support the execution of commercial focused compliance, including third party due diligence and approvals, compliance training, and compliance monitoring/auditing.
• Ensure the Open Reporting program maintains a high standard of excellence and responsiveness to employee concerns in the region.
• Provide support and expertise in critical matters such as government investigations and high-priority legal investigations.
• Oversee the development and implementation of Compliance campaigns, training sessions and communications in the region.
• Own compliance risk assessments, as well as development and implementation of mitigation plans at the region level.
• Gather and analyze compliance related data, trends, risks, and gaps and construct strategic responses, lead improvement of processes and programs at the region level.
• Project Site visits on an as needed basis to support the implementation of compliance culture, processes, and controls at the site.
• Continually review and evaluate laws and regulations and their impact on Electrification Systems and the region.
• Assist with the broader Electrification Systems Compliance teams on business-wide objectives, compliance related duties, special projects, and initiatives to support the overall compliance program as self-identified or directed.
• Assist with compliance-related duties across the other businesses in the GE Vernova portfolio as directed.

• University Degree with 10 years' work experience.
• Strong motivation to work in the compliance area.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage multiple matters in a global environment, set priorities and drive tasks and projects to conclusion in an extremely fast paced environment. Ability to work independently on assigned projects and tasks.
• Interacts, communicates, and works effectively with business and other team members.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills to work effectively with a broad range of stakeholders. Personal accountability
• Strong perseverance to be a change agent with the business.
• Strong oral and written communication; professional fluency in English. Spanish and Portuguese a plus.
• Strong data analytics skills; ability to locate and analyse facts to determine relevance.

• Executive Communication: ability to simplify the complex.
• Pragmatic, action oriented and able to operate in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical, interpersonal and leadership skills with orientation toward process improvement
• Credible compliance ambassador: able to influence and drive Compliance culture globally
• Deep domain knowledge in key compliance risk areas (e.g., the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, turnkey projects, third parties, public procurement, competition law)
• Deep knowledge of GE Compliance program and Culture
• Ability to manage multiple matters in a global environment, set priorities and drive projects to conclusion in an extremely fast paced environment
• Solid judgment, clear thinker and business sense
• Ability to create an environment of continual learning, and to change the way the compliance is working to be simpler and more adaptive
• Ability to work horizontally to deliver outcomes
• Energy Industry experience & understanding complex projects
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite (Excel, PowerPoint and Word) and other analytical tools like Power BI, Python, SQL or similar
• SAP / Oracle experience desirable