Senior Legal Counsel, Compliance at Coca-Cola

Job Responsibilities

• Review and ensure requirements for Anti-Bribery and Corruption Audits are implemented.
• Ensure timely delivery of annual awareness programs and follow-up on required actions.
• Coordinate other departments on required initiatives to strengthen compliance with the ABAC policy.
• Exercise independent judgment and discretion to determine the Legal risks and response to letters from External Stakeholders (Government, Legal firms, or Unions).
• Provide guidance to the HR team on the handling of investigations and dealing with enforcement agencies.
• Conduct legal and corporate due diligence for property acquisitions and development projects and handle the legal aspects of development projects.
• Serve as a member of the local IMCR.
• Oversee the investigation process for all COBC and non-COBC matters in Nigeria.
• Review analysis and evaluate reports of alleged Code of Conduct and policy violations.
• Review investigation reports and communications which are shared with external stakeholders.
• Ensure that appropriate conflict disclosures are documented and drive use of the COBC portal.
• Collaborate with support functions – HR, COBC, DPTS and Internal Control to evaluate policies and training to promote compliance with Company policies.
• Develop and conduct training, raise awareness, and develop/ maintain relationships with management colleagues across the Country to identify and address key risks.
• Bring awareness to CCH of the COBC and other policies through creative and targeted training and communication that can be leveraged Country-wide.
• Monitor COBC trends and develop and deploy training accordingly tailored for specific functions.

Requirements

• BL, LLB
• LLM (or equivalent) desired
• Experience in analysing complex internal investigations
• 10+ years of related professional work experience (compliance function).