Senior Compliance Manager

Oxford University Press

  • Oxford
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 13 hours ago
About the RoleOxford University Press (‘the Press’) is a department of the University of Oxford and the world’s largestuniversity press. Guided by the University’s mission of excellence in research, scholarship, and education, the Press publishes thousands of titles annually across academic, educational, and general interest sectors. With a global footprint reaching researchers, educators, and learners in around 200 countries and regions, the Press plays a pivotal role in shaping knowledge and learning worldwide.Under the direction of the Group Compliance Officer, the Senior Compliance Manager plays a key role in delivering the Press’s Global Compliance Programme (‘Programme’) across the Press’s Divisions and Group Functions. This position is critical in ensuring that core ethical compliance risks - principally Bribery and Corruption, Fraud, and the Facilitation of Tax Evasion - are identified, effectively managed, and proportionately addressed. The Senior Compliance Manager will be responsible for embedding the Programme’s requirements, cultivating a strong culture of integrity, and maintaining robust and sustainable compliance controls.Key responsibilities:
  • Work with senior management to demonstrate and communicate commitment to the Press’s Compliance policies and processes, nurturing an appropriate compliance culture across relevant business areas.
  • Support and co-ordinate an effective compliance training programme, ensuring that all staff and new starters complete annual training and other supplementary exercises.
  • As appropriate, ensure that all new third parties are subject to appropriate risk assessment and due diligence, and that, for existing third parties, risk assessments and due diligence are revalidated on a regular basis.
  • Ensure that all high risk business activities are appropriately identified and treated in accordance with the Programme.
  • Support quarterly and annually reporting on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and key issues related to area of responsibility.
  • Regularly review risk areas and support centrally led Monitoring and Review and assurance activities.
  • Ensure that conflicts of interest are managed in accordance with Group policies and procedures.
  • Support, as required, with communications and awareness to ensure that ethical allegations are reported promptly to the Group Compliance Officer. As required, provide support with investigations, ensuring they are conducted in line with Group procedures.
We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.About YouEssential
  • Appropriate professional qualification in compliance, risk, law, accounting or a related field
  • Breadth and depth of understanding of Global Compliance programmes and principles
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong organization and presentation abilities
  • High ethical standards, sound judgment, and a robust understanding of the business.
  • Pro-active decision-making skills with the ability to identify key issues/risks within business activities and to take the initiative to solve them pro-actively through developing adequate procedures
  • Excellent advocacy and influencing skills, able to engage stakeholders at all levels.
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a Global Compliance team, and engage with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation
  • Willingness to travel
Desirable
  • Strong awareness of the UK Bribery Act, Criminal Finances Act and failure to prevent fraud requirements under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act.
  • Relevant experience in multinational organisation
BenefitsWe care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days’ holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts.This role comes with the added benefit of private medical insurance and a management bonus .Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.QueriesPlease contact with any queries relating to this role.We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.

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