MANUELA · 2 months ago
Vice President Legal Compliance
Highland, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
10+ years expMANUELA is seeking a Vice President of Legal Compliance to provide strategic direction and leadership in developing a coordinated ethics and risk-based legal compliance program. The role involves collaboration with senior leaders and oversight of legal compliance initiatives, ensuring adherence to regulations and promoting an ethical workplace culture.
Restaurants
Responsibilities
Works with senior leadership, Executive Leadership Cabinet, enterprise compliance resources, government teams, and Tribal Leadership
Provides strategic direction for coordination and implementation of enterprise-wide legal compliance initiatives
Promotes a culture encouraging ethical conduct and legal compliance
Provides proactive, business-focused legal compliance counsel to the enterprise
Ensures standards of conduct, internal controls, and procedures reflect government regulations, industry practices, and enterprise needs
Includes a strong code of conduct, ethics, employee handbook, and other written policies and procedures
Updates and improves the enterprise-wide legal compliance program
Develops substantive metrics and milestones
Creates a multi-year strategic vision and resource plan
Conducts initial and periodic risk assessments to identify legal compliance risks
Develops processes to monitor compliance programs
Uses analyses of compliance trends for self-assessments
Reports monitoring and audit results
Maintains thorough documentation of legal compliance measures
Updates Tribal Leadership and senior leadership through annual reports
Develops and oversees reporting mechanisms that encourage communication and prohibit retaliatory conduct
Ensures understanding of laws and internal standards through annual training and monitoring participation
Develops effective internal reporting mechanisms for sensitive matters
Implements and communicates compliance policies
Develops strategic vision for incentives to promote legal compliance
Articulates clear disciplinary policies for non-compliance
Leads processes for defining, investigating, and remediating misconduct
Conducts internal investigations and includes and/or consults with appropriate stakeholders when needed
Implements enforcement tools, including incentives and disciplinary measures
Conducts risk-based due diligence of third parties
Obtains legal compliance commitments from vendors and third parties
Develops standards for third parties failing to conform to compliance standards
Undertakes ongoing re-assessment of enterprise legal risk
Identifies opportunities for continuous improvement
Integrates mergers and acquisitions through post-acquisition risk assessment and audit
Expands legal compliance program to meet growth needs
Leads the creation and management of an enterprise-wide policy program that governs the development, review, approval, and storage of policies in alignment with leading practices
Ensures effective communication, training, and enforcement of enterprise policies to foster understanding, compliance, and accountability across the enterprise
Supports the Chief Legal and Compliance Officer in developing presentations for the Tribal Council and Executive Management
Manages and hosts Executive Compliance Steering Committee meetings with cross-functional stakeholders
Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws
Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning reviewing and directing work; evaluating and appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems
Makes hiring decisions and designs individual development plans with succession planning in mind for all key roles
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree required
Minimum ten (10) years in legal compliance field required
Minimum ten (10) years of direct supervisory experience required
Upholds high ethical standards and personal integrity
Extensive working knowledge of Federal and State law
Experience in conducting workplace investigations and compliance work, including resolving ethical violations and compliance breaches
Proven leader with the ability to influence and drive results, build relationships with Tribal Leadership, CEO, Executive Leadership Cabinet, and enterprise leaders
Strong organizational skills to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Ability to collaborate as a team and work independently
Demonstrates initiative and accountability to achieve individual and organizational goals
Comfortable working in a dynamic and entrepreneurial tribal government environment
Valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record as determined by the insurance carrier is required
Preferred
Juris Doctorate preferred
Preferred experience working with tribal governments
Company
MANUELA
Located in the Arts District of Los Angeles, Manuela unites chef, farmer and artist to create an authentic and original dining experience.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase