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Company

Global Fishing Watch · 1 day ago

Director, Risk and Compliance

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

$150K/yr - $175K/yr

10+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Develop and enforce company policies, internal controls, and regulations.

Monitor business operations, conduct audits, and ensure legal, policy, and ethical compliance.

Review contracts for alignment with rules, regulations and internal policies.

Assess future ventures for compliance risks.

Provide staff with training and guidance to carry out their responsibilities in a lawful and ethical manner.

Work with external partners and stakeholders to ensure GFW is compliant in internal policies as well as legal and regulatory contexts.

Maintain and enforce procurement procedures, approved vendor lists, monitoring requirements and delivery partner reviews to ensure proper use of funds.

Establish governance policies covering anti-corruption, safeguarding, and bribery and terrorist financing.

Lead the development and implementation of a risk management framework, including ongoing monitoring and reporting.

Minimize legal risks by understanding current and proposed legislation and recommending new procedures to comply with legal requirements.

Develop and maintain a legal register to support Global Fishing Watch's compliance with legislation in the various jurisdictions where we operate.

Develop a Business Continuity Plan.

Collaborate with Finance to ensure sufficient financial capacity, sound internal controls to manage proposed projects, and overall financial health.

Partner with Human Resources to ensure operational systems align with relevant HR policies and support socially responsible practices, including gender equality and DEI.

Operate retaliation-free reporting channels and respond to reports of noncompliance promptly.

Maintain a program-specific risk register and a conflict-of-interest register.

Secure appropriate insurance coverage.

Set up the Compliance and Risk Management team and supervise staff (1 hire planned in 2025), providing leadership, guidance and feedback and supporting teams to resolve complex problems.

Establish strategic goals and objectives, manage performance and maintain the department’s budget.

Develop, coordinate, and enforce systems, policies, and procedures.

Ensure a safe, secure, welcoming, and legal work environment.

Act as a focal point for risk and compliance on the senior management team.

Contribute to the development, delivery, reporting and review of Global Fishing Watch's organizational strategy, in collaboration with the senior management team.

Provide review and advice as needed to the senior executive group on policies and procedures.

Drive stakeholder collaboration, ensuring effective cross-functional cohesion.

Nurture the long-term values, reputation and resources of the organization.

Participate in senior management team meetings, provide briefings, escalate issues and risks as needed, and contribute to key initiatives such as the diversity, equity, and inclusion working group and data ethics working group.

Support the development and implementation of organizational monitoring, evaluation and learning efforts.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualification

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Non-profit compliance lawsRisk management frameworkCompliance program managementPolicy developmentTraining deliveryStakeholder collaborationLegal compliance assessmentProfessional proficiency in FrenchProfessional proficiency in Spanish

Required

Bachelor’s degree in law, finance, business administration, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

10+ years managing compliance programs for US non-profits, including compliance policy development and building a culture of compliance and risk management.

Deep understanding of compliance laws, non-profit regulations and donor-led compliance requirements.

Effective communication skills, with the ability to explain complex regulations and requirements to different stakeholders.

Highly organized, analytical, detail oriented and self-motivated.

Proven ability to build relationships and collaborate effectively.

Skilled in training delivery and staff coaching.

Ability to take ownership of projects and communicate project updates to stakeholders in a transparent and proactive manner.

Ability to manage multiple priorities to a high standard of detail under tight deadlines in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Familiarity with global collaboration and communication in global matrixed/remote organizations.

Experience with compliance programs across multiple countries, especially the UK and EU.