140 Global Compliance jobs in Saudi Arabia
Tax Assistant Manager - Global Compliance and
Riyadh, Riyadh
EY
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**MENA Tax - Global Compliance & Reporting, Assistant Manager**
Our globally coordinated tax professionals offer connected services across all tax disciplines to help our clients thrive in an era of rapid change. We combine our exceptional knowledge and experience with the people and technology platforms that make us an ideal partner for all their tax-related needs. In Tax, we equip clients to make better business decisions by bringing insights to the forefront. We help companies understand the tax policies and tax laws of governments around the world to plan and comply accordingly.
Our teams leverage transformative technologies to deliver strategy and execution, from tax and regulatory obligations to operations and workforce management, to reduce risk and drive sustainable value. Tax has six sub-service lines which cover a wide range of issues: Business Tax Services, Global Compliance and Reporting, Global Law, Indirect Tax, International Tax and Transaction Services and People Advisory Services.
**The opportunity**
Our GCR tax service line operates as a team of highly experienced tax professionals who focus on delivering efficient and effective resources to companies in the region. Our goal is to improve quality, manage risk, create efficiency and drive value. Our market leading approach combines standard and efficient processes, highly effective tools and an extensive network of local tax and accounting professionals. Our clients benefit from an integrated, consistent, and flexible quality service to address direct and indirect tax compliance, statutory accounting and financial reporting, and tax accounting.
As part of a MENA team, you will be providing high quality services to clients across a range of industries. You will also lead a team looking after service delivery, co-ordination, issue resolution, and contract management of large-scale projects where you will need to manage and coordinate the delivery of tax services by EY teams in the region.
**Your key responsibilities**
You will combine strong technical skills with practical commercial, legislative and industry knowledge to lead a team in providing tax services. You will be responsible for a team to help manage our clients’ compliance and reporting needs. You will establish, maintain and strengthen valued internal and external relationships and ensure that the services delivered to clients is of the highest quality.
You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of client engagements, monitor progress and deliverables, put in place the necessary standardized processes, anticipate and identify risks, escalate issues as appropriate and drive performance-improvement solutions.
You will supervise high performing teams and build a positive learning culture, coaching and counseling junior team members to help them develop. You will also be responsible for ensuring adherence to our Tax Quality guidelines.
**Skills and attributes for success**
If you are an excellent communicator and detail oriented professional with a strong track record of management experience who is comfortable working across borders with a wide network of people and with large amount of data, you will be perfect for the role.
**To qualify for the role you must have**
- A bachelor's degree with strong academic credentials in accounting, business, finance, taxation or any related essential fields.
- MBA, Masters or another related advanced degree and/or professional qualifications e.g. CA, CPA, ACCA, CTA, ADIT or equivalent qualification.
- A very strong knowledge and minimum 4 years of experience in domestic and international tax rules/regulations, developments etc., ideally within a large professional services company or similar environment.
- A very strong background in tax accounting and tax auditing, ideally within a large professional services company or similar environment.
- A strong track record of managerial, organizational and project management experience.
**Ideally, you will also have**
- Experience of dealing with multinational clients and ability to work in multi-cultural environment.
- In-depth commercial, legislative and industry knowledge.
**What we look for**
Highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads in a rapidly changing industry. An effective communicator, you’ll be a confident team player that collaborates with people from various teams while looking to develop your career in a dynamic organization.
**What we offer**
We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Plus, we offer:
- Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
- Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
- Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and
Our globally coordinated tax professionals offer connected services across all tax disciplines to help our clients thrive in an era of rapid change. We combine our exceptional knowledge and experience with the people and technology platforms that make us an ideal partner for all their tax-related needs. In Tax, we equip clients to make better business decisions by bringing insights to the forefront. We help companies understand the tax policies and tax laws of governments around the world to plan and comply accordingly.
Our teams leverage transformative technologies to deliver strategy and execution, from tax and regulatory obligations to operations and workforce management, to reduce risk and drive sustainable value. Tax has six sub-service lines which cover a wide range of issues: Business Tax Services, Global Compliance and Reporting, Global Law, Indirect Tax, International Tax and Transaction Services and People Advisory Services.
**The opportunity**
Our GCR tax service line operates as a team of highly experienced tax professionals who focus on delivering efficient and effective resources to companies in the region. Our goal is to improve quality, manage risk, create efficiency and drive value. Our market leading approach combines standard and efficient processes, highly effective tools and an extensive network of local tax and accounting professionals. Our clients benefit from an integrated, consistent, and flexible quality service to address direct and indirect tax compliance, statutory accounting and financial reporting, and tax accounting.
As part of a MENA team, you will be providing high quality services to clients across a range of industries. You will also lead a team looking after service delivery, co-ordination, issue resolution, and contract management of large-scale projects where you will need to manage and coordinate the delivery of tax services by EY teams in the region.
**Your key responsibilities**
You will combine strong technical skills with practical commercial, legislative and industry knowledge to lead a team in providing tax services. You will be responsible for a team to help manage our clients’ compliance and reporting needs. You will establish, maintain and strengthen valued internal and external relationships and ensure that the services delivered to clients is of the highest quality.
You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of client engagements, monitor progress and deliverables, put in place the necessary standardized processes, anticipate and identify risks, escalate issues as appropriate and drive performance-improvement solutions.
You will supervise high performing teams and build a positive learning culture, coaching and counseling junior team members to help them develop. You will also be responsible for ensuring adherence to our Tax Quality guidelines.
**Skills and attributes for success**
If you are an excellent communicator and detail oriented professional with a strong track record of management experience who is comfortable working across borders with a wide network of people and with large amount of data, you will be perfect for the role.
**To qualify for the role you must have**
- A bachelor's degree with strong academic credentials in accounting, business, finance, taxation or any related essential fields.
- MBA, Masters or another related advanced degree and/or professional qualifications e.g. CA, CPA, ACCA, CTA, ADIT or equivalent qualification.
- A very strong knowledge and minimum 4 years of experience in domestic and international tax rules/regulations, developments etc., ideally within a large professional services company or similar environment.
- A very strong background in tax accounting and tax auditing, ideally within a large professional services company or similar environment.
- A strong track record of managerial, organizational and project management experience.
**Ideally, you will also have**
- Experience of dealing with multinational clients and ability to work in multi-cultural environment.
- In-depth commercial, legislative and industry knowledge.
**What we look for**
Highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads in a rapidly changing industry. An effective communicator, you’ll be a confident team player that collaborates with people from various teams while looking to develop your career in a dynamic organization.
**What we offer**
We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Plus, we offer:
- Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
- Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
- Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and
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Lead Legal & Compliance Analyst
Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company (YASREF) Ltd.
Posted 4 days ago
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Develop and implement Legal & Compliance programs, monitor regulatory changes, conduct compliance audits, develop policies and procedures and provide awareness and training. Perform various supporting responsibilities aiming to provide timely and effective deliverables related to legal matters. Ensure to provide timely and effective deliverables in the area of legal and compliance. Ensure all Legal Services are accomplished in compliance with strategies and operational priorities.
Responsibilities- Develop and implement Legal & Compliance programs
- Monitor regulatory changes
- Conduct compliance audits
- Develop policies and procedures
- Provide awareness and training
- Perform supporting responsibilities to provide timely and effective deliverables related to legal matters
- Ensure timely and effective deliverables in the area of legal and compliance
- Ensure all Legal Services are accomplished in compliance with strategies and operational priorities
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Lead Legal & Compliance Analyst
Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company (YASREF) Ltd.
Posted 4 days ago
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Overview
Develop and implement Legal & Compliance programs, monitor regulatory changes, conduct compliance audits, develop policies and procedures and provide awareness and training. Perform various supporting responsibilities aiming to provide timely and effective deliverables related to legal matters. Ensure to provide timely and effective deliverables in the area of legal and compliance. Ensure all Legal Services are accomplished in compliance with strategies and operational priorities.
Responsibilities- Develop and implement Legal & Compliance programs
- Monitor regulatory changes
- Conduct compliance audits
- Develop policies and procedures
- Provide awareness and training
- Perform supporting responsibilities to provide timely and effective deliverables related to legal matters
- Ensure timely and effective deliverables in the area of legal and compliance
- Ensure all Legal Services are accomplished in compliance with strategies and operational priorities
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Quality Management Officer – Global Certifications Compliance
Riyadh, Riyadh
Alliance Recruitment Agency
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Quality Management Officer – Global Certifications Compliance
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Summary: We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Quality Management Officer to ensure compliance with international certification standards such as BRCGS, GLOBALG.A.P., ISO 22000, and HACCP across our agricultural and food processing operations. The ideal candidate will play a critical role in implementing, auditing, and continuously improving quality and food safety management systems.
Responsibilities- Implement and maintain compliance with food safety and quality standards such as BRCGS, GLOBALG.A.P., ISO 22000, and HACCP
- Coordinate internal and external audits; ensure timely corrective and preventive actions (CAPA)
- Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), quality manuals, and records in line with certification requirements
- Lead quality training sessions for staff to build awareness and compliance culture
- Work closely with production, procurement, and farm teams to ensure quality from field to final product
- Monitor critical control points (CCPs) and quality assurance checkpoints during production and packaging
- Ensure traceability systems are maintained and up to standard
- Coordinate with third-party certifying bodies and regulatory authorities
- Track and report on key quality metrics; recommend improvements based on data analysis
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Agriculture, Quality Management, or a related field
- Minimum 5 years of experience in quality assurance or compliance in agriculture or food production
- Strong knowledge of BRCGS, GLOBALG.A.P., ISO 22000, and HACCP standards
- Experience in preparing and managing audits from international certifying bodies
- Excellent organizational and documentation skills
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and quality management systems
- Languages: Arabic preferred, English required
- Full-time
- Manufacturing
- Agriculture, Construction, Mining Machinery Manufacturing and Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing
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Quality Management Officer - Global Certifications Compliance
Riyadh, Riyadh
Alliance Recruitment Agency
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Quality Management Officer - Global Certifications Compliance
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Summary: We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Quality Management Officer to ensure compliance with international certification standards such as BRCGS, GLOBALG.A.P., ISO 22000, and HACCP across our agricultural and food processing operations. The ideal candidate will play a critical role in implementing, auditing, and continuously improving quality and food safety management systems.
Responsibilities- Implement and maintain compliance with food safety and quality standards such as BRCGS, GLOBALG.A.P., ISO 22000, and HACCP
- Coordinate internal and external audits; ensure timely corrective and preventive actions (CAPA)
- Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), quality manuals, and records in line with certification requirements
- Lead quality training sessions for staff to build awareness and compliance culture
- Work closely with production, procurement, and farm teams to ensure quality from field to final product
- Monitor critical control points (CCPs) and quality assurance checkpoints during production and packaging
- Ensure traceability systems are maintained and up to standard
- Coordinate with third-party certifying bodies and regulatory authorities
- Track and report on key quality metrics; recommend improvements based on data analysis
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Agriculture, Quality Management, or a related field
- Minimum 5 years of experience in quality assurance or compliance in agriculture or food production
- Strong knowledge of BRCGS, GLOBALG.A.P., ISO 22000, and HACCP standards
- Experience in preparing and managing audits from international certifying bodies
- Excellent organizational and documentation skills
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and quality management systems
- Languages: Arabic preferred, English required
- Full-time
- Manufacturing
- Agriculture, Construction, Mining Machinery Manufacturing and Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing
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(Global Petroleum Gas) Global Tax Compliance and
MatchaTalent Global
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The Global Tax Compliance and Reporting (GTC&R) Specialist is accountable for the activities of (GTC&R) group. The GTC&R Specialist is broadly responsible for the worldwide enterprise’s global tax accounting and compliance activities. The responsibilities include BEPS transfer pricing documentation, review of tax provisions, uncertain tax positions, and providing global tax governance and quality control over tax compliance matters for the worldwide enterprise. The GTC&R Group is also responsible for providing tax optimization support on domestic and international tax matters to In-Kingdom and Out-of-Kingdom subsidiaries and joint ventures.
The GTC&R Specialist provides a wide range of business advisory services as they relate to tax compliance and income tax accounting. The GTC&R Specialist serves as the single point of contact for tax compliance and income tax accounting matters throughout the global organization. Entity chief financial officers, controllers and other personnel throughout the enterprise report to the GTC&R Group on tax accounting and compliance matters relating to their respective operations
Duties & Responsibilities:
You will be required to perform the following:
- Use your major global energy company experience and proven demonstrated ability to drive global consistency.
- Possess deep financial management skills and overall business acumen.
- You possess a strong understanding of financial accounting principles, preferably under IFRS although equivalent experience with other generally accepted accounting principles will be considered.
- You have an analytical mind set, process orientation, organized and structured approach to problem solving and ability to work under pressure.
- You have excellent interpersonal skills and interest in building an effective internal network.
- You have an excellent command of oral and written English and Arabic.
- In addition, you will be expected to:
- Performs functions common to a GTC&R Specialist role.
- Implement Tax Policy and protocols for the administration of all tax compliance and tax accounting matters globally and for ad hoc projects.
- Represent the Controller’s Division and the Senior Vice President of Finance, Strategy and Development in tax related matters.
- Oversee income tax compliance globally, including exercising key quality controls, and is the global process owner for income tax accounting and tax compliance, which includes direct and indirect taxes.
- You will define, document, and implement operating procedures globally and maintain effective controls over tax accounting and tax compliance.
- Support Management in making decisions on complex and technical tax matters including accounting judgments with respect to uncertain tax positions and realization of deferred tax assets, while ensuring auditable documentation is maintained.
- Identify tax issues with respect to tax compliance and income tax accounting, provide advice and identify solutions which are communicated to relevant stakeholders for execution.
- Liaise throughout the financial, accounting and reporting teams and builds collaborative relationships with joint venture and subsidiary Controller/Finance organizations.
- Establish and maintain excellent relationships with subsidiary and joint venture finance and tax staff as well as service providers and interact regularly with the Tax Counsel.
- Ensure the accuracy of the tax figures and estimates included within planning, financial reporting, mergers & acquisitions analysis and financial models for transactions and business investments.
**Benefits**:
Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.
Minimum Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a degree in a relevant field from a recognized and approved program. An advanced degree is preferred and certifications such as a CPA or a CA is highly desirable. Minimum of ten years’ experience in complex, multinational global tax matters (US., EU, UK, APAC, MENA) and deep experience with tax accounting; understanding of Saudi Arabia tax Laws is preferable.
The GTC&R Specialist provides a wide range of business advisory services as they relate to tax compliance and income tax accounting. The GTC&R Specialist serves as the single point of contact for tax compliance and income tax accounting matters throughout the global organization. Entity chief financial officers, controllers and other personnel throughout the enterprise report to the GTC&R Group on tax accounting and compliance matters relating to their respective operations
Duties & Responsibilities:
You will be required to perform the following:
- Use your major global energy company experience and proven demonstrated ability to drive global consistency.
- Possess deep financial management skills and overall business acumen.
- You possess a strong understanding of financial accounting principles, preferably under IFRS although equivalent experience with other generally accepted accounting principles will be considered.
- You have an analytical mind set, process orientation, organized and structured approach to problem solving and ability to work under pressure.
- You have excellent interpersonal skills and interest in building an effective internal network.
- You have an excellent command of oral and written English and Arabic.
- In addition, you will be expected to:
- Performs functions common to a GTC&R Specialist role.
- Implement Tax Policy and protocols for the administration of all tax compliance and tax accounting matters globally and for ad hoc projects.
- Represent the Controller’s Division and the Senior Vice President of Finance, Strategy and Development in tax related matters.
- Oversee income tax compliance globally, including exercising key quality controls, and is the global process owner for income tax accounting and tax compliance, which includes direct and indirect taxes.
- You will define, document, and implement operating procedures globally and maintain effective controls over tax accounting and tax compliance.
- Support Management in making decisions on complex and technical tax matters including accounting judgments with respect to uncertain tax positions and realization of deferred tax assets, while ensuring auditable documentation is maintained.
- Identify tax issues with respect to tax compliance and income tax accounting, provide advice and identify solutions which are communicated to relevant stakeholders for execution.
- Liaise throughout the financial, accounting and reporting teams and builds collaborative relationships with joint venture and subsidiary Controller/Finance organizations.
- Establish and maintain excellent relationships with subsidiary and joint venture finance and tax staff as well as service providers and interact regularly with the Tax Counsel.
- Ensure the accuracy of the tax figures and estimates included within planning, financial reporting, mergers & acquisitions analysis and financial models for transactions and business investments.
**Benefits**:
Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.
Minimum Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a degree in a relevant field from a recognized and approved program. An advanced degree is preferred and certifications such as a CPA or a CA is highly desirable. Minimum of ten years’ experience in complex, multinational global tax matters (US., EU, UK, APAC, MENA) and deep experience with tax accounting; understanding of Saudi Arabia tax Laws is preferable.
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Legal & Compliance Manager for Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, Riyadh
Airbus
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**Main responsibilities:
The jobholder will act as representative of the L function in the country, providing legal & compliance support to all businesses & divisions in close cooperation with the Regional Legal & Compliance team and the Divisions.
This will include notably:
- Advise local & regional management on local legal & compliance matters;
- Provide an efficient support to corporate activities in the country;
- Actively promote and defend the legal interests of the whole Airbus in the country;
- Participate in the organization and implementation of the regional Ethics & Compliance program in the country;
- Support the deployment of the regional Export Control program in the country
- Work transversally on LYM files when required;
- Be a pro-active member of LYM team;
**Personal profile**:
- Master’s degree in business law (or equivalent) with excellent academic credentials;
- Minimum 10 years of legal experience, ideally through a mix of law firm and in-house roles (aerospace industry experience is a plus);
- Substantive knowledge of the UK Bribery Act, FCPA and OECD anti-corruption rules;
- Integrity and strong adherence to Airbus Values;
- Excellent communication and presentation skills;
- Autonomous, proactive and team player;
- Very good proficiency in Arabic and English;
- Available to travel across offices in the Region.
**Organization**:
- The jobholder will be part of the Airbus Legal and Compliance team for Africa and Middle East (LYM);
- The jobholder will report to the Head of Legal and Compliance Africa and Middle East;
- The position is located in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia);
- The jobholder will sign first an employment contract with Airbus Saudi Limited and will be transferred into the Regional Headquarter of Saudi Arabia as soon as it is created.
This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.
**Company**:
Airbus Defence and Space Saudi Limited
**Employment Type**:
Fixed term**Experience Level**:
Professional
**Job Family**:
Legal
At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.
The jobholder will act as representative of the L function in the country, providing legal & compliance support to all businesses & divisions in close cooperation with the Regional Legal & Compliance team and the Divisions.
This will include notably:
- Advise local & regional management on local legal & compliance matters;
- Provide an efficient support to corporate activities in the country;
- Actively promote and defend the legal interests of the whole Airbus in the country;
- Participate in the organization and implementation of the regional Ethics & Compliance program in the country;
- Support the deployment of the regional Export Control program in the country
- Work transversally on LYM files when required;
- Be a pro-active member of LYM team;
**Personal profile**:
- Master’s degree in business law (or equivalent) with excellent academic credentials;
- Minimum 10 years of legal experience, ideally through a mix of law firm and in-house roles (aerospace industry experience is a plus);
- Substantive knowledge of the UK Bribery Act, FCPA and OECD anti-corruption rules;
- Integrity and strong adherence to Airbus Values;
- Excellent communication and presentation skills;
- Autonomous, proactive and team player;
- Very good proficiency in Arabic and English;
- Available to travel across offices in the Region.
**Organization**:
- The jobholder will be part of the Airbus Legal and Compliance team for Africa and Middle East (LYM);
- The jobholder will report to the Head of Legal and Compliance Africa and Middle East;
- The position is located in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia);
- The jobholder will sign first an employment contract with Airbus Saudi Limited and will be transferred into the Regional Headquarter of Saudi Arabia as soon as it is created.
This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.
**Company**:
Airbus Defence and Space Saudi Limited
**Employment Type**:
Fixed term**Experience Level**:
Professional
**Job Family**:
Legal
At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.
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Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf
Riyadh, Riyadh
Sandoz International GmbH
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Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf
The Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading and supervising legal and compliance work and guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.
Major Accountabilities
- Adopt a pro-active, business focused approach by:
- Serving as single point of contact for all Legal & Compliance tasks in Gulf and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia including coordinating data privacy, antitrust, intellectual property topics with Global Leads and Teams.
- Providing Legal & Compliance advice and determining appropriate actions/ processes in line with local strategy, local legal trends and legislation changes.
- Managing matters and litigation (legislative matters, antibribery, unfair competition and anti-trust, labour etc.)
- Negotiating, drafting and management of commercial agreements (focusing on sell side)
- Managing Legal & Compliance reporting, monitoring & training, incl. transparency reporting, dawn-raid training.
- Supporting enterprise risk management, third party risk management, contract management, risk assessment management, contract management and CORE etc.
- Ensuring timely and high-quality analysis of legislation, legislation drafts and their potential impact on the Sandoz META Export business processes
- As a member of the Country Leadership Team, pro-actively contribute to strategy and business discussions, decisions, and outcomes.
- Consistently explore opportunities to improve and strengthen the culture of compliance, looking for ways of addressing risks in an efficient and agile manner.
- Support investigations conducted by authorities, Corporate Security and Speak-Up on legal and compliance issues.
- Responsible for anticipating, identifying and analysing legal issues and the development of legal strategies and solutions. Continuously monitor developments in the business, local market and legal/regulatory regime to adequately assess legal risks and opportunities for Sandoz and propose concrete actions to mitigate risks and exploit opportunities.
- Ensure local management team is made aware of Group-wide norms, including policies, and are taking action to implement the same in their businesses. Oversee adjustment of all such norms, where required, to reflect local law and regulation.
- Ensure training is provided to management and associates in the areas of the law presenting the greatest risk locally.
- Act as a business partner in all actions relating to Sandoz’s contractual negotiations, compliance and statutory obligations; relating to the ownership, control and protection of inventions and confidential business information, reviewing, drafting and negotiating all legal business issues regarding Sandoz’s research collaborations, licensing activities and other significant transactions.
- Handle legal issues related to business development, labour law and corporate governance. Negotiate and draft distribution agreements, licensing agreements, promotion agreements, services agreements, acquisition and/or divestment agreements.
Key Performance Indicators
- Internal stakeholder satisfaction with amount, appropriateness, and timeliness of legal support provided (i.e pragmatic and principled, reliable, fast, customer oriented)
- Strong, collaborative leadership displayed, influencing outside area of direct responsibility with business acumen and excellent communication
- Successful enforcement/defence of contracts within Gulf and KSA
- Full integration into the respective leadership teams and strong collaboration with key stakeholders
- Strong cross-functional collaboration
- No major compliance/regulatory issue
- Successful outcomes to significant investigations & litigations
- Law school graduate & bar qualification (admitted to practice law in a jurisdiction)
- Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic essential.
- 10 years post qualification experience required: ideally gained within a healthcare / pharmaceutical environment, and/or, with a top-tier law firm representing healthcare.
- Experience in Saudi Arabia and Gulf is preferable
- Experience in managing Legal & Compliance teams, work and projects
- Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
- Ability to analyse complex legal and compliance issues.
- Strong verbal & written communication skills; together with a high ability to influence and negotiate.
- Proven ability to deal positively when working within tight time pressures & demanding clients.
- Financial/business acumen and business partnering skills
- Demonstrate professional & culturally sensitive work ethics
- Change agility and resilience
- Strong analytical and organisational skills.
- Proven ability to proactively provide insightful and timely legal support to stakeholders across a functionally and geographically dispersed organisation.
- Results oriented mentality i.e. “ability to get things done” avoiding legal “over engineering” while safeguarding Sandoz rights.
- Ability to question and improve the status quo.
- Ability to set priorities and manage a wide ranging workload.
Why Sandoz?
Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!
With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.
Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills, experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!
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Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf
Riyadh, Riyadh
Sandoz
Posted 18 days ago
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Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf
Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!
With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.
Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills, experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!
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Job Description
The Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading and supervising legal and compliance work and guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.
Job Description
The Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading and supervising legal and compliance work and guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.
Major Accountabilities
- Adopt a pro-active, business focused approach by:
- Serving as single point of contact for all Legal & Compliance tasks in Gulf and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia including coordinating data privacy, antitrust, intellectual property topics with Global Leads and Teams.
- Providing Legal & Compliance advice and determining appropriate actions/ processes in line with local strategy, local legal trends and legislation changes.
- Managing matters and litigation (legislative matters, antibribery, unfair competition and anti-trust, labour etc.)
- Negotiating, drafting and management of commercial agreements (focusing on sell side)
- Managing Legal & Compliance reporting, monitoring & training, incl. transparency reporting, dawn-raid training.
- Supporting enterprise risk management, third party risk management, contract management, risk assessment management, contract management and CORE etc.
- Ensuring timely and high-quality analysis of legislation, legislation drafts and their potential impact on the Sandoz META Export business processes
- As a member of the Country Leadership Team, pro-actively contribute to strategy and business discussions, decisions, and outcomes.
- Consistently explore opportunities to improve and strengthen the culture of compliance, looking for ways of addressing risks in an efficient and agile manner.
- Support investigations conducted by authorities, Corporate Security and Speak-Up on legal and compliance issues.
- Responsible for anticipating, identifying and analysing legal issues and the development of legal strategies and solutions. Continuously monitor developments in the business, local market and legal/regulatory regime to adequately assess legal risks and opportunities for Sandoz and propose concrete actions to mitigate risks and exploit opportunities.
- Ensure local management team is made aware of Group-wide norms, including policies, and are taking action to implement the same in their businesses. Oversee adjustment of all such norms, where required, to reflect local law and regulation.
- Ensure training is provided to management and associates in the areas of the law presenting the greatest risk locally.
- Act as a business partner in all actions relating to Sandoz’s contractual negotiations, compliance and statutory obligations; relating to the ownership, control and protection of inventions and confidential business information, reviewing, drafting and negotiating all legal business issues regarding Sandoz’s research collaborations, licensing activities and other significant transactions.
- Handle legal issues related to business development, labour law and corporate governance. Negotiate and draft distribution agreements, licensing agreements, promotion agreements, services agreements, acquisition and/or divestment agreements.
- Internal stakeholder satisfaction with amount, appropriateness, and timeliness of legal support provided (i.e pragmatic and principled, reliable, fast, customer oriented)
- Strong, collaborative leadership displayed, influencing outside area of direct responsibility with business acumen and excellent communication
- Successful enforcement/defence of contracts within Gulf and KSA
- Full integration into the respective leadership teams and strong collaboration with key stakeholders
- Strong cross-functional collaboration
- No major compliance/regulatory issue
- Successful outcomes to significant investigations & litigations
- Legal team talent acquisition & development (mentoring, coaching, delegating)
- Law school graduate & bar qualification (admitted to practice law in a jurisdiction)
- Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic essential.
- 10 years post qualification experience required: ideally gained within a healthcare / pharmaceutical environment, and/or, with a top-tier law firm representing healthcare.
- Experience in Saudi Arabia and Gulf is preferable
- Experience in managing Legal & Compliance teams, work and projects
- Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
- Ability to analyse complex legal and compliance issues.
- Strong verbal & written communication skills; together with a high ability to influence and negotiate.
- Proven ability to deal positively when working within tight time pressures & demanding clients.
- Financial/business acumen and business partnering skills
- Demonstrate professional & culturally sensitive work ethics
- Change agility and resilience
- Strong analytical and organisational skills.
- Proven ability to proactively provide insightful and timely legal support to stakeholders across a functionally and geographically dispersed organisation.
- Results oriented mentality i.e. “ability to get things done” avoiding legal “over engineering” while safeguarding Sandoz rights.
- Ability to question and improve the status quo.
- Ability to set priorities and manage a wide ranging workload.
Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!
With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.
Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills, experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!
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Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf
Riyadh, Riyadh
Sandoz International GmbH
Posted 14 days ago
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Job Description
Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf
The Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading and supervising legal and compliance work and guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.
Major Accountabilities
- Adopt a pro-active, business focused approach by:
- Serving as single point of contact for all Legal & Compliance tasks in Gulf and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia including coordinating data privacy, antitrust, intellectual property topics with Global Leads and Teams.
- Providing Legal & Compliance advice and determining appropriate actions/ processes in line with local strategy, local legal trends and legislation changes.
- Managing matters and litigation (legislative matters, antibribery, unfair competition and anti-trust, labour etc.)
- Negotiating, drafting and management of commercial agreements (focusing on sell side)
- Managing Legal & Compliance reporting, monitoring & training, incl. transparency reporting, dawn-raid training.
- Supporting enterprise risk management, third party risk management, contract management, risk assessment management, contract management and CORE etc.
- Ensuring timely and high-quality analysis of legislation, legislation drafts and their potential impact on the Sandoz META Export business processes
- As a member of the Country Leadership Team, pro-actively contribute to strategy and business discussions, decisions, and outcomes.
- Consistently explore opportunities to improve and strengthen the culture of compliance, looking for ways of addressing risks in an efficient and agile manner.
- Support investigations conducted by authorities, Corporate Security and Speak-Up on legal and compliance issues.
- Responsible for anticipating, identifying and analysing legal issues and the development of legal strategies and solutions. Continuously monitor developments in the business, local market and legal/regulatory regime to adequately assess legal risks and opportunities for Sandoz and propose concrete actions to mitigate risks and exploit opportunities.
- Ensure local management team is made aware of Group-wide norms, including policies, and are taking action to implement the same in their businesses. Oversee adjustment of all such norms, where required, to reflect local law and regulation.
- Ensure training is provided to management and associates in the areas of the law presenting the greatest risk locally.
- Act as a business partner in all actions relating to Sandoz's contractual negotiations, compliance and statutory obligations; relating to the ownership, control and protection of inventions and confidential business information, reviewing, drafting and negotiating all legal business issues regarding Sandoz's research collaborations, licensing activities and other significant transactions.
- Handle legal issues related to business development, labour law and corporate governance. Negotiate and draft distribution agreements, licensing agreements, promotion agreements, services agreements, acquisition and/or divestment agreements.
Key Performance Indicators
- Internal stakeholder satisfaction with amount, appropriateness, and timeliness of legal support provided (i.e pragmatic and principled, reliable, fast, customer oriented)
- Strong, collaborative leadership displayed, influencing outside area of direct responsibility with business acumen and excellent communication
- Successful enforcement/defence of contracts within Gulf and KSA
- Full integration into the respective leadership teams and strong collaboration with key stakeholders
- Strong cross-functional collaboration
- No major compliance/regulatory issue
- Successful outcomes to significant investigations & litigations
- Law school graduate & bar qualification (admitted to practice law in a jurisdiction)
- Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic essential.
- 10 years post qualification experience required: ideally gained within a healthcare / pharmaceutical environment, and/or, with a top-tier law firm representing healthcare.
- Experience in Saudi Arabia and Gulf is preferable
- Experience in managing Legal & Compliance teams, work and projects
- Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
- Ability to analyse complex legal and compliance issues.
- Strong verbal & written communication skills; together with a high ability to influence and negotiate.
- Proven ability to deal positively when working within tight time pressures & demanding clients.
- Financial/business acumen and business partnering skills
- Demonstrate professional & culturally sensitive work ethics
- Change agility and resilience
- Strong analytical and organisational skills.
- Proven ability to proactively provide insightful and timely legal support to stakeholders across a functionally and geographically dispersed organisation.
- Results oriented mentality i.e. "ability to get things done" avoiding legal "over engineering" while safeguarding Sandoz rights.
- Ability to question and improve the status quo.
- Ability to set priorities and manage a wide ranging workload.
Why Sandoz?
Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!
With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.
Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills, experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!
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