Corporate Counsel - Compliance

Position Responsibilities

The Corporate Counsel - Compliance is expected to perform the following functions that the company has determined are essential to this position:

• Compliance
  • Oversee and manage company's compliance program which is administered to over 30 subsidiaries and affiliates in Canada, USA and Mexico
    • Note program and all materials are implemented in Spanish, English and Japanese
  • Oversight and management of Company Code or Conduct, including annual training and onboarding of new hires and revisions as needed
  • Draft policies and procedures as needed and promote them through organization
    • Proposal and approval by Senior Management
    • Promotion throughout complex network of subsidiaries and affiliates
    • Coordination and provision of training to office and manufacturing staff
  • Provide annual training on compliance related topics, policies and procedures throughout the organization
    • Code of conduct
    • Antitrust
    • Anticorruption
    • Compliance office and Manage training
  • Provide reporting on compliance-related metrics to General Counsel, Senior Management and Japan headquarters management
  • Provide support to over 30 subsidiaries and affiliates including advice and counsel onboarding and other support as needed
  • Collaborate with compliance officers and managers at each subsidiary and affiliate on compliance related topics
  • Management of compliance hotline reports in collaboration with company's employment counsel
  • Oversee and manage investigations with company's senior employment counsel
    • Conduct internal investigations
    • Manage and oversee investigations don't by law firms and legal service providers
    • Cooperation and collaboration with company's Japan headquarters compliance team including weekly calls to discuss status of compliance activities, promotion of compliance material and other topics
    • Note some calls may be late night or early morning
    • Oversee and manage company's compliance survey
  • Management of all vendors and law firms related to the company's compliance program
  • Legal
    • Provide advice and counsel to compliance, senior management and Japan headquarters, as needed, as it relates to compliance, ethics and issues related to the compliance program overall
    • Legal assessment of hotline reports and provision of advice and counsel to their senior management
    • Legal assessment of policies and procedures
    • Management of outside counsel relating to provision of services for compliance related topics

  • Required Skills and Abilities

    Essential Skills and Experience:

  • No less than 10 years' prior experience in law firm or in-house legal department.
  • No less than 5 years of relevant experience involving work promoting, implementing and building traction for a corporate compliance program.
  • Ability to project manage large-scale compliance rollouts.
  • Proficient in PowerPoint.
  • Excellent and engaging communication skills - presentation, written and verbal.
  • Ability to work independently and take initiative.
  • Must have effective organization and time-management skills and a high attention to detail

    Beneficial Skills and Experience:

  • Skills with promoting compliance activities to workforce.
  • Prior experience in compliance investigations.
  • Public speaking.
  • Experience with training/teaching workforce about compliance issues.
  • Experience with promoting compliance materials in multiple languages.Education/Training/Certifications:
  • JD from ABA accredited law school
  • Current member in good standing of one (1) U.S. State Bar

• Work Environment Requirements:

  • • Must be able to operate a personal computer, telephone and other office equipment.
    • Must perform job duties onsite, except those duties that are customarily or by their nature performed offsite (for example, offsite customer visits).
    • Must be able to work effectively in a fast paced environment where constructive criticism is encouraged.
    • Must be able to work on multiple assignments at once, and complete assignments within deadline and budget (if applicable) with satisfactory quality.
    • Must be able to operate as an effective team member.

• Attendance/Work Hour Requirements:

• This is not a remote work position
• Full-time position.
• Must maintain an acceptable attendance record.
• Must be willing and available to work such weekends and holidays as necessary and desirable to meet business needs.

Travel Requirements:

• Approximately 15-25%
• Domestic travel to Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, California, Mexico and Canada.

• Must be willing and available to travel to such locations and with such frequency as is necessary and desirable to meet business needs.

Candidates applying for positions with Aisin must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

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