Counsel - Global Ethics & Compliance

Description & Requirements

The Counsel is responsible for managing and supporting key compliance processes to ensure adherence to federal and state regulations, ethical standards, and internal policies.

This role involves drafting and updating compliance policies, providing guidance to internal stakeholders, and delivering compliance-related training.

Core responsibilities include evaluating conflicts of interest, reviewing subcontractor and vendor agreements, assessing compliance risks in proposals, and ensuring compliance with ethics laws such as the False Claims Act (FCA), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and Anti-Kickback Act.

The Counsel will also oversee gift and hospitality disclosures, conduct background investigation adjudications, analyze M&A transactions for compliance risks, and assist with ethics investigations.

Collaboration with cross-functional teams and the ability to analyze and mitigate compliance risks are essential for success in this role.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Draft/update, interpret, and explain compliance policies and support corporate policy development.
- Provide guidance to internal stakeholders on compliance-related inquiries.
- Develop and provide compliance-related training for internal stakeholders as needed.
- Ensure compliance and maintain current working knowledge of compliance and ethics laws and regulations impacting operations.
- Review subcontractor and vendor agreements to identify compliance requirements, risks, and mitigations.
- Review proposals/solicitations to identify compliance risks and provide compliance attestations.
- Review conflict of interest disclosures and collaborate cross-functionally as needed to ensure appropriate investigation and mitigation strategies.
- Conduct risk-based analysis of gift and hospitality requests and provide guidance to internal stakeholders.
- Analyze M&A transactions for compliance-related risk and assist with integration efforts.
- Audit employee expense reports for compliance with applicable state and federal laws and regulations.
- Review candidates for employment to evaluate potential conflicts of interest and post-government employment restrictions and assist with mitigation efforts.
- Conduct background investigation adjudications: review background investigations, dialogue, court documents, vote hire/no hire decisions, 9 Factor NYC Regulations.
- Assist Ethics team with compliance investigations.



* Oversee compliance processes designed to prevent or detect violations of compliance and ethics rules, laws and regulations impacting operations such Federal and state government ethics rules, False Claims Act (FCA), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Anti-Kickback Act, and OFAC sanctions regulations.


* Conflicts of interest: Manage conflicts of interest disclosure review workflow and approval processes.

Work with functional leaders to determine appropriate escalation based on operational needs and legal risk.

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