Ethics & Compliance Specialist

Responsibilities:

- Assist in the implementation of WSP s Third-party Due Diligence Tool ( TPDD-Tool ) in all regions.

- Provide administrative support and train regions on usage of the TPDD-Tool.

- Review and assess any findings that the TPDD-Tool gathers for possible red flags.

- Generate reports to report on due diligence activities or check for any gaps.

- Review monitoring alerts for third parties entered in the TPDD-Tool for any possible compliance breaches or potential concerns and red flags.

- Conduct due diligence checks and issue internal due diligence reports by:

- Running due diligence checks on third parties and their beneficial owners involved in a project to look for breaches and issues in relation to bribery, antitrust, modern slavery, corruption, financial and military sanctions, trade laws and financial crimes;

- Collating all information revealed in the due diligence check, analyzing and reviewing results to prepare internal due diligence reports;

- Supporting with the qualitative reviews of the data entered in risk assessments as well as due diligence checks to ensure accuracy, consistency and completeness.

- Support regional Ethics and Compliance Officers with due diligence checks by:

- Adjudicating and analyzing red flags on clients and business partners;

- Providing complete internal due diligence reports for specific entities and individuals;

- Assisting in the day to day handling of the TPDD-Tool;

- Providing information about possible errors or potential issues in relation to the Business Partners entered in the TPDD-Tool.

- Support regional Ethics and Compliance Officers in the completion of project integrity review forms by:

Completing project integrity review forms;

- Assessing risk associated to a project;

- Conducting due diligence on all third parties and beneficial owners involved in a project;

- Preparing project specific enhanced compliance programs.

- Support clients, stakeholders with other Ethics & Compliance activities and initiatives.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor/masters degree in Accounting, Business Administration or Finance or Law.

- 3 to 5 years of relevant professional experience in a large corporation.

- Good working knowledge of US, UK and EU regulations and other countries regulations related to anti-corruption, AML, international sanctions and watchlists, and EDD requirements.

- Good working knowledge of risk assessment and management in high risk countries

- Prior experience in a highly automated environment and/or high degree of comfort with computers and technology.

- Proven experience with MS Outlook, MS Word, and MS Excel