Manager- Global Ethics & Independence (RR000069)

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Summary of Role

Reporting to the Director of Global Ethics & Independence (E&I), the Manager is responsible for

the management of the day-to-day activities of the compliance monitoring team by overseeing

and leading monitoring activities with regards to BDO Firms compliance with Global Ethics &

Independence policies and procedures; use of Global independence technology including

Quality control of PIE COI checks and providing Corporate Tree information as requested.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Gain a robust knowledge of BDO's independence technical manual and independence tools to provide support to the Global Independence team and to BDO firms.
• Responsible for the management and creation of processes for the day-to-day operations of the department.
• Quality control on Conflict-of-Interest Requests
• Respond to Corporate Tree (Corporate Group structure) requests from BDO Firms.
• Monitor BDO firms’ compliance with Ethics & Independence policies and procedures
• Support BDO firms with clients’ ingestion in Global Entity Management System (EMS)
• Monitor BDO firms’ completion of Accreditation NextGen process and related reporting
• Provide support to BDO firms' requests on shared mailbox or ServiceNow (BDO incident and request ticketing system)
• Responsible for Reporting on usage of the COI tools and compliance of BDO Firms to Global Independence policies and procedures to: BDO Global Management, Regional CEOs, Firms
• Management of global independence software and external vendor products including staying current and researching potential new/revisions to tools
• Participate in improvement and development of global independence technology tools
• Plan, develop and maintain policies and procedures that enable and encourage the optimum performance of the team and other resources within the department
• Responsible for the management of Firm Expansion Independence Due Diligence processes and reporting to Director
• Work with Senior Management in recruitment
• Work closely with other members of the E&I team and assist other members of the team as and when required
• Other duties as required

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent experience
• Minimum 5 years of experience in business support or project coordination role with at least 2 years of management experience in a team-oriented workplace
• Experience in compliance is preferred
• Experience with managing over 10 people is preferred

Skills:

• Proactivity, show initiative and able to anticipate project needs
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office, strong Excel knowledge
• Experience of working with online tools
• Excellent level of English (the working language of the Global Office), and strong written and spoken communications skills
• Evidence of the ability to practice a high level of confidentiality
• Strong attention to details and number accuracy
• Ability to prioritize workloads and flexibility to manage multiple team members and deadlines
• Ability to work autonomously and to build effective working relationships with the E&I team, other BDO Global Department and BDO network.
• Knowledge of audit and accounting compliance is a plus