Compliance Manager

About the role

As the Compliance Manager, you will be responsible for supporting on all aspects of Qatar Airways Group's compliance and regulatory strategy. Advise on legal matters surrounding all compliance regulations and legislation such as Sanctions, Export Control, Anti Bribery and Corruption, Due Diligence, Ethics, Consumer Right. You will also be drafting, reviewing and negotiating policies and procedures on a range of legal and compliance matters focused around compliance and regulatory requirements. Provide legal and compliance advice on Compliance and Regulatory concerns across the QR Group with a view to minimizing QR Group's exposure to reputation and financial risk(s). Understand, interpret and apply compliance law(s) and regulation(s) principles to the QR Group's current and future business strategies.

Key responsibilities  

• Support on matters related to Compliance, ensuring Qatar Airways Group is compliant with applicable laws and regulations at all times. 
•  Assist in managing policies and procedures to prevent illegal, unethical or improper conduct.
• Identify legal risks and non-compliance and recommend improvements for all business departments and business processes in conjunction with other relevant internal stakeholders.
• Supporting in developing and maintaining relevant global compliance and regulatory programme.
• Assist in providing legal interpretations on compliance laws and regulations with a view to minimizing the exposure to reputational & financial risk exposure experienced by business in accordance with corporate risk appetite.
• Support the handling of external enquiries and issues relating to compliance and ethical matters.
• Provide legal interpretations on compliance laws and regulations with a view to minimizing the exposure to reputational & financial risk exposure experienced by business in accordance with corporate risk appetite.
• Identify, create, support and manage updating relevant policies, procedures and guidance in relation to compliance and regulatory issues.
• Guide and support the handling of internal enquiries and issues relating to compliance, regulatory and ethics practices, providing advice on information handling aspects.
• Assist in conducting compliance risk assessments and investigations to identify any gaps and/or mitigation strategies and articulate and manage those strategies to satisfactory level in line with business appetite(s) and manage compliance risks with the business.
• Perform other department duties related to his/her position as directed by the Head of the Department.

About you

• Must hold Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent with Minimum 7 years of compliance and regulatory specific legal experience
• Experience in similar position in multi-cultural environment in legal, risk & compliance
• Must be qualified as a lawyer in a recognized jurisdiction
• Demonstrate deep knowledge of compliance and regulatory risks handling
• Expertise in international compliance and regulatory laws and practices and an in-depth understanding of the Sanctions, Export Control, Due Diligence, aviation laws and regulations and their applications 
• Proven track record of handling complex issues and negotiating with a variety of internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent Command of English language, in written and spoken
• Excellent MS Word and other MS Office packages
• Excellent writing, communication, organizational and problem-solving skills
   

Preferred

• Formally recognized senior compliance certification(s)
• Compliance professional certificate 
• Aviation industry experience 
• Experience in dealing with service contracts with a technical background
• Prior experience in dealing with technology related to compliance issues (e.g. vendor/supplier technical evaluations, GRC)

Application Guidelines

Employees must submit applications through internal vacancies portal (via GEMS) only.

Please see below for all eligibility and requirements for internal applications and please note that any applications not meeting the criteria will not be processed.

• All internal candidates can only have three active applications at any point in time.
•  All internal candidates must have completed a minimum 10 months in their current role in order to apply for a new role
•  All internal candidates with an active final warning letter will be automatically disqualified from the recruitment process
•  If you are Cabin Crew or Deck Crew(Qatar Airways & Qatar Executive) candidate, you would require NOC to apply for this role.