Sr Counsel Intl. Trade Controls & Sanctions

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the world's largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity of any major producer. 

With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

This Compliance Counsel will serve as a key member of the Law Organization’s recently created Corporate Compliance Organization and will provide ground-floor guidance and knowledge on international Trade Compliance and Sanctions, along with a broad spectrum of compliance matters that confront a multinational energy company and its global subsidiaries and joint ventures. 

Compliance Counsel, reporting through the Chief Compliance Officer and the General Counsel, will support the Company's overall compliance objectives and provide legal advice, oversight, and governance on a wide range of complex legal and business issues related to global export, customs, and economic sanctions laws and regulations.

Saudi Aramco's Law Organization is growing in response to a broad corporate initiative that involves the continued growth of its exploration, production, refining and marketing, along with expansion into petrochemicals, renewables, power and other sectors of the energy business. For adventurous individuals who are interested in working at one of the world's most successful companies, Saudi Aramco offers challenging and sophisticated in-house opportunities. 
 

As a successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:

• Providing trade controls and sanctions legal advice relevant to the jurisdiction and specific to the business needs and operations.
• Developing business procedures and providing legal advice and operational direction for export, customs, and economic sanctions regulatory compliance.
• Identifying trade control risks, and designing and implementing risk management controls.
• Developing and delivering trade controls and sanctions training to business lines and corporate functions personnel.
• Assisting business units in developing and implementing compliance procedures to address legal issues.
• Monitoring business unit performance to ensure that legal compliance requirements are implemented and adequate.
• Conducting and reviewing regulatory compliance due diligence for new business opportunities and acquisitions.
• Counseling and actively participating in technology development projects.
• Managing outside counsel, projects and integrated project teams.
• Overseeing Saudi Aramco’s compliance program obligations, including meeting all commitments of governmental trade obligations, as well as, regular interaction with governmental agencies, as necessary.
• Monitoring legal and regulatory requirements and developments to ensure current and accurate compliance policies and procedures.
• Providing direction, oversight, and counsel during compliance reviews, whether conducted by Saudi Aramco personnel or outside counsel.
• Supporting Saudi Aramco’s extensive global operations – including its numerous subsidiaries and joint ventures – with expert compliance counseling and advice.
• Working with the Chief Compliance Officer to address compliance concerns raised by business lines, subsidiary companies, and management.
• Working with other attorneys and personnel to monitor the effectiveness of the compliance program.
• Working with other attorneys and personnel to develop training modules, training individuals to deliver such modules, and rolling-out a comprehensive compliance training program.

As a successful candidate you will have:

• A Juris Doctorate degree or equivalent. 
• Current admission to general practice before the highest court of the state or country of which you are a citizen or resident.
• Minimum 12 years of hands-on trade controls and sanctions experience at a large multinational corporation.
• Direct experience with US and EU export licensing requirements and global trade controls operations.
• Experience with SAP Global Trade Services (GTS) or other trade controls compliance related electronic systems.
• Pragmatic, business-oriented, approach to challenges and competing priorities and deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to engage business line leaders to drive implementation of new procedures and legal requirements in a timely manner.
• Capable of international travel. 
• Sound judgment and unwavering ethics.
   

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.