Senior Manager Compliance

About the role

National Foods Limited is looking for a Senior Manager Compliance to own and drive its ethics and compliance program. The role maintains the Code of Conduct and related policies, runs the integrity and whistleblowing channel, leads investigations into misconduct and policy breaches, and builds a culture of integrity across the organization, working closely with the business functions and the Board Audit Committee.

Key responsibilities

• Act as Policy Owner for the Code of Conduct and related policies (anti-bribery/corruption, conflicts of interest, gifts and hospitality, whistleblowing, third-party due diligence), keeping them up to date with laws and industry standards.
• Maintain Tier 2 compliance policies and give input to Tier 1 policy reviews.
• Monitor changes in laws and regulations and communicate them across the company.
• Drive company-wide communication and training on compliance and set the tone for ethical conduct.
• Administer the integrity reporting portal, triage cases confidentially and report usage trends to leadership.
• Lead or oversee internal investigations into misconduct and policy breaches, coordinating with the Ethics Committee, People, Legal and business units, and recommending corrective or disciplinary action.
• Refer complaints of sexual harassment or gender-based discrimination to the statutory Inquiry Committee under the Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act, 2010, and follow statutory procedures instead of the compliance process.
• Design and run the compliance monitoring and testing program, run compliance risk assessments and report metrics and incidents to senior management and the Board.
• Act as point of contact for sector and operational regulators, maintain the policy inventory and escalate material breaches to the Board Audit Committee.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Law, Business, Finance or a related discipline, with 8 to 12 years of progressive experience in compliance, ethics, legal, audit or risk within a listed company or multinational.
• LLB or Master's preferred; experience running investigations and whistleblowing/integrity programs strongly preferred.