Location:
Raleigh, North Carolina, United StatesJob ID:
R0049403Date Posted:
2024-05-03Company Name:
HITACHI ENERGY USA INCProfession (Job Category):
Legal, Compliance & AuditJob Schedule:
Full timeRemote:
YesJob Description:
General Information:
Hitachi Energy offers power and automation products, systems and service solutions across the generation, transmission and distribution value chain - enabling a stronger, smarter and greener power grid. We are seeking an ESG Regulatory & Product Material Compliance Counsel responsible for the North American region to be based in the US or NAM who will be a member of our Global Competency Center in our business function Legal and Integrity. This role will report to the Head of L&I Regulatory Affairs.
Your Responsibilities:
- Support corporate ESG & Product Regulatory Compliance roadmap.
- Monitor, interpret and advise on ESG and Product Material Compliance related regulations that impact the Hitachi Energy business in general and its product portfolio in a timely manner.
- Prioritizing requirements, advising consequences, enabling risk management.
- Align local or regional approaches with global processes and requirements, ensure consistent implementation.
- Drive and guide legal responses to officials, coordinate with business and functional stakeholders.
- Provide guidance and conduct training to internal stakeholders on ESG and Product Material Compliance regulations.
- Drive compliance related projects cross functionally.
- Embed compliance, recording and declarations into existing processes and tools (portal, SharePoint, SAP, gate models, etc.) as available;.
- Support the establishment of new or improvement of existing processes for ESG Regulatory and Product Material Compliance;
- Proactively identify and resolve compliance related issues and challenges.
- Ensure the implementation of corporate regulations and standards for ESG Regulatory and Product Material Compliance in NAM;
- Education & knowledge sharing.
- Living core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
Your Background:
- J.D. from an American Bar Association accredited law school and bar admission in a U.S. State Bar, with minimum of 8-10 years' experience with ESG regulations with focus on environmental regulations.
- Workable knowledge in Chemistry, Materials or Engineering
- Candidate must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in the United States.
- Excellent communication skill on all managerial and executive levels in a complex matrix organization, ability to work and report remotely, open minded and dynamic attitude to changes; intercultural sensitivity.
- Several years of experience in working in or with multinational enterprises with large matrix organizations
- Experience in Project Management and managing external Consultants and law firms
- Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office tools and ERP systems (SAP)
- Hands-on and problem-solving mentality to challenge "status quo"
- Willingness to develop the role and scope considering evolving regulatory environment Fluent English, other languages an asset Willingness to travel (10-20%)
Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)-Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
Protected veterans and qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access Hitachi Energy career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling a Hitachi Energy HR Representative at 1-888-504-2007 or by sending an email to: us-pg-askhr@abb.com. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner.
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