Welcome to the Drake companies: Part of UNACEM NA, the Southwest's leading supplier of cement and aggregate building materials. It is our mission to provide our customers with the highest quality products and services, while maintaining environmental and social responsibility and a strong focus on our most valuable resource, our employees. The Drake companies are growing rapidly, and we invite you to explore our site to find out more about us.

Job Overview:

This role requires a combination of legal, regulatory, and compliance knowledge along with strong communication and leadership skills to effectively manage risks within the group's operations.

Responsibilities:

* Intermediary Role: Act as a liaison between corporate compliance management, corporate legal function, and management of companies under its responsibility.

* Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with regulations such as Money Laundering Prevention or Information Protection, becoming the Compliance Officer for relevant matters.

* Design and Documentation: Create and document risk assessment and internal control systems to support corporate policies regarding legal, ethics, and compliance issues.

* Adoption and Monitoring: Implement and monitor legal and compliance programs tailored to each company's reality and exposure levels.

* Investigations: Conduct investigations assigned by the Corporate Risk and Compliance Department and follow up on action plans.

* Policy Supervision: Supervise compliance with corporate policies, report inconsistencies, and define corrective actions.

* Policy Adoption: Ensure adoption of corporate policies and alignment with senior management guidelines.

* Review Processes: Centralize coordination with internal supervisory areas to streamline review processes.

* Remediation: Lead remediation processes for internal control system findings related to legal, ethics, and compliance matters.

* Reporting: Periodically report compliance levels to company management and Corporate Risk and Compliance Function.

* Ethics Commission Support: Provide support to the Company's Ethics Commission, including conducting investigations and preparing necessary reports.

* Risk Identification and Mitigation: Identify and report ethics or compliance risks, propose mitigation measures, and ensure policy application.

* Training: Deliver training programs on risk management, internal control, legal, ethics, and compliance.

* Due Diligence: Conduct due diligence programs for M&A, important projects, and third-party entities.

* Continuous Improvement: Establish annual processes to evaluate and improve risk management, internal control, and compliance processes.

* Risk Assessment: Manage the risk assessment process and monitor action plans for risk management.

* Policy Implementation: Coordinate and support the implementation of business ethics, compliance management policies, and legal affairs policies.

* Process Improvement: Implement processes and actions to improve risk management, internal control, and compliance.

* Other Duties: Undertake other tasks assigned by Corporate Compliance Management and/or Corporate Legal Management.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

* Education and Experience: Juris Doctor or equivalent degree and licensed to practice in at least one state in the U.S.A. (Arizona, California, Nevada)

* Additional Education and Experience: Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or similar with a minimum of 8 years of experience in relevant areas.

* Certifications: Postgraduate studies in Ethics and Compliance or International Compliance Certification preferred, along with other related certifications.

* Legal and Regulatory Knowledge: Familiarity with the SOX legal framework, internal control, free competition regulations, environmental regulations, and FCPA.

* Language Skills: Fluent in spoken and written English, conversational Spanish preferred.

Preferred:

* Advanced Education: Graduate degree in relevant fields such as Administration, Accounting, or Industrial Engineering.

Benefits:

* Competitive Wages Dependent on Experience

* Medical, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance

* 401k Company Match

* Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays

* Room for Growth Opportunities

* Health Savings Account

* Positive Work Environment

Our company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.