We’re re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives. That includes the lives of everyone who works for Anglo American. We strive to be a great company where employees are happy and inspired to do their best work. A place where every colleague can grow, develop and realise their potential. To live up to our Always with Purpose employee value proposition, we’re putting the development and growth of colleagues first by ensuring everyone at Anglo American has the career experience they deserve.

Purpose:

The Regulatory & Compliance Advisor is responsible for assisting with the management of compliance and regulatory legal risk for Anglo American Marketing on a global scale; and managing Group Legal’s support to Anglo American on wider regulatory matters.

Responsibilities include:

Specialist Legal Support

Support the success of Anglo American and its Marketing business by

• Providing day to day risk-based advice and input into strategic projects to commercial and functional teams on regulatory and compliance requirements applicable to a multi-jurisdictional Marketing business including in respect of:
  • Anti-bribery and corruption
  • Anti-trust
  • Data protection
  • Fraud
  • Financial services and market conduct requirements
  • Sanctions and trade controls
  • Sustainability/ethical sourcing risk
• Working closely with commercial and functional teams to provide timely, pragmatic and commercial advice in connection with commercial transactions, projects and strategy development, including appropriate contractual protections for risk
• Collaborating with the internal Compliance team to provide effective operational compliance oversight and monitoring.
• Participating in risk assessments and proactively engaging with key commercial and functional stakeholders.
• Overseeing internal investigations with compliance or regulatory implications.
• Engaging in internal advocacy and delivering training to raise awareness of regulatory and compliance risk, and the Company’s risk mitigation strategies and controls.
• Providing reports in respect of provision of services at a frequency and level of detail required by Head of Legal & Compliance – Marketing or Group General Counsel.  Where required, participate in briefings of General Counsel, Business management and other stakeholders.
• Managing provision of internal and external legal services and providing legal advice in a cost-effective manner.
• Advisory and drafting support on commodity transaction documentation

Health, Safety & Environment:

• Demonstrate behaviour in line with health, safety and environmental standards and with the Group’s values
• Set the health, safety and environmental expectations for your team and monitor behaviour so that it meets the required standards
• Participate in relevant safety audits, inspections and observations, and address issues as part of demonstrating safety leadership

People / Leadership:

• Demonstrate behaviour in line with the Group’s values, standards and a professional workplace.
• Participate as an effective team member in working collaboratively with your leader, peers and relevant others (including from other teams) to achieve business goals
• Operating as a 4 eye review to other colleagues on questions involving regulatory risk
• Contribute to the broader business by working with others in such a way that it optimises the overall business results, rather than just your team.

Financial:

• Identify any opportunities for improved cost management and either address these, or raise them with your manager as appropriate

Work Processes:

• Identify gaps in policy & system design, implementation or execution that are negatively impacting on your team or their performance and initiate action to address these issues, considering the impact on suppliers and customers. For policies & systems within your authority, make the required changes. For others, escalate these issues to seek action and / or look for alternative solutions

• Qualified as solicitor in England and Wales or other relevant common law jurisdiction such as Singapore, Australia or Canada
• Minimum 3 years PQE (or equivalent)

Knowledge:

• Strong practical understanding of global trading regulatory requirements with emphasis on UK/US regulatory requirements.
• Experience of international commodity trading (physical and paper), preferably gained in-house within a large multinational commodities company or law firm.
• Experience of operating within a regulated environment or working for a regulatory body.
• Commercial awareness and pragmatism.
• In-depth understanding of identifying and mitigating risk.
• Broad understanding of English law or relevant common law, with mining industry experience and knowledge of mining law useful but not essential.
• Experience of working for a global business with operations in diverse locations.
• Commercial understanding of consequences of legal scenarios/decisions.

Who We Are
We aim to lead the industry by pursuing ever safer ways of working, demonstrating integrity and showing care and respect for people and the planet. That means we are constantly seeking new opportunities to mine and process our products sustainably, using less water, less energy and more precise extraction technologies. Our extraordinary teams work safely and collaboratively, with the utmost consideration for local communities, our customers and the world at large.

What We Offer
When you join Anglo American, you can expect to enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package. But more than this, you’ll find yourself in an environment where the opportunities for learning and growth are second to none. From technical training to leadership programmes, we bring out the best in our people. There are plenty of opportunities to move onwards and upwards too. We’re a large, successful multinational company – and we’re still growing all the time.

How We Are Committed To Your Safety
Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a day’s work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only that, we’re also continually investing in new technologies that are helping to make mining safer.

Inclusion and Diversity
We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are. We provide equality of opportunity to enable everyone to fulfil their potential.

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