Summary:
The Senior Legal Compliance Officer is responsible for developing and overseeing the Group’s compliance framework across all entities, ensuring adherence to applicable local, regional, and international laws and regulations. The role covers a broad range of regulatory and corporate compliance requirements. It requires close coordination with relevant stakeholders, providing guidance on compliance issues and monitoring legal risks.
This role operates within a cross-functional structure, liaising closely with the legal and Internal Audit Departments on matters related to compliance, governance and internal controls.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Design, implement, and continuously improve comprehensive compliance programs aligned with CMA CGM’s strategic objectives, ensuring adherence to all applicable legal and regulatory requirements across business activities.
- Ensure that the Group operates in full compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies across jurisdictions, not limited to maritime law.
- Conduct regular legal and compliance risk assessments and propose mitigation strategies across all business areas.
- Monitor and analyze legal and regulatory developments across relevant jurisdictions and industries, assessing their impact on the Group and ensuring timely implementation of necessary changes.
- Track regulatory changes and ensure timely adaptation to new legal requirements.
- Develop and review, internal policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with applicable laws and regulations. .
- Provide expert guidance to senior management and business units on compliance, governance, and regulatory matters.
- Advise business units on the implementation of compliance requirements in day-to-day operations, in coordination with Internal Audit.
- Liaise closely with the Legal and Internal Audit Departments within a cross-functional structure to ensure effective coordination on compliance, governance, and internal control matters.
- Coordinate with the Legal Department on the interpretation and application of laws and regulations, legal risk assessment.
- Collaborate with Internal Audit on compliance risk assessments, alignment of internal policies with legal requirements, and the follow-up on identified risks and remediation actions.
- Ensure proper documentation, reporting, and record-keeping of compliance activities and controls.
Personal Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Law, Master’s degree or a professional legal qualification is preferred. Professional certifications such as CCEP or CAMS are a plus.
Experience: Minimum of 7-10 years of experience in legal compliance, with strong and demonstrable expertise in maritime law and/or within the shipping and logistics industry.
Knowledge: In-depth understanding of international trade law, maritime regulatory frameworks, and corporate compliance standards, including but not limited to anti-bribery and corruption (FCPA/UK Bribery Act), data protection (GDPR), and environmental and sustainability regulations relevant to the maritime and logistics sector.
