Corporate Counsel – Compliance

Job Type: Location Type: On-site

 

Job Title: Corporate Counsel – Compliance

Company: AISIN World Corp. of America

Department: Legal Affairs Department

Location: Northville, MI

Position Summary

Are you a legal professional with a passion for building ethical business cultures? AISIN World Corp of America (“AWA”), a global automotive leader, seeks a Corporate Counsel-Compliance to join our dynamic legal team.

In this role, you will help lead our multinational compliance program, which spans 30+ subsidiaries across North America. You will work closely with our Japanese headquarters to develop and implement compliance strategies that protect our organization while fostering a culture of integrity.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of compliance program experience, thrives in complex multilingual environments (English, Spanish, Japanese), and excels at investigating potential issues and developing forward-looking compliance infrastructure. You will have the opportunity to significantly impact our organization while gaining invaluable experience in global compliance leadership.

This position offers extensive growth opportunities and regular travel (15%) to our US, Mexico, and Canada facilities. If you are ready to take your compliance career to the next level in an industry leader committed to ethical business practices, we want to hear from you.

Position Responsibilities

Corporate Counsel – Compliance is expected to perform the following three core functions that the company has determined are essential to this position:

l. Compliance Program Leadership & Implementation

• Oversee and manage the company’s compliance program
  • Administered to over 30 subsidiaries and affiliates in Canada, the USA, and Mexico
    • Note program and all materials are implemented in Spanish, English, and Japanese
• Oversight and management of Company’s Code of Conduct
  • Including annual training, onboarding of new hires, and revisions as needed
• Cooperation and collaboration with the Company’s Japan headquarters compliance team, including weekly calls to discuss the status of compliance activities, promotion of compliance materials, and other topics
  • Note some calls may be late at night or early in the morning
• Provide annual training on compliance-related topics, and policies and procedures throughout the organization
  • Code of Conduct
  • Antitrust
  • Anticorruption
  • Compliance Office and Manage Training
• Provide reporting on compliance-related metrics to General Counsel, senior management, and Japan headquarters management
• Provide support to over 30 subsidiaries and affiliates, including advice and counsel, onboarding, and other support as needed
• Collaborate with compliance officers and managers at each subsidiary and affiliate on compliance-related topics
• Oversee and manage the company’s annual compliance survey

ll. Risk Management & Investigation

• Management of Company’s compliance hotline reports
  • Managing all incoming reports
  • Overseeing that all reports are handled timely
  • Working with Company personnel to determine appropriate handling of cases
• Oversee and manage investigations in collaboration with Company personnel
  • Conduct internal investigation
  • Manage and oversee investigations done by law firms and legal service providers
• Provide advice and counsel to employees, senior management, and Japan headquarters personnel as needed as it relates to compliance, ethics, and issues relating to the compliance program overall
• Legal assessment of hotline reports and provision of advice and counsel to senior management

lll. Compliance Infrastructure Development

• Legal assessment of policies and procedures
• Draft policies and procedures as needed and promote them through the organization
  • Proposal and approval by senior management
  • Promotion throughout complex network of subsidiaries and affiliates
  • Coordination and provision of training to office and manufacturing staff
• Management of all vendors and law firms relating to the company compliance program
• Management of outside counsel relating to provision of services for compliance-related topics

Required Skills and Abilities

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Ability to project manage large-scale compliance rollouts and projects required.
• No less than 5 years of verifiable experience in law firm or in-house legal/compliance department.
• No less than 5 years of verifiable relevant experience involving work promoting, implementing, and building traction for a corporate compliance program.
• Proficient in PowerPoint and able to present ideas and concepts.
• Excellent and engaging communication skills – presentation, written and verbal.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative.
• Must have effective organization and time-management skills and a high attention to detail.

Beneficial Skills and Experience

• Skills with promoting compliance activities to the workforce.
• Prior experience in compliance investigations.
• Public speaking.
• Experience with training/teaching workforce about compliance issues.
• Experience with promoting compliance materials in multiple languages.

Education/Training/Certifications

• JD from an ABA accredited law school
• Current member in good standing of one (1) U.S. State Bar (does not need to be Michigan).

Travel Requirements

• Approximately 15 %
• Driving and air travel required.
• Domestic travel to Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, California, Georgia.
• International travel to Mexico, and Canada.
• Passport required.
• Must be willing and available to travel to such locations and with such frequency as is necessary and desirable to meet business needs.

Work Environment Requirements

With reasonable accommodation:

• Must be able to operate a personal computer, telephone, and other office equipment.
• Must perform job duties onsite, when necessary, except those duties that are customarily or by their nature performed offsite (for example, offsite customer visits).
• Must be able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be able to work on multiple assignments at once, and complete assignments within deadline and budget (if applicable) with satisfactory quality.
• Must be able to operate as an effective team member.
• Must be committed to a high standard of safety and be willing and able to comply with all safety laws and all company safety policies.

Attendance/Work Hour Requirements

• Must maintain an acceptable attendance record.
• Must be willing and available to work weekends and holidays as necessary and desirable to meet business needs.