Attorney - Compliance - Atlanta, GA
CRH
- Atlanta, GA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Providing support and legal advice to the legal and compliance function and the global business and corporate functions regarding compliance with international trade and sanctions laws and regulations, data privacy laws, antitrust laws and internal investigations procedures.
- Advising the business on relevant data protection considerations, including CCPA, CPRA and GDPR.
- Work with our Global Compliance team to enhance compliance initiatives, ensuring conformity to all applicable laws, regulations, and regulatory bodies, and horizon scanning to stay ahead of the curve.
- Providing support on and overseeing the handling of internal investigations, including ensuring that investigations are conducted promptly and in accordance with company procedures.
- Keeping up to date with all relevant laws and regulations in the US, Ireland and other countries where our organization operates, providing legal viewpoints and ensuring our continuous compliance.
- Collaborating with the Global Compliance Team in managing customized compliance initiatives globally to address stakeholder requirements and regulatory and compliance developments.
- Contributing to the design of relevant Compliance training, particularly in antitrust law, data privacy, international trade, anti-fraud and anti-bribery laws and regulations.
- Assisting in the development of policies to address business and legal requirements and to achieve CRH’s sustainability goals.
- Conduct legal research on various topics and draft memorandums of advice for senior compliance counsel review.
- Retrieve information from judicial, legislative, and industry databases.
- Develop strong working relationships with the operating companies.
- Assist attorneys, regional compliance managers, and other team members on various legal matters and provide legal advice in respect of same.
- Coordinate with internal and external attorneys on the management of legal matters.
- Proactively identifying legal risks and providing legal advice in respect of same.
- Proven experience in dealing with corporate compliance related issues, with strong knowledge of areas such as data privacy, international trade compliance, regulatory investigations, competition/anti-trust, anti-fraud/anti-bribery and anti-corruption.
- Experience designing / implementing corporate compliance programs for multi-national organizations.
- Proven experience working with (internal or external) clients across jurisdictions
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel and PowerPoint for data analytics.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Superb attention to detail and follow-up skills.
- Excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills.
- Ability to cooperatively interact with all levels of colleagues.
- Sets high standards and continually seeks a better way to do things.
- Capable of driving forward challenging projects.
- A self-starter with the drive to perform at a high level with a hard-working team.
- Highly competitive base pay
- Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs
- Group retirement savings program
- Health and wellness programs
- A diverse and inclusive culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion