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About The Role

The position of Ethics & Compliance Senior Specialist reports to the Ethics & Compliance Senior Manager in Brazil and is responsible for supporting ethics and compliance processes throughout the country that ensure a culture of integrity enabling Uber to conduct its global business with the highest ethical standards, in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and our own Business Conduct Guide and other policies. The responsibilities include reviewing regularly and improving our ethics and compliance program to ensure it remains current with respect to significant risks, developments, and trends.

What The Candidate Will Do

• Policies and Procedures:
• Support in developing future policies and procedures for the region as well as guidelines as requested by business.
• Review, interpretation, update, and execution of our policies and Corporate and Local procedures
• Training and Communication:
• Support Training curriculum for new and current Uber employees
• Continuous execution of the Compliance education program
• Provide an important added value to the business by supporting training activities related to commercial partners and vendors
• Execution at 100% of the compliance communication strategy in all levels of the organization.
• Regular communication of the Ethics and Compliance principles to foster ongoing awareness in the employees about the importance of compliance with Uber's highest standards of ethics and integrity.
• Support the development of a local plan of communication to promote in Uber's employees the use and access to the Compliance site to review and know the different regional and local procedures and policies relevant to the business.
• Conduct periodic trainings about the Standards of Conduct for employees to ensure compliance and guidance
• Day-to-day Advice
• Ensure that our Compliance and Ethics program: provides effective prevention and detection of potential misconduct that could result in compliance or ethics violations.
• Support Commercial activities such as implementing promotional programs and launching new products while ensuring Compliance with Policies and Procedures and Local Laws and Regulations.
• Provide appropriate guidance and partner with the different Business Units and functional areas
• Provide accountability, empowerment, and speed with rigor in the decision-making process, under the RAPID framework
• Monitoring
• Support follow-up initiatives aiming to assure compliance with the policies and procedures that include but are not limited to anti-corruption, gifts and entertainment, promotional activities, expenses, and COI.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• A minimum of 5 years experience, with exposure to compliance issues gained in a comparable function in government, law department, finance, internal controls, internal audit, or forensic audit departments.
• University degree from an accredited college, preferably in the fields of Law, Engineering, Financing, and Accounting
• Proficiency in both English and Portuguese. Knowledge of Spanish is preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Conceptual knowledge of IT systems and programs is preferred, and experience with learning management systems is a plus.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to find creative solutions and applications to Uber's local and global challenges.
• Must be proficient with Google and/or MS Suite
• Creativity, decisiveness, and good judgment in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to manage a diverse and demanding workload
• Self-starting ability to work independently and as a team member
• Strong project management skills with the capability to establish action plans, set clear goals, monitor and communicate progress, and execute all initiatives to completion with minimum direct supervision.
• Ability to address conflict and difficult situations in a professional, calm, assertive, and proactive manner
• Able to build and maintain key relationships with both internal and external customers