Associate VP & Chief Compliance Officer
Emory University
- Atlanta, GA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Determining the strategic direction and providing leadership, supervision, and execution of a coordinated compliance program within the University;s ERM framework.
- Directing and overseeing the compliance strategic planning process and integrating the program's goals with Emory's strategic priorities to include the strategic compliance program updates, review, approval, implementation, and evaluation.
- Monitoring the external environment; federal and state legislative and regulatory agendas; University business processes and activities; internal and/or external reports related to non-compliance; and other relevant areas to evaluate potential areas which might impact the University and require potential risk responses.
- Defining the compliance risk universe for the University. Constructing and executing a risk-based annual compliance work plan to assess, plan, and manage OEC activities to determine whether compliance risks are appropriately mitigated by compliance risk owners.
- Remaining in close contact with partner offices to do so, including Enterprise Risk Management, Internal Audit, Research Compliance, Office of General Counsel, and Emory Healthcare Compliance.
- Facilitating the University's process for creating, maintaining, and reviewing institutional policies; and coordinating the library of university-wide policies and updates to central university-wide policy repository.
- Overseeing Emory's non-research Conflict of Interest (COI) program and working closely with Emory's Research COI office within the Office of Research Administration through which research COI's are addressed.
- Supervising the Privacy Officer for University non-healthcare related privacy issues including HIPAA, FERPA, and international privacy matters such as EU-GDPR.
- Serving as a leader in implementing compliance and ethics programs in partnership with university executive leadership.
- Facilitating and/or executing key University compliance initiatives, including minors on campus training and programing and ethics training and programing.
- Receiving and triaging for investigation, concerns expressed via the Trust Line and other reporting routes, in accordance with applicable University policies and processes; engaging as appropriate and required with other areas at Emory, such as Internal Audit, Human Resources, Emory Healthcare Compliance, the Provost's Office and/or Research Administration.
- Coordinating compliance management committees.
- Performing compliance reviews in collaboration with constituent divisions, departments, and University units for monitoring and managing institutional wide compliance risks, and partnering, as needed, with the Emory Healthcare compliance officer and other stakeholders.
- Coordinating with operational management to identify and assign compliance risk owners that document risk and mitigation activities, which the OEC monitors.
- Coordinating with Internal Audit, General Counsel, academic leadership, and others, as appropriate, to assign and perform investigations of allegations of non-compliance.
- Developing a communications strategy to heighten awareness of the University's compliance risks, disseminate campus information, and collect stakeholder feedback as appropriate.
- Coordinating with compliance risk owners to support, develop, and deploy an ongoing compliance education and outreach program with operational management that both proactively provides educational resources to key stakeholder groups and promotes ongoing professional development for OEC.
- Documenting, monitoring, and reporting to schools/units the stakeholders reached by education. Develop a regular standardized reporting structure.
- Identifying and escalating critical compliance risks to executive leadership with appropriate context, impacts, and consideration of University priorities.
- Providing an independent, consultative compliance resource to all levels of Emory through strong communication, listening, and problem-solving skills.
- Fostering a collaborative compliance culture across Emory and enables the compliance community to work strategically by building relationships and partnerships across the University and enhancing the brand of OEC as a value-adding function.
- Demonstrating strong compliance expertise and the ability to quickly learn new regulatory topics to adjust to the evolving compliance landscape and University priorities.
- Facilitating conflict resolution, as needed, emphasizing compliance requirements, demonstrating emotional maturity, and connecting compliance activities and decisions to the University's mission and objectives.
- Empowering OEC's staff to optimize use of their expertise, collaborate, and ensure continuing education and career growth.
- An advanced degree and 10 years of compliance-related experience. A JD is preferred.
- A working knowledge of federal and state laws and regulations impacting higher education.
- Experience working in or leading an in-house compliance function.
- Higher education and/or academic medical center experience preferred.
- Certifications are highly preferred, such as Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP) and/or Certified Risk and Compliance Management Professional (CRCMP).
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