Regional Compliance Officer

Fundamental Mission:Vallourec is looking for a Regional Compliance Officer for the North America Region to be based in Houston, Texas. Vallourec's head office (Corporate) in France houses the Group's management teams and support functions, notably the Group Compliance Department led by the Group Compliance Officer answering directly to the Group General Counsel (ExCom member), as well as the management of all the Group's divisions worldwide. As a member of the Group Compliance Department, the Regional Compliance Officer to assist the Group Compliance Officer (based in France) in ensuring that the Vallourec Companies within North America region (mainly located in the US, Canada & Mexico) operate in compliance with the applicable regulations in the field of anticorruption, international sanctions/export control, antitrust, data protection, & duty of car by:• Acting as the representative of the Group Compliance Department within North America subsidiaries;• Assisting in the effective deployment of the compliance program of all Group North America subsidiaries.The Regional Compliance Officer will be responsible for the adaptation, design and deployment of specific compliance controls (internal and accounting) and verifications (due diligences) dedicated to the prevention of corruption and influence peddling and their deployment across the Vallourec North America entities.This mission involves an analysis and permanent monitoring of national and international applicable regulations, the publication and updating of local internal procedures and the monitoring of their application within the NORTH AMERICA group's entities. Interaction and close collaboration with all other functional departments of the NORTH AMERICA region is also included in the scope for this position. In addition to the skills expected for this type of mission (investigation & analytical skills, spirit of synthesis and rigor), your dynamism, your pragmatism and your sense of communication and teamwork are the essential assets to succeed in this position.Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:• The Regional Compliance Officer will be responsible for the adaptation, design and deployment of specific compliance controls (internal and accounting) and verifications (due diligences) dedicated to the prevention of corruption and influence peddling and their deployment across the Vallourec North America entities.• Assist the Vallourec Group Compliance Department in ensuring Vallourec North America subsidiaries (mainly located in US, Canada and Mexico) compliance with the applicable legal and regulatory standards, and to the guidelines and corporate policies set by the Vallourec Group, related to anticorruption, antitrust, data protection, duty of care, international sanctions & export control• Assist the Vallourec Group Compliance Department, at NA region level, in managing and preventing compliance risks• Guiding the North America companies toward the best practices of corporate governance, ethics and Compliance• Deployment and verification of the effectiveness of compliance controls & procedures, as set by Vallourec Corporate, within all Vallourec Group North America• Training and communications for Group employees on topics related to compliance within North AmericaEducation & Experience:• Must have a Masters’ in either Ethics & Compliance Business Law, White-collar crime law, Corporate Liability Law, International Business Law, Finance or Internal Control/Audit• 8-10 years if professional experience as a Anti-corruption Compliance Senior Lawyer, Senior Compliance Auditor, Senior Anti-Corruption Compliance & Internal Control Manager or Regional Compliance Director• Experience in business criminal law and the deployment of compliance programs dedicated to anticorruption/FCPA compliance.