Compliance Specialist

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

This role reports into the Office of Privacy & Integrity Compliance Operations Global Compliance Audit & Monitoring team. The focus of this team is the continued building and enhancing of global compliance risk assessment, monitoring, and related reporting capabilities with the operating unit and regional compliance functions. This role will work as part of an audit and monitoring COE (Center of Excellence) that performs audit and monitoring procedures as part of a global COE with an anticipated APAC region focus, including the various countries and operating units.

This role is part of the Global Compliance Audit & Monitoring team within the Office of Privacy & Integrity Compliance and will report directly to the Manager, APAC A&M. This role may also include some part-time work in support of APAC Transparency requirements (exact countries to be determined). This role will be classified as Hybrid Work Model and be required to occasionally be available during U.S. Central time zone working hours.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned

• Provide A&M test execution support to the Global Compliance Audit & Monitoring team as required, including project management, test design, key control identification and result scoring skills.
• Execute daily audit and monitoring activities and Support ongoing effective risk assessment as requested.
• Demonstrate basic understanding of control assessment frameworks and methodologies.
• Demonstrate ability to identify key risks and the related controls with region, country and / or operating unit processes and design control test steps to address key risks.
• Assist in creation of periodic metrics, dashboards, and reporting of APAC monitoring results as requested (or other regions if flex assignments occur).
• Work with key region, country and / or operating unit contacts and stakeholders to present and validate potential issues; facilitate the development of appropriate remediation plans and timelines working with region, country and / or operating unit compliance officers and other Office of Privacy & Integrity Compliance Centers of Excellence.
• Collaborates with key stakeholders (Corporate / Internal Audit, Legal-Regulatory, Region / Country Compliance, Transparency, Voice Your Concern (Hotline) Staff, etc.) on sensitive projects and tasks.
• Handle complex work / projects requiring conceptual and practical subject matter expertise.
• Demonstrate keen awareness of project management concepts and methodologies (i.e., effective time management and prioritization strategies).
• Prepare draft report of monitoring findings and communicate results of special projects to management.
• Maintain technical competence in auditing, information systems, and compliance policies and government regulations.
• Interpret testing results and formulate conclusions and scoring based on assessment of control deficiencies and root causes.
• Develop accurate process narratives / flowcharts.
• Leverage data and analytic tools as appropriate to achieve greater testing accuracy and efficiency.
• Represent the department in a professional, efficient and effective manner in all communication and interactions.
• Serve as a key contact point for Global Compliance Audit & Monitoring team in its interactions with various businesses and geographies, other Medtronic departments and external entities.
• Handle highly sensitive or confidential information.
• Provide appropriate information to contacts (handling questions, issues, follow-ups).
• Apply knowledge of business and department objectives and priorities.
• Serve as an information resource on organizational practices, policies and procedures.
• Handles most issues and requests by executing an alternative on own initiative or recommending best alternative.
• Interact professionally with upper management, functional staff, employees, peers, and outside partners on matters of significant importance on a frequent basis. Involves planning and preparation of the communications. Requires skill, tact, persuasion, confidentiality, judgment, and / or negotiation to accomplish objectives.
• Manage additional project work and ad hoc reporting, as assigned.
• As directed, support APAC transparency reporting requirements for countries to be determined.

Required Knowledge and Experience :

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package

A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.

We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

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