Compliance and Regulatory Strategy Manager, IMEA

Marsh McLennan

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Finance Teams: Partner strategically with finance teams to navigate and optimize the localization frameworks, enhancing operational effectiveness in markets such as UAE, Qatar, KSA, and South Africa.
• Analyze Financial Insights: Extract and examine statutory financial statements to identify key drivers influencing local scores, using these insights to model and simulate future projections.
• Drive Strategic Improvement: Work with leaders across functions to design strategies that yield measurable improvements in localization scores, focusing on local talent development and procurement practices.
• Regulatory Monitoring: Stay ahead of local regulations, assess risks, and proactively communicate potential impacts to senior management to drive timely compliance actions.
• Ensure Compliance Readiness: Guarantee adherence to all regulatory licensing and certification requirements, positioning the company for seamless audits and operational fitness.
• Project Oversight: Act as a compliance liaison, ensuring timely progress on all projects influenced by localization mandates and addressing any deviations promptly.
• Exercise control on internal policies: Assess breaches to travel Investigate potential breaches of our Travel & Entertainment (T&E) policy by analyzing expenses to ensure travel destinations / expenses comply with policy guidelines.
• Verify that travel bookings are made through our designated agencies to enhance localization scores.
• Identify top spenders to ensure accurate cost allocation and collaborate closely with the HR team to recover non-compliant expenses through payroll adjustments.
• Policies and procedures design: Develop policies and procedures to strengthen governance and control across key operations, while proactively identifying and implementing risk mitigation strategies.
• Team management: Oversee the performance of any direct reports, conducting regular reviews and providing constructive feedback and support to drive quality deliverables, professional development, collaboration and a high-performance culture Adhoc strategic support: Providing ad hoc compliance expertise and support to the Regional COO, FD, COS on internal projects and strategic initiatives as needed

Experience & Skills & Attributes :

• Minimum of 8-10 years in compliance and operations, preferably within consulting or professional services
• Experience with a strong emphasis on localization along with good understanding of financial processes and procedures
• Exceptional analytical and strategic thinking abilities with a demonstrated history of implementing operational strategies that drive efficiency and growth.
• Proven project management expertise with a successful track record of delivering complex projects on time.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with teams across different markets including external authorities
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Delivers presentations and information with authority and conviction, ensuring engagement and alignment across key stakeholders including senior management.
• Verbal and written fluency in English.