Legal Compliance Advisor Cigna

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and enhance Cigna s compliance framework and program in the UAE.
• Manage a team of direct reports to oversee compliance in the UAE.
• Influence and collaborate with business leaders, legal, audit, information. protection, privacy and compliance leadership to define, develop and implement business unit compliance, privacy and ethics programs, risk, industry trends and new regulations.
• Based on a risk assessment, create an annual compliance plan for the UAE and the wider MEA region.
• Establish and execute testing and monitoring plan against key compliance risks.
• Provide draft and final reports regarding testing and monitoring to legal and compliance leadership.
• Provide a quarterly update of progress against the compliance plan to legal and compliance leadership.
• Deliver compliance (regulatory and ethics) training to the business unit.
• Facilitate implementation of new compliance requirements by the first line of defence.
• Draft new compliance policies as needed
• Provide guidance and support to the business unit in the management of data and privacy issues including breach management, remediation plans, data subject access requests and data privacy impact assessments
• Assist the Legal team in their identification and interpretation of new laws, regulations and market practices
• Be a champion for the Cigna Ethics programme.
• Partner with the international privacy team to drive privacy compliance in the UAE.
• Lead and/or support compliance projects in the UAE or wider ME region.

Requirements:

• 8 years minimum experience in the compliance field within Healthcare Insurance/Insurance in the United Arab Emirates, regional experience in insurance is an advantage.

• Strong understanding of insurance-related and data protection laws in the UAE.

• Ability to work independently, multi-task and prioritize effectively in a high paced environment.

• Must have previous experience in leading teams or high value or strategic projects.

• Strong analytical, planning, and problem solving skills.

• Strong decision making capabilities and ability to identify problems and propose creative and effective solutions.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to provide guidance on complex matters in a clear and concise manner.

• Ability to present sound, persuasive rationale for ideas or opinions.

• Ability to work confidently within groups in a multi-cultural environment and respond to global/cultural sensitivities.

• Team player with a positive attitude.