JERA Nex Limited. Greater London, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
Who are we?
JERA Nex is a company created by JERA to scale renewable energy for a sustainable future. JERA Nex combines the resilience of JERA, one of the world's largest electricity producers, with the agility and focus of a dedicated renewables business that can act at the pace required to drive the global energy transition.
JERA Nex invests in, currently owns and operates a portfolio of renewable energy assets, with a portfolio over 3GW that includes offshore wind, onshore wind and solar, as well as battery storage. This includes Parkwind, its wholly owned subsidiary. Headquartered in London, and with centres of excellence in Belgium, Japan, Taiwan and the US, our team of more than 300 renewable and energy industry experts combines global knowhow and experience with the local expertise and knowledge necessary to deliver successful projects.
JERA Nex is seeking a highly skilled and experienced senior compliance lawyer to join our growing team as Senior Compliance Officer. Reporting into the General Counsel based in London, this is a standalone role which requires knowledge of regulatory frameworks, exceptional ethical judgement and the ability to influence and inspire a culture of compliance across all geographies and parts of the JERA Nex Group.
Job Description
You will be part of a dynamic team based in both London (United Kingdom) and Leuven (Belgium) involved in strategic international renewable energy projects. Working with the General Counsel, the legal team and various parts of the business, you will deliver, manage, and maintain the compliance strategy for the JERA Nex Group to obtain organisation-wide assurance of adherence to Group standards. You will provide support to ensure that the Group companies comply with the increasingly demanding legislative frameworks and actively mitigate the risks we face in different markets.
The responsibilities of the SCO include, but are not limited to:
About you:
The successful candidate will be an experienced compliance lawyer who possesses both the strategic mindset and technical skills to succeed in a dynamic and visible role.
This is a rare, outstanding opportunity for a strong compliance lawyer with international experience and strong business focus to join JERA Nex and to play a significant part in the company's global growth and expansion. JERA Nex can offer:
Who are we?
JERA Nex is a company created by JERA to scale renewable energy for a sustainable future. JERA Nex combines the resilience of JERA, one of the world's largest electricity producers, with the agility and focus of a dedicated renewables business that can act at the pace required to drive the global energy transition.
JERA Nex invests in, currently owns and operates a portfolio of renewable energy assets, with a portfolio over 3GW that includes offshore wind, onshore wind and solar, as well as battery storage. This includes Parkwind, its wholly owned subsidiary. Headquartered in London, and with centres of excellence in Belgium, Japan, Taiwan and the US, our team of more than 300 renewable and energy industry experts combines global knowhow and experience with the local expertise and knowledge necessary to deliver successful projects.
JERA Nex is seeking a highly skilled and experienced senior compliance lawyer to join our growing team as Senior Compliance Officer. Reporting into the General Counsel based in London, this is a standalone role which requires knowledge of regulatory frameworks, exceptional ethical judgement and the ability to influence and inspire a culture of compliance across all geographies and parts of the JERA Nex Group.
Job Description
You will be part of a dynamic team based in both London (United Kingdom) and Leuven (Belgium) involved in strategic international renewable energy projects. Working with the General Counsel, the legal team and various parts of the business, you will deliver, manage, and maintain the compliance strategy for the JERA Nex Group to obtain organisation-wide assurance of adherence to Group standards. You will provide support to ensure that the Group companies comply with the increasingly demanding legislative frameworks and actively mitigate the risks we face in different markets.
The responsibilities of the SCO include, but are not limited to:
- Provide legal advice on compliance related matters in most European countries.
- Risk assessment and support for mitigation: facilitate assessments of compliance risks and support for design of mitigation steps in the various business areas.
- Integrity due diligence reviews: conduct integrity due diligence reviews of potential partners for different business areas.
- Training and communication activities: deliver business ethics, competition and antibribery and corruption training in all JERA Nex Group jurisdictions and contributing to communication initiatives on such topics.
- Support for M&A and investment projects: provide analytical and advisory support on M&A and investment projects arising in these jurisdictions.
- Practical advice: provide practical support and advice on compliance to new projects and initiatives in the business areas, as required.
- Fosters development and implementation of practical solutions (together with business) to guarantee compliant business success in respective regions.
- Ensures advice/guidelines get communicated in "language" of business.
- Secures continuous knowledge transfer into JERA Nex Group entities.
- Drives business communication activities to promote compliance and integrity in all applicable regions.
- Represent the Company towards governmental officials, regulators, NGOs etc. regarding compliance matters.
- Communicating and influencing business culture and behaviours to be compliance-aware, this includes the ownership of and embedding the JERA Nex Group Code of Conduct, other topic specific policies and third-party risk management, using a risk-based approach to identify, prioritise, and implement effective global solutions.
- Designing an appropriate compliance policy framework, providing tools and procedures to enable the business to adhere to them in a day-to-day context.
- Alongside setting strategy and frameworks, the role is required to support the commercial business on day-to-day ethics & compliance queries and issues.
- Supporting incident response and crisis management on compliance issues across the Group, including leading on the JERA Nex Group's whistleblowing scheme.
- Avoid and resolve litigation, complaints, disputes, and other claims.
- Support global business integrations.
- Provide support to regulatory reporting for commercial matters.
- Support development and execution of comprehensive legal strategies and solutions to lawfully facilitate JERA Nex' and its affiliates' commercial objectives while mitigating any associated compliance risks.
About you:
The successful candidate will be an experienced compliance lawyer who possesses both the strategic mindset and technical skills to succeed in a dynamic and visible role.
- Degree in law or other appropriate legal qualifications (e.g. GDL, LPC qualifications in the UK), in a key common law or civil law jurisdiction.
- Circa 15+ years of post-qualification experience.
- A track record as a compliance lawyer with a reputable firm as well as experience working for/advising an international company:
- Solid experience in managing a compliance program in a large complex organisation.
- Experience in legal, compliance, antibribery-corruption and anti-fraud investigations, risk assessments and antibribery-corruption and fraud prevention.
- Experience of leading ethics and compliance programmes in a multi-national context, including project management experience.
- Knowledge of regulatory environments and associated risks, including experience of crisis and incident response.
- Ability to build collaborative relationships inside and outside of the organisation.
- Demonstrated ability to analyse and recommend practical solutions to compliance issues, balancing commercial needs of the business on a risk-intelligent basis.
- Ability to communicate complex concepts in plain, simple and easily understood language, with strong written and oral communication skills adaptable to audiences at varying levels.
- Ability to review, analyze, negotiate, and draft agreements, perform due diligence, and lead cross-functional initiatives. The SCO must be a self-starter, detail orientated and able to work independently and as member of a team.
- High personal integrity and high ethical standards.
- Leadership skills with an ability to build trust and empowerment; You are a trusted team player who is credible and reliable, with the cultural awareness to operate confidently in an international environment.
- Ability to adapt and respond to change.
- Ability to manage a large and diverse workload and manage projects effectively.
- Excellent languages skills: fluent English; (additional language skills, particularly Dutch or Japanese, would be advantageous).
This is a rare, outstanding opportunity for a strong compliance lawyer with international experience and strong business focus to join JERA Nex and to play a significant part in the company's global growth and expansion. JERA Nex can offer:
- Start-up and entrepreneurial environment in a company that is part of a larger, well-funded organisation, with long-term ambitions to contribute to global decarbonisation efforts. This job is part of making our world a greener place.
- Opportunity to define your workplace. We are starting out and every idea counts!
- A supportive, collaborative international team that benefits from our different perspectives, backgrounds and experiences.
- We are high-performing and ambitious individuals who also enjoy our private lives. We hope you can identify with that.
- We believe in the benefit of flexible working hours and location and appreciate that we see one another in person regularly.
- We are not afraid to admit that we don't know things but also proactively look to solve problems and work collaboratively.
- We work hard but also want to have fun at the same time - we're on an exciting journey.