Sr. Paralegal, Global Ethics and Compliance

Company Description

For nearly 70 years, MasterBrand has been shaping the places where people come together, enriching lives and creating meaningful memories for our customers. That, combined with our stylish products, expansive dealer and retail network, and dedicated associates, has helped make us the number one North American residential cabinet business. Our unique culture of continuous improvement is based on trusting the tools, empowering the team and moving forward, and is kept alive by our more than 14,000 associates across 20 plus manufacturing facility and offices. Visit www.masterbrand.com to learn more and join us in building great experiences together!

Job Description

The Sr. Paralegal, Global Ethics and Compliance provides advanced paralegal support to the MasterBrand’s Global Ethics and Compliance team. The Senior Paralegal role requires strong initiative, organizational, project management, and data analytics skills, independent judgment, attention to detail, strong communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. This position also prepares and handles sensitive and confidential information with an emphasis on maximum discretion. Experience in manufacturing environments or with trade, compliance, or ethics matters is a plus.

This is a remote role, with a preference for this person to be located in either Ohio or Indiana for ease of traveling to various site locations.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with administering, coordinating, and updating MasterBrand’s Code of Conduct, Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Policy, and other compliance policies, and training, with an emphasis on data-driven monitoring and trend analysis.
• Coordinate the implementation and maintenance of ethics and compliance effectiveness metrics, including the preparation of regular dashboards and reports for MasterBrand’s senior leadership team and the Audit Committee.
• Coordinate ethics and compliance investigations.
• Support internal compliance audits and work with internal audit by gathering and requesting requested materials and tracking the implementation of recommendations by internal audit.
• Assist with third-party due diligence and risk assessments.
• Track changes in applicable laws and regulations.
• Assist with the preparation, review, and management of ethics and compliance policies and responses to inquiries from customers and regulatory agencies. 
• Help ensure and track compliance with internal policies and external regulations. 
• Department-wide project management and/or coordination.
• Maintaining and updating internal and external department sites.
• Manage and organize documents, files, and databases associated with the Compliance Department.
• Assist with a variety of other requests to support the Global Ethics and Compliance department as may arise from time to time.
• Draft internal memos, executive summaries, and other correspondence.
• Prepare spreadsheets, organizational charts, timelines, presentations, project management tracking.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree required; Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Paralegal certificate from ABA-approved program.
• 5+ years of previous experience in a corporate compliance department.
• Experience with global operations and multi-jurisdictional compliance matters considered a plus.
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite including Word, PowerPoint and Excel, and experience with Outlook and Microsoft Teams.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Strong project management skills.
• Experience in data analytics and data-driven analysis and monitoring.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills
• Demonstrates strong work ethic, good judgment, and attention to detail

Additional Information

Equal Employment Opportunity

MasterBrand Cabinets LLC is an equal opportunity employer. MasterBrand Cabinets LLC’s policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability/handicap status, marital status, military status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws. MasterBrand Cabinets LLC also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also MasterBrand Cabinets LLC’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Reasonable Accommodations

MasterBrand Cabinets LLC is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment, please contact us at [email protected].