Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a special position in the global energy industry. We are one of the world's largest producers of hydrocarbon energy and chemicals, with among the lowest Upstream carbon intensities of any major producer.

With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco's value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations' spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom's vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

Overview

The compliance counsel will serve as a key member of the Law Organization's Corporate Compliance Department and will provide ground-floor guidance and knowledge on international ABAC issues, along with a broad spectrum of compliance matters that confront a multinational energy company and its global subsidiaries and joint ventures.

Reporting through the Manager, Corporate Compliance Department, and the General Counsel, counsel will support the Company's overall compliance objectives and provide legal advice, oversight, and governance on a wide range of complex legal and business issues related to global anti-bribery and anticorruption laws and regulations.

Saudi Aramco's Law Organization is growing in response to a broad corporate initiative that involves the continued growth of its exploration, production, refining, and marketing, along with expansion into petrochemicals, renewables, power and other sectors of the energy business. For adventurous individuals who are interested in working at one of the world's most successful companies, Saudi Aramco offers challenging and sophisticated in-house opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

As a successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:

• Providing ABAC legal advice relevant to the jurisdiction and specific to the business needs and operations.
• Developing and implementing business procedures and providing timely legal advice and operational direction related to ABAC compliance.
• Identifying ABAC risks, designing and implementing risk mitigation strategies and controls.
• Developing tailored training materials and delivering ABAC training to business lines, corporate functions personnel, suppliers and other third parties.
• Assisting business units, subsidiaries, JVs and business partners in developing and implementing compliance procedures to address legal issues.
• Monitoring business unit performance to ensure that legal compliance requirements are fully implemented and adequate.
• Conducting and reviewing regulatory compliance due diligence for new business opportunities and acquisitions.
• Counseling and actively participating in technology development projects.
• Managing outside counsel and related spend.
• Overseeing Saudi Aramco's compliance program obligations, including meeting all commitments of governmental reporting obligations, as well as, interaction with governmental agencies, as necessary.
• Monitoring legal and regulatory requirements and developments to ensure current and accurate compliance policies and procedures.
• Supporting Saudi Aramco's extensive global operations - including its numerous subsidiaries and joint ventures - with expert compliance counseling and advice.
• Working with other members of the Corporate Compliance Department to address compliance concerns raised by business lines, subsidiary companies, and management.
• Working with other attorneys and personnel to monitor the effectiveness of the overall compliance program.
• Working with other attorneys and personnel to develop training modules, training individuals to deliver such modules, and rolling-out a comprehensive compliance training program.

Minimum Requirements

As a successful candidate you will have:

• A Juris Doctorate degree or equivalent.
• Current admission to general practice before the highest court of the state or country of which you are a citizen or resident.
• Minimum 12 years professional experience.
• 8+ years of direct, hands-on ABAC experience at a large multinational corporation.
• Direct, hands-on experience with US, EU or other similar international anti-bribery and anticorruption laws and regulations.
• Experience with automated diligence, workflow and learning systems.
• Pragmatic, business-oriented approach to challenges and competing priorities and deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to engage and collaborate with business line leaders to drive implementation of new procedures and legal requirements in a timely manner.
• Capable of international travel; and
• Sound judgment and unwavering ethics.

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world's biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs - one of the largest in the world.