Third Party Compliance Specialist

Responsibilities

Job Description Eastman strives to only conduct business with third parties who share our commitment to compliance with legal requirements and high ethical standards. We expect our business partners to act with integrity, honesty, and transparency. The Third Party Vetting team, within the Eastman Legal department, is responsible for managing the compliance vetting of Eastman’s third party intermediaries. We use a risk-based approach in the third party compliance vetting process, focusing on the highest risk third parties for Eastman. Given the volume of third party intermediaries and the risk profile there is a need to expand our resources to ensure appropriate third party vetting in a productive and efficient manner. The Third Party Vetting team is on a path to build capability to keep pace with expansion. This position as a Regional Third Party Compliance Specialist is critical to further enhance our success.

This position will report to the Global Third Party Compliance Supervisor at the Eastman global headquarters in the United States. The position will also support and work closely with the Regional Third Party Compliance Analysts.

About the company

EASTMAN LAR DISTRIBUCION S DE CV is a recognized company in the chemical products distribution sector in Mexico. With more than 20 years of experience in the market, our company has stood out for offering innovative and high-quality solutions to our clients. We value teamwork, excellence, and commitment to customer satisfaction. By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to grow professionally in a dynamic and collaborative environment. Location: The vacancy is located in San José Insurgentes, Benito Juárez, Mexico City.

Job description:

Eastman strives to only conduct business with third parties who share our commitment to compliance with legal requirements and high ethical standards.

We expect our business partners to act with integrity, honesty, and transparency. The Third-Party Compliance team, within the Eastman Legal department, is responsible for managing the compliance onboarding and continuous monitoring of Eastman third party intermediaries. We use a risk-based approach in the third-party compliance process, focusing on the highest risk third parties for Eastman. This position as a Regional Third-Party Compliance Specialist is critical to further enhance the program and ensure compliance.

This position will report to the Global Third-Party Compliance Supervisor at the Eastman global headquarters in the United States. The position will also support and work closely with the Global Third-Party Compliance Analysts.

Job Responsibilities:

• Perform an initial review of risk assessments on new third-party intermediaries to ensure accuracy and completeness of submittals.
• Effectively monitor third parties on a continuous basis in compliance systems/tools and escalate results as appropriate.
• Provide guidance to and follow-up with stakeholders on all third-party requests.
• Analyze and interpret risk assessment information with a view to approve/reject or escalate the third party for further due diligence.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, or related field and 2 – 3 years of related experience in a law firm/corporate legal or process improvement role
• Fluent in spoken and written English and Spanish. Knowledge of Portuguese & additional language highly desirable.
• Diplomatic and open communicator with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Team skills as well as the ability to work independently and follow through task to completion/resolution.
• Detail oriented to produce accurate and consistent work.
• Strong computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Teams).
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Compliance experience.