With a strategy centered on people and sustainability, Braskem is engaged in contributing to the value chain to strengthen the Circular Economy. Braskem’s 9,000 team members dedicate themselves every day to improving people's lives through sustainable solutions in chemicals and plastics. With its corporate DNA rooted in innovation, Braskem offers a comprehensive portfolio of plastic resins and chemical products for diverse industries, such as food packaging, construction, manufacturing, automotive, agribusiness, health and hygiene, and more. With 40 industrial units in Brazil, the United States, Mexico, and Germany, Braskem exports its products to clients in over 70 countries.
Braskem America is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Braskem S.A. headquartered in Philadelphia. The company is the leading producer of polypropylene in the United States, with six production plants located in Texas, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, an Innovation and Technology Center in Pittsburgh, and a New Renewable Innovation Center in Boston focused on leveraging groundbreaking developments in biotechnology and advanced materials. For more information, visit www.braskem.com/usa.
Department: US Compliance
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Travel Involved: 0-20%
Job Type: Full-time
Description:
The Compliance Analyst supports the implementation, execution and management of the Braskem Compliance Program in the United States. The Compliance Analyst helps develop and deliver training and communications, tracks and reports performance, executes compliance operations and performs analysis on entities Braskem engages with, all in order to provide actionable information to the Braskem America Compliance Officer and US Leaders. Additionally, the Compliance Analyst completes Third Party Monitoring and Due Diligence efforts for regular business engagement and for Sponsorship and Donations recipients and responds to inquiries from Team Members.
This position will also support, the maintenance of the US Compliance Operational procedure and the integration of new processes and systems into the US Compliance program to streamline, automate, and optimize data sharing, progress monitoring, and KPI reporting with Leadership and key internal stakeholders as well as support US effort to comply with Data Privacy Policy
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Provide input and context for the communications of Compliance goals, objectives and plans
- Analyze input, develop recommendations and propose solutions to US Compliance Officer and Braskem US leaders regarding policies, directives, procedures and the business controls associated with these requirements.
- Work with business process owners and teams to develop and implement appropriate controls and tracking measures to manage risk within Braskem US compliance processes. Track and report on business monitoring of risk controls within these processes, evaluate and develop actionable information, recommend improvements and initiate corrective measures and activities, as needed.
- Ability to operate data analytics tools and offer a critical analysis.
- Knowledge of Privacy and Data Protection Regulations
- Provide content for Compliance training (and communications) initiatives and deliver this training in various forms, as needed. Knowledgeably respond to inquiries involving Braskem compliance policies, procedures, values and best practices.
- Support efforts by Internal Controls department to implement, track and report internal controls performance within Braskem US entities including direct participation in business process walkthroughs.
- Further develop, improve and implement methods and tools for tracking and reporting on Compliance operations including the maintenance of the US Compliance Operational procedure.
- This position includes international and local travels.
Requirements:
- 3-5 years of experience in the compliance field or related area subject to regulation (i.e. internal audit, finance, procurement, supply chain, etc.), 5-10 years total work experience.
- Excellent English language writing skills are necessary. The ability to speak a second language (Spanish or Portugues) is desirable
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Economics, Engineering or related
- Continuous improvement mindset and ability to learn and support the development of new tools, processes, and systems
- Experience and proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, notably PowerPoint, PowerBI, PowerAutomate (for dashboard and process automation), and Sharepoint.
- Knowledge in Workplace by Meta is desirable.
- Strong interpersonal and cross-functional communication skills with regional and global teams
- Ability to extract, organize, analyze and articulate information to support business cases and to make value-adding, risk-mitigating business decisions.
What we offer
At Braskem we offer more than just a competitive base pay package. Out total rewards package includes a wide range of benefits that you need for every stage of your life. Out benefits include:
- Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits
- Retirement Benefits
- Maternity and Paternity Leave
- Life Insurance
- Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Teladoc
- A wide range of voluntary benefits like Pet Insurance, Legal and ID Theft Insurance
- Flexible work schedules like 9/80 schedules for eligible team members
Candidates must be currently eligible to work in the United States without the need for any type of sponsorship now or in the future. Braskem is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified candidates and employees pursuant to applicable law. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
If you require reasonable accommodation as part of the application process please contact the Talent Acquisition team.
