Regional Governance and Compliance Officer

**About the Company**

With its brands, the FTI GROUP is the third largest travel operator in Europe. FTI Touristik, as well as the last minute operator 5vorFlug, the rental car broker driveFTI, the online portal fly.de, the largest German language tour operator LAL Sprachreisen, the Destination Management Company Meeting Point International, which is active in over 40 destinations worldwide, and the operator for promotional products BigXtra, belong to the FTI GROUP. Under the umbrella of the hospitality company Meeting Point Hotels the hotel brands LABRANDA Hotels & Resorts, Design Plus Hotels, Kairaba Hotels & Resorts, Club Sei and Lemon & Soul are bundled. The consolidator FTI Ticketshop is responsible for scheduled flight ticket sales while FTI Cruises bundles the cruise business.

**About the Role**

In this function, you are taking a regional compliance role within FTI-Group Compliance Organization. You are responsible for supporting the implementation, monitoring and future development of “best-in-class” compliance processes and systems within FTI-Group. As Regional Governance and Compliance Officer - MENA, you will have a solid reporting line to the Division Compliance Officer (Hotel Management & Destination Management) and dotted reporting line to the respective Country/Regional CEO. Furthermore, you will work in close coordination with the Group Compliance Office for creation and implementing of global compliance infrastructure, projects and compliance related initiatives.

**Main Tasks and Responsibilities**
- Assure effective implementation and continuous improvement of FTI’s group-wide compliance program and its related activities to prevent, detect and respond to illegal, unethical, or improper conduct
- Develop, initiate, maintain, and revise policies and procedures for the general operation of the compliance program (“localization”) and its related activities to prevent illegal, unethical, or improper conduct. Manage day-to-day operation of the compliance program within the division
- Identify potential areas of compliance vulnerability and risk within your division; develop/implement corrective action plans for resolution of problematic issues, and provide general guidance on how to avoid or deal with similar situations in the future
- Conduct routine compliance audits and ad-hoc investigations
- Act as an independent review and evaluation body within the respective cluster to ensure that compliance issues/concerns are being appropriately evaluated, investigated and resolved/remediated
- Monitor, and as necessary, coordinate compliance activities within the respective cluster to remain abreast of the status of all compliance activities and to identify regional trends
- Develop and periodically review and update standards of conduct to ensure continuing currency and relevance in providing guidance to management and employees
- Serve as a “trusted advisor” to the business through active advising and counseling on all compliance matters
- Provide reports on a regular basis, and as directed or requested, to keep the Compliance Committee and senior management informed of the operation and progress of compliance efforts
- Facilitate the “tone from the top” and compliance culture through localized communication measures
- Support compliance communication and conduct anti-corruption/compliance trainings
- Monitor and future develop the “best-in-class” compliance processes and systems

**Your Qualifications**
- University degree in business administration or equivalent qualification with merit
- Minimum of 5 years of business experience within the areas of compliance, internal audit, finance/controlling or legal
- Strong project management and prioritization skills, ability to effectively manage multiple tasks and priorities sometimes within short timelines
- Highly developed understanding of accounting practices
- Strong problem resolution and facilitation skills
- Good communication and multi-language skills (English and Arabic)
- Expert skills in Excel, Access, HTML programming (or equivalent)
- Outstanding analytical and conceptual skills
- High capacity for teamwork and co-operation
- Self-motivated and result-oriented professional
- Ability to interact effectively at all levels of an organization
- Risk management and/or regulatory expertise
- Forensic investigations and/or internal controls
- Global mind-set, strong sense of cultural/diverse backgrounds when working with others

We offer an exciting and challenging role in a future-oriented environment as well as excellent possibilities for personal and professional advancement. Have we aroused your interest? Then we look forward to making your acquaintance