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Samaritan's Purse is seeking a detail-oriented and critical-thinking executive to serve as the Senior Executive, Compliance & Risk with our Compliance and Risk department in Boone, North Carolina. The right person will thrive in an "all hands-on deck" environment, where they enjoy finding solutions to challenging problems and can lead and navigate in a fast-moving, matrixed organization. Are you passionate about investigative work and collaborating with teams to ensure adherence to policy? Apply today and use your gifts for the Kingdom!

A day in the life of a Senior Executive, Compliance & Risk:

At Samaritans Purse, the Gospel really is the center of all we do! We start each day with a time of devotions and spend time praying for each other, our staff and volunteers who serve around the globe.  

In the role of Senior Executive, Compliance & Risk, you will have the opportunity to: 

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him.
• Oversee the day-to-day, global operations of the Global Compliance Program, including the ongoing development of an effective Compliance and Ethics Program framework and access to Leadership and the Board of Governors as legally mandated by the US Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations.
• Ensure collaboration between regional and global Compliance resources to achieve decentralized compliance risk ownership across the organization with centralized monitoring and reporting.
• Ensure the creation of compliance policies and procedures that guide Samaritans Purse and its affiliates to operate in full accordance with the requirements of all relevant rules, internal policies, and regulations. Accountable for ensuring strategy around reviewing, updating, and providing counsel on employee handbooks, volunteer guidance, and governance documents to meet compliance requirements. 
• Ensure collaboration between Risk Management and Internal Audit to align fraud risk assessments and Internal Audit programming to the organizations overall risk strategy.
• Drive enterprise risk management responsibilities into the organizations regional and individual departments, ensuring management understands their risk owner roles as first lines of defense in operational control. 
• Oversee the independent monitoring and auditing of all relevant internal compliance policies and procedures and ensure managements awareness, supervision, and enforcement of compliance responsibilities for their departments.  Ensure regular reporting to Leadership and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors to give assurance of oversight and transparency.
• Provide guidance, advice, and training/education programs to improve the understanding of related laws and regulatory compliance, and interact with regulators on compliance issues.
• Provide written reports of activities, investigations, and other matters to management and the Chief Operating Officer, as well as the Chief Executive Officer, as appropriate.
• All other duties as assigned.

Learn more about serving with Samaritans Purse. 

Qualifications & Experience: 

• 15+ years relevant business and leadership experience in compliance and risk management required.
• 15+ years leadership and management experience leading complex global and matrixed teams required.
• Graduate degree from business school/university degree preferred. Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP) required, or can be obtained one year from hire date. 
• Proven experience in building, revitalizing, and optimizing compliance programs, policies, and risk assessments across business lines and geographies required.
• Experience with Risk Management frameworks such as COSO ERM, ISO 31000, etc. Experience with Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) applications
• Prior experience interfacing and executing at C-suite level preferred. Experience influencing and working with a Board required.
• Large-scale global operations and global business experience required.
• Minimum 7 years experience in strategic visioning and planning.
• Proven ability to develop effective relationships with key stakeholders: societies, members, and industry leaders, with demonstrable effectiveness as an engager and the capability to span boundaries.
• Fluency in English required; multi-lingual capability would be useful. Excellent communication skills including written, verbal, listening, and presentation.
• 12 credit hours of college-level Biblical Studies (required)

Job Location: Boone, North Carolina

Type:  Full-Time

Language Requirement: Fluency in English (required)

Travel Expectations: Domestic and International travel around 75 days a year

Benefits:

• On-site Medical Clinic (staff and dependents) 
• Medical, prescription, dental & vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Long-term and Short-term disability insurance
• Paid Family Medical Leave 
• Term Life Insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• 10 paid holidays
• 12 vacation/personal days
• 10 sick days 

Samaritan's Purse Mission Statement:

Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Samaritan's Purse Statement of Faith:

• We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17.
• We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons:  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6.
• We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-4 and 1:29; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15.
• We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit.  Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7.
• We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life.  John 3:5-8; Acts 1:8 and 4:31; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 5:16-18; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:6-10.
• We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment.  1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15.
• We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the church.  1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 1:22-23.
• We believe that the ministry of evangelism and discipleship a responsibility of all followers of Jesus Christ.  Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15; 1 Peter 3:15.
• We believe Gods plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made to complete each other. God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female. Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9.
• We believe that we must dedicate ourselves to prayer, to the service of our Lord, to His authority over our lives, and to the ministry of evangelism.  Matthew 9:35-38; 22:37-39, 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15 and 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10; Colossians 2:6-10; 1 Peter 3:15.
• We believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; and that we must have concern for the physical and spiritual needs of our fellowmen. Psalm 139:13; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10.
• We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person biological male or female. These two distinct but complementary sexes together reflect the image and likeness of God. Rejection of ones biological sex is a rejection of Gods merciful design and creative order.  Genesis 1:26-27;1 Corinthians 6:9; Deuteronomy 22:5