Sr. Sourcing Compliance Associate

Company Description

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

Job Description

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

This role can be based in Atlanta, GA. 

The LinkedIn Global Strategic Sourcing (GSS) Team is a vibrant group of professionals in strategic sourcing, contracting, operations, risk, and compliance, all bringing inclusive backgrounds and skill sets globally. They have set a high bar for fostering a culture of compliance and integrity throughout the Source to Pay lifecycle, providing effective solutions that strengthen and protect our trusted brand. If you’re passionate about managing high-priority compliance and regulatory programs within a fast-paced environment and enjoy working with smart, curious, and motivated people, you will thrive with the GSS Team.  

As a dedicated and detail-oriented Senior Compliance Associate, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the effectiveness and integrity of our global supply chain and supplier risk management systems. Your focus will be on evaluating and reporting on various compliance obligations and regulatory requirements globally. You will collaborate closely with internal stakeholders and periodically with suppliers to maintain high standards of Supplier Compliance and Risk Management, ensuring adherence to all relevant regulations and policies.

This role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, where your contributions will have a direct impact on LinkedIn's compliance posture and operational success. Best of all, you’ll join a well-rounded, collaborative Global Strategic Sourcing Team that values creativity, fun, and teamwork.   

Core Responsibilities

• Assist with reporting efforts to meet our compliance obligations for Supply Chain Integrity and other regulations, using both data analysis and qualitative insights.
• Lead risk assessments for optimal mitigation approaches such as our company-level impact assessments for Supply Chain Integrity.
• Perform periodic effectiveness checks of supplier vetting, assessment, and case management processes ensuring that these audits are independent of the roles tasked with leading the operations of these systems.
• Support the development of the Supplier Compliance roadmap and internal communication plan.
• Facilitate supplier isolation process in collaboration with our Intake Concierge and Microsoft Trade Legal teams.
• Complete the annual Provider Code of Conduct gap analysis and updates and help track and report attestations.
• Provide annual audit support, including competitive bids, SOC2 compliance and country specific requirements.
• Support the identification and management of supplier non-conformances as flagged by Supplier Risk Operations.
• Conduct periodic contract effectiveness checks to ensure compliance, including:
  • Gathering data for the accessibility amendment process with Supplier Governance.
  • Identifying high-risk suppliers based on code of conduct compliance, exceptions, and long-term Data Processing Agreement exceptions.
• Collaborate on the implementation of our Competitive Bid Policy Process and development of audit controls.
• Assist in executing periodic supplier audits.
• Build trust and maintain positive relationships with internal partners & stakeholders, cross-functional teams, and external auditors.  
• Maintain accurate and detailed compliance program documentation, per established governance expectations, ensuring easy retrieval and reference. 
• Address and support ad hoc compliance inquiries from customers and legal partners along with performing other duties, special projects as assigned.  

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Law, or a related field.
• 4+ years of compliance management experience, risk management, strategic sourcing or a related field.
• Experience in the Microsoft Suite of products; Word, Excel, SharePoint, PowerPoint, etc.

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