Compliance Associate (REMOTE)

Compliance Associate

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we'll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

The Compliance Associate will report to the Executive Director, Corporate Compliance and Ethics, and working in close partnership with Legal, functional and business area key stakeholders, this position will support all corporate (non-regulatory) compliance activities to assure the development, implementation, and management of a comprehensive Legal Compliance program. The Charles River Legal Compliance program is designed to ensure compliance with national, state and local laws / regulations in each jurisdiction in which the Company operates globally, and to promote the Company's goals, mission and values.

Responsibilities include assisting in planning, implementing, maintaining, managing, monitoring and auditing the Company's Legal Compliance program; managing compliance-related training and communications; monitoring compliance by third parties; identifying legal issues and opportunities; assessing risks, benefits and consequences of legal compliance; measuring the effectiveness of policies and training; and recommending appropriate actions.

This position will work remote from home office and must be able to work East Coast hours.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Training : Supports the day-to-management of Charles River's global Legal Compliance training program, including assisting with curriculum planning, identifying key risks and topics for training, managing data, enrollment and distribution of initiatives, reporting on progress of activities, and partnering closely with other business and functional areas.
• Communication : Helps manage Charles River's global Legal Compliance communication program, including developing and launching company-wide newsletters, organizing Legal Compliance promotional videos and events (including our annual Compliance Day) and managing other global outreach efforts. Also serves as a primary point of contact for individuals within business and functional areas by overseeing the Legal Compliance program's intranet site and email inbox.
• Third Party Risk Management : Assists with the monitoring and review of Charles River's third parties to help ensure third parties' compliance with applicable laws, regulations and Company policies and to mitigate risk for Charles River.
• Risk Assessment : Supports the execution of Charles River's annual compliance and ethics risk assessment by coordinating data gathering with risk owners and key stakeholders, compiling data, assisting in the review and analysis of data and developing a risk assessment report for key stakeholders.
• Policies and Procedures : Assists in the development, implementation and maintenance of Legal Compliance program policies and procedures (including the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics) by partnering with business and functional areas to develop updated and / or new policies and procedures, adhering to the Charles River Policy Management Process, planning communication and / or training on policies and procedures, and coordinating rollout of new and / or updated policies and procedures.
• Reporting and Issue Management : Helps address compliance and ethics-related questions or reports by maintaining our case management tool and conducting appropriate investigative or follow-up activities.

Job Qualifications :

Education : Bachelor's degree (B.A. / B.S.) or equivalent Experience : Minimum of two (2) years in a corporate ethics and compliance function Familiarity with compliance-related laws and regulations (e.g., Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) Experience in a team-based organization Strong organizational and project management skills (including project planning) Ability to navigate diverse business, cultural and interpersonal environments Analytical skills and the ability to demonstrate critical thinking

Preferred Qualifications : Quantitative skills necessary to analyze data Experience with, or interest in, Data Privacy Experience in the life sciences and / or related industry sector

Compensation Data The pay range for this position is $75,000 - $85,000K USD annually. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.

About Corporate Functions The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards.

About Charles River Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients' clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client's unique challenges.

Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people's lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe.

We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.

We're committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include : bonus / incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.

Equal Employment Opportunity Charles River is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.