Assistant General Counsel (RCO Greater China)

Reporting directly to the Chief Compliance Officer of Honeywell the Regional Compliance Officer (China) has primary responsibility for leading and continuously improving the companys compliance framework in Greater China. This is a newly created role to provide strategic and practical compliance leadership across key compliance and regulatory areas while partnering closely with business and functional leaders to embed compliance ownership across the Honeywell China organization.

The Regional Compliance Officer (RCO) role is an agile highimpact function that drives business performance through its mission to enable growth while intelligently managing risk advancing a strategy of regional empowerment simplification digital enablement and excelling in a crossdomain environment. The RCO will partner with global subject matter experts across the compliance and regulatory organizations to drive a robust riskbased compliance program tailored to regionspecific legal regulatory and business risks. The role requires strong changemanagement capability sound judgment and the ability to influence senior stakeholders in a complex operating environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted compliance partner embedded in the region to be closer to the daytoday business activities. Advise senior management and business leaders on compliance risks controls and remediation strategies in a practical businessfocused manner
• The connector that will align the right compliance & regulatory experts to the table at the right time. Partner with subject matter experts to execute and communicate compliance risk assessments and ensure mitigation plans are effectively implemented and tracked
• A practical advisor who helps translate global standards into clear regionspecific guidance. Assess monitor and mitigate legal and compliance risks specific to China operations including anticorruption sanctions export controls trade and antitrust
• A regional partner focused on reducing friction and enabling decision-making that is faster and better informed
• Support internal investigations including allegation intake factfinding documentation and remediation in coordination with Legal HR and other relevant functions
• Develop tailor and deliver compliance training and awareness programs for employees and relevant external parties in China
• Lead or support postacquisition integration activities from a compliance perspective including remediation and audit closing actions
• Track internal and external compliance trends in China and proactively recommend enhancements to policies controls and processes

Act as a trusted advisor and visible compliance leader within the China organization

YOU MUST HAVE

• 12-15 years of relevant experience in compliance legal or risk management
• Significant experience as a compliance subject matter expert whether that is specific expertise in one area e.g. anticorruption or broader regulatory compliance matters
• Fluency in English (written and oral)

WE VALUE

• Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent legal or compliance qualification
• Fluency in Mandarin Chinese written and oral
• Strong integrity sound judgment and professional credibility
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and business partners
• Experience working in China in a multinational corporate environment and/or leading China compliance programs
• Experience in a major law firm regulatory body or corporate legal/compliance department
• Strong initiative resilience and ability to navigate complex and sensitive situations
• Excellent communication training and stakeholdermanagement skills
• Proven ability to lead develop and collaborate with crossfunctional teams