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Head of Legal & Compliance

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Wilhelmsen Ships Service
Sted
Oslo
Søknadsfrist
5. desember 2022

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Maritim / Shipping
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Konsulent / Rådgivning
Arbeidstid
Fulltid
Jobbtype
Fast
Sektor
Privat

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Join our global team for a career filled with opportunities to solve challenges both small and large, local and global, simple and complex.

Wilhelmsen Ships Service is a part of the Wilhelmsen Group and sells maintenance products and service to internationally trading vessels in 70+ countries, through 40+ legal entities in all corners of the world. Committed to shaping the maritime industry, we seek to develop new opportunities and form collaborations in renewables, zero-emission shipping, and marine digitalization. We serve half the world’s fleet in any given year, delivering to ~26 000 vessels. Our ability to do so while upholding the corporate governance and compliance standards of the group, and operate in accordance with applicable laws, is a vital part of our promise to customers, owners, and other stakeholders. And as always, safeguarding the interests and long-term success of the company through professional management of the contracts and agreements we enter is of the utmost importance.

As our previous Head of Legal & Compliance has recently been promoted, there is now an opportunity for someone new to take on this instrumental, global role in Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS). We can offer a wide array of legal and compliance related topics and you will get to apply your trade in a very flat, unbureaucratic structure which allows for quick decision making.  

Join our high caliber and truly global team, you will be afforded global responsibility and mandate! 

What you will be doing:  

As a key member of Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) finance department, the Head of Legal & Compliance will work closely with Vice President Finance and other key stakeholders in the WSS management team, in addition to other counterparts in the wider Wilhelmsen group. The Head of Legal & Compliance will ensure that activities of the company are in line with corporate governance standards as well as applicable laws and tax regulations. Acting as an efficient support to WSS set business goals. The position reports directly to Vice President Finance Wilhelmsen Ships Service.  

You will be responsible for:  

  • Draft and solidify agreements, contracts and other legal documents to ensure compliance 

  • Support WSS and its executives on a variety of legal issues 

  • Assist with tasks related to registration of directors, drafting board and shareholder resolutions with the support of external counsel when needed 

  • Procurement of services on local legal issues on a case-by-case basis, including, but not limited to acquisitions and Joint Venture agreements 

  • Communicate and negotiate with external parties (regulators, public authority etc.), creating relations of trust 

  • Maintaining WSS Terms & Conditions framework for customer contracts, and being the escalation point for legal wording of individual customer/supplier contracts on an ad hoc basic, whilst working closely with the contract review teams in WSS 

  • Implement policies and procedures and manage WSS compliance  

Required experience and skills: 

  • Master’s degree in law or business

  • Minimum 5 years of relevant experience at a law firm or in-house legal department

  • Solid knowledge in Office of Foreign Asset Control and anti - bribery law

  • Analytical and capable of transferring theoretical knowledge into practice

  • Ability to work on own initiative and in a team

  • Structured and accurate

  • Good command of English 

We can offer a culture and work environment of strong leadership, career development, work-life balance and a job that is both challenging and stimulating. Our organization thrives by using modern tools and is eager to utilize the business opportunities that comes with new digital tools and skills. Beyond this, we have benefits that include, but are not limited to:

  • Flexible working arrangements

  • Competitive pension plan

  • Other benefits such as company cabins, gym and social events 

Work Location: The role will have its base at our headquarter at Lysaker, Norway, but flexible working arrangements will be available. Some travel should be expected. 

Application deadline: 05.12.2022 

Contact details: Jon Terje Bjoernvold - Vice President Finance WSS - jon.t.bjoernvold@wilhelmsen.com

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Firma

Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) is a World Class independent provider of recognized products and services to the maritime industry.

WSS has the world´s largest maritime services network, with 4,600 marine professionals serving 2400 ports I 125 countries. WSS deliver products and services to around 24 000 vessels annually – that is more than half the global merchant fleet.  A product or service is offered to a vessel somewhere in the world less than every second minute, every day, 365 days a year.

Wilhelmsen Ships Service is part of Wilhelmsen Maritime Services AS, a Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding Company listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

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