Job Summary:

Assists the Director in the management of the China Regulatory Compliance program including planning, leading, implementing, improving, and reviewing various corporate initiatives, as advised by the Director, Regulatory Compliance.

In this Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Together with and with the mentorship of manager, develops and implements the central initiatives of the Regulatory Compliance Department, by leading and implementing projects for China, including:
  • Supporting all compliance areas (i.e., International Trade Compliance, Product Environmental Compliance, Information Governance, and Conflict Minerals, and, Checkpoint), providing mentorship to Emerson Businesses in China regarding compliance with regulations and corporate policy as well as program improvement initiatives;
  • Maintaining compliance tools (including Archer): ensuring location records and self-assessments are complete and up to date, updating or implementing standards, guidelines, and self-assessment requirements, conducting program reviews/site visits, supervising data related to self-assessments, etc.;
  • Assisting China Businesses in implementing operational procedures in line with Emerson Regulatory Compliance standards and addressing program gaps and improvement plans;
  • Conducting Regulatory Compliance due diligence, including for third parties and with respect to new acquisitions, and assisting in the investigation of suspected violations of company policy ;
  • Assist in the development and issuance of alerts, announcements, training and other relevant communications, as applicable.
• Consults and provides authoritative level advice regarding Regulatory Compliance matters, using collected data to review procedures and generated reports to address deficiencies in applicable programs;
• Assists manager of the communication strategy with project collaborators;
• Responds to partner concerns and questions from the businesses and/or members of the Legal team;
• Maintains collaborative working relationships with all compliance and Legal team members and provides support to the Businesses as needed in their projects and pursuits;
• Ensures that applicable system implementations satisfy Emerson requirements for internal controls;
• Proactively and independently resolves sophisticated challenges where precedent may not exist;
• Identifies and advances strategic improvement opportunities and other tasks as assigned.

Who You Are:

You promote high visibility of shared contributions to goals. You quickly and significantly take action in constantly evolving, unexpected situations. You actively seek input from pertinent sources to make timely and well-informed decisions.

For This Role, You Will Need:

• Under-graduate degree required
• 10 years of important work experience in Legal and Compliance
  • 5+ years direct experience supervising and leading teams, projects, and programs in the Legal Department
• Subject-matter expertise in relevant US export control regulations and in relevant areas of trade compliance locally.
• Validated understanding of environmental compliance anti-corruption
• Proven record to identify areas where process improvement is required, to develop process improvements with the businesses, and to assist the business in implementing those improvements.
• Validated problem-solving ability, communication skills and cross-cultural awareness.
• Excellent oral and written English and Chinese language skills

Preferred Qualifications that Set You Apart:

• A strong team member, able to shift roles as required by the group dynamic (e.g. contributor, facilitator), comfortable working with senior management
• Strong organizational skills, reliable and good attention to detail, possessing good analytical skills and able to anticipate problems

Our Culture & Commitment to You

At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives-because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.

We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing competitive benefits plans, a variety of medical insurance plans, Employee Assistance Program, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.