Compliance Lead

• Managing areas of key corporate compliance within the business
• Responsibility for ongoing management and monitoring of ACCC undertakings
• Brand new offices at M-City Clayton; onsite parking & hybrid model

The Company

With a history spanning more than 110 years, Sigma Healthcare is a leading full-line pharmaceutical wholesale and distribution business. We proudly support Australians’ health by delivering high-quality healthcare products and services to community pharmacies nationwide.

Sigma offers a flexible range of brands and services, including our retail pharmacy brands, Amcal and Discount Drug Stores, and an independent pharmacy offer, PriceSave. Through our distribution network, we also offer 3PL solutions for customers in the pharmaceutical, medical consumables and fast-moving consumer goods sectors.

The Opportunity

Ready to make an immediate impact? Reporting into the General Counsel & Company Secretary, the Compliance Lead will be accountable for managing areas of key corporate compliance within the business.

A core area of this accountability will be the compliance requirements associated with Sigma’s undertaking (Undertaking) provided to the ACCC in relation to the proposed merger between Sigma and Chemist Warehouse. This is a senior key compliance role within the business and provides the opportunity to be part of a well-regarded Legal team in a dynamic business..

Key Responsibilities include:

• In consultation with key business stakeholders, develop and implement a fit-for-purpose, auditable compliance framework which delivers
• Conducting assessment and monitoring of Sigma’s compliance with the ACCC s 87b Undertaking and other relevant regulatory obligations
• The development and maintenance of reporting tools for Board Committees and Management.
• Assisting the duties of the Sigma Information Compliance Officer which includes the day-to-day responsibility for monitoring Sigma’s compliance with the management non-retention of cConfidential dData for exiting customers, and maintaining a register of specified Personnel as defined in the Undertaking.
• The development, maintenance and completion of all training and attestations associated with the obligations related to the Undertaking and corporate compliance undertakings.
• • Ensuring the content of the training meets as a minimum, the requirements of the Undertaking.
• Responding to requests from the Independent Auditor, action any recommendations made by the Approved Independent Auditor and comply with any direction of the ACCC in relation to matters arising from the Audit Report within the advised timeframes provided by the ACCC.

We are looking for:

• A tertiary qualification in law or commerce
• 8+ years in compliance risk management
• Proven ability to design, establish, and maintain compliance frameworks and policies.
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills including the ability to present to senior management and the Board.
• Exposure to the ACCC regulatory regime, and experience in the wholesale/retail pharmaceutical industry is desirable.

What’s on offer:

When you join Sigma Healthcare, you join an Australian success story with over 100years of proud history. Also, on offer is the opportunity to:

• Receive a competitive salary
• Advance your skills and experience through ongoing training and development
• Be part of a progressive, supportive and highly skilled team
• Enjoy great employee benefits and access to health & wellbeing programs
• Work for an organisation that plays a unique role in supporting healthy communities

At Sigma, our commitment is to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, heard, and empowered to reach their full potential. We nurture a culture that embraces individual difference in all its forms and value the many benefits that transpire from all aspects of diversity.

Our culture is demonstrated through our values and behaviours; we are obsessed with delighting our customers, we act with honesty and integrity, we are resilient and focused, we deliver on our goals.

We are proud to be endorsed as an employer of choice for women by WORK180.

How to apply

Sound like your new home? Click APPLY today to submit your application via our Careers portal.

Anyone interested in applying should do so directly as we are not accepting applications through recruitment agencies.

The successful candidate will be subject to appropriately completing our pre-employment requirements which includes a satisfactory criminal history check.