Ethics & Compliance Director, APAC

We are Lightsource bp – and we’re on a mission to become a global leader in onshore renewables, anchored by our proven track record in solar development.

For over a decade we’ve been actively working to diversify the way our world is powered with sustainable and responsible renewable power. We work to safely deliver affordable, reliable, large-scale onshore renewable and energy storage solutions to help the world decarbonise.

Our growing business is constantly innovating and investing to help drive the energy transition. Our people and projects are focused on supporting long-term sustainable growth and energy security.

Lightsource bp operates with five core values: Safety, Integrity, Respect, Sustainability, and Drive. We seek to attract and hire individuals who share our commitment to creating a safe workplace, uphold the highest standards of integrity, and demonstrate respect for colleagues, communities, and the environment. Our recruitment process promotes sustainability by valuing long-term growth and responsible practices, while seeking candidates with the drive to innovate and lead in the global energy transition. Together, these values shape how we engage, assess, and welcome talent to join us in delivering transformational solar power solutions worldwide. 

Lightsource bp was fully acquired by bp in 2024.

What you’ll do (the role)

Summary

The E&C team is a global Group Function. We operate an ethics and compliance program to maintain stakeholder trust and protect the value of our company. We lead on setting and deploying standards across the Group, providing the tools to enable teams to meet those standards and on monitoring compliance for our executive and governance bodies.

You will interface with senior management and their teams on a broad range of topics to enable regional leadership to meet their ethics and compliance accountabilities, and to promote ethical and complaint business conduct in your region. You will carry substantial responsibility for implementation of the program, its ongoing development, and its alignment with our ethical standards and relevant legislation.

Duties and responsibilities

Reporting to the General Counsel – Corporate, Ethics & Compliance you will be responsible for:

• Being a ‘trusted adviser’ to executive and senior leadership across the Asia Pacific Region, enabling them to deliver their accountability for doing business ethically and with integrity, and for applying all elements of the group’s E&C program. This will involve both advising on individual cases and presenting regional data-based reports based on our group E&C dashboards
• For E&C, being a contact point for staff, providing advice and guidance on the application of our Codes of Ethical Conduct and the associated Compliance Policies, procedures, and controls
• Providing training on all aspects of the E&C program, and assisting teams to deploy communications, engagement, and eLearning resources.
• Ensuring that risk and control assessments remain current as the business grows and evolves
• Conducting monitoring activities and providing insights to project, country and regional leadership, enabling them to fulfil their accountabilities for managing E&C risk and for implementing E&C policies, procedures, and controls proportionately for their area of responsibility
• Being an intake channel for breaches or concerns raised by staff and other stakeholders, complementing the speak-up service and coordinating with other channels such as People & Culture and HSE
• Highlighting trends and insights that contribute to continuous improvement of the group’s E&C activities, and supporting projects as needed to strengthen the E&C program
• This is initially a senior ‘individual contributor’ role. Depending on the growth of the region and broader business, there may be opportunity to manage small teams comprised of staff and consultants, to i) deliver projects that strengthen the overall global E&C program and ii) provide data and analysis to leadership and individuals

Who we’re looking for

Knowledge

• In depth understanding of Business Ethics and Compliance
• Deep understanding and expertise in ABC (Anti-Bribery and Corruption) and Conflicts of Interest
• Core understanding of laws on sanctions, trade controls, human rights, modern slavery, competition, data privacy and AML (Anti-Money Laundering)

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant subject
• English: Fluent spoken and writing
• Fluency / competency in additional languages would be a significant advantage, especially the language(s) of one or more Southeast Asian countries
• A legal qualification, and / or additional E&C qualifications or certifications, would be an advantage

Experience

• At least 10 years’ post-graduate business experience, or equivalent, is essential
• At least 5 years’ experience of E&C Program improvement and implementation
• Experience of working in or advising on matters within the APAC region
• E&C experience within the energy / renewables sector would be an advantage but is not required

Why you’ll make a great member of the team

• You are recognised as being a role model for doing business with integrity
• You demonstrate a high level of objectivity, integrity, motivation, team orientation, professionalism, and trustworthiness
• You are self-assured and confident in a variety of settings with confidence in your capabilities, but respectful and humble in their application
• You are highly competent in presenting qualitative and quantitative information effectively to senior management and in management-by-influence
• You have demonstrated ability to resolve conflict between groups with opposing perspectives, objectives, or priorities 
• You have planning, project-management, problem-solving and change management skills
• You are familiar with resolving Compliance issues and taking a proportionate and risk-based approach to Compliance due diligence
• You are proficient in PowerPoint, Excel, Word, SharePoint, Teams and related Microsoft Office tools

Why you’ll want to work for us

Our company is a place where you can be yourself and grow, a place where your ideas and opinions matter.

Be you: We pride ourselves on being an inclusive community, where every individual is valued and treated with respect.

Be responsible: Our culture is driven by our core values – from operating safely to ensuring our projects are responsible. 

Be recognized: Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits including annual bonus, retention bank, health insurance, pension and other local benefits.

Be inspired: Beyond your day-to-day working life at Lightsource bp, there’s a variety of initiatives that will contribute to your own personal development. These include our charitable causes, supporting our solar honey project, or volunteering on our VIBES committee to name a few.

Our core values: Lightsource bp truly cares about creating a sustainable future through safe, responsible and meaningful low carbon energy projects. Our core values of Safety, Integrity, Respect, Sustainability and Drive are the guiding principles for everything we do. 

For further information on our career opportunities and life at Lightsource bp, please visit https://www.lightsourcebp.com/careers/