VP & Chief Compliance Officer - Hard Rock International (USA), Inc.

The Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer serves as head of regulatory compliance for the Company.  The Chief Compliance Officer is responsible for the day-to-day administration and oversight of the Company’s Gaming Compliance Plan.  The Chief Compliance Officer, in conjunction with the Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, will serve as a liaison between the Compliance Committee and various regulatory authorities.

Essential duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provides regulatory and compliance analysis and guidance on a global basis to the senior management team of the Company.
• Represent the Company before governmental regulatory bodies, external agencies, and the Company’s Compliance Committee.
• Responsible for designing, implementing and monitoring the processes by which the Company will comply with all applicable laws and regulations. 
• Manage and oversee the Company’s Gaming Compliance Plan and present regularly to the Company’s Compliance Committee.
• Develop and manage internal controls, policies, process, procedures, and compliance plan.
• Manage the Company’s anti-money laundering policies, procedures, and products on a global basis.
• Ensure that all government compliance reporting requirements are filed on a timely basis.
• Manage fiscal and staff resources within an established budget.
• Lead fundraising efforts for staff team.  Ensure staff compliance with relevant laws, rules and lobby registration/reporting.   
• Ensure that all marketing initiatives, affiliate arrangements, marketing communications, and product releases are compliant with applicable gaming laws and regulations.
• Manage the company’s applications and licenses with gaming regulators.
• Manage and oversee the Company’s due diligence and probity processes working in collaboration with various business units.
• Work with the senior management team and legal department to provide guidance with respect to gaming laws and regulations.

Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor degree from a top-tier U.S. law school.
• Admission and in good standing to one or more US state bars.
• A minimum of 8-years’ experience with significant experience in the rules and regulations of the gaming industry, including anti-money laundering.
• Knowledge and understanding of the rules and regulations of the gaming industry, including anti-money laundering.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment with quick deadlines and multiple demands
• In-house experience in a global organization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (including legal drafting skills).
• The ability to influence others by developing strong working relationships and delivering excellent commercial solutions to complex legal and regulatory issues.
• Knowledge and understanding of the rules and regulations of the gaming industry
• Ability to obtain a casino license as required by each gaming jurisdiction.

Work Environment:

• Duties and responsibilities are typically performed in a professional office setting, but there may be times where you will need to be in operating areas. In these areas, you may be exposed to environmental factors including, but not limited to, secondhand smoke and excessive noise.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms, talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Disclaimer
While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the current job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change, (e.g., emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs or technical developments).

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