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Primary Location: United States (US) - Illinois - Moline
Function: Law Svcs and Gov't Affairs (CA)
Title: North America Compliance Manager - 125894
Onsite/Remote:Onsite Position
The North America Compliance Manager for John Deere World Headquarters located in Moline, IL serves as a key ethics and compliance partner supporting Deere & Company operations throughout the United States and Canada. This role helps foster a culture of integrity, effective compliance risk management, and responsible business conduct while supporting Deere & Company’s enterprise-wide ethics and compliance strategy. The North America Compliance Manager also serves as the Fraud Risk Management Program Lead, coordinating enterprise fraud risk management activities in partnership with relevant business and control functions. The Compliance Manager partners with business leadership, Legal, Audit, and other key stakeholders to lead risk-based compliance initiatives, support risk mitigation activities, and advance the effective use of analytics and emerging AI technologies within the compliance program.
This position reports to the Global Director, Ethics and Compliance and plays an important role in Deere & Company’s global ethics and compliance organization.
In addition, you will:
- Support Deere & Company entities with Ethics & Compliance activities across the United States and Canada region.
- Conduct compliance risk assessments and develop risk mitigation and remediation strategies.
- Support the implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of compliance program elements, including policies, training, communications, monitoring activities, and governance processes.
- Support key compliance risk areas, including anti-bribery and anti-corruption, trade compliance, sanctions, export controls, third-party risk management, KYC, investigations, and hotline programs.
- Serve as the Fraud Risk Management Program Lead and coordinate enterprise fraud risk management activities.
- Build trusted partnerships with business leaders and provide practical, risk-based compliance guidance that supports ethical business operations and responsible growth.
- Collaborate with regional and global stakeholders to support cross-border compliance matters and enterprise-wide compliance initiatives.
- Leverage analytics, automation, generative AI, and agentic AI capabilities to enhance compliance program effectiveness.
VISA Sponsorship is NOT available for this position
- Ethics and compliance program management experience.
- Compliance risk assessment, mitigation, and remediation experience.
- Strong stakeholder management, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
- Experience implementing or supporting compliance programs, policies, training, monitoring, or governance activities.
- Experience in one or more key compliance disciplines (e.g., FCPA/ABC, fraud, trade compliance, sanctions, export controls, third-party risk management, investigations).
- Demonstrated use of analytics, automation, generative AI, or similar technologies in a professional setting.
- Strong communication, project management, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- Global or multinational compliance experience.
- Experience supporting manufacturing, industrial, or highly regulated organizations.
- Experience with fraud risk management programs or fraud risk assessments.
- Deep expertise in anti-bribery and anti-corruption, trade compliance, sanctions, export controls, third-party risk management, hotline programs, or related compliance disciplines.
- Experience developing compliance dashboards, reporting frameworks, monitoring programs, or technology-enabled compliance solutions.
- Demonstrated success applying analytics, automation, generative AI, or other emerging technologies to improve compliance, audit, risk management, or governance processes.
- Experience presenting compliance risks, program performance, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
- Relevant certifications such as CCEP, CCEP-I, CFE, RIMS-CRMP, CIA, CAMS, CRCM, or similar credentials.
Ideally you will have a degree or equivalent related work experience in the following:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Business, Law, Compliance, Risk Management, Finance, Accounting, Public Policy, Technology, Data Analytics, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.
What You'll Get
At John Deere, you are empowered to create a career that will take you to where you want to go while working in an inclusive team environment. Here, you'll enjoy the freedom to explore new projects, the support to think outside the box and the advanced tools and technology that foster innovation and achievement. Additionally, we offer a comprehensive reward package to help you get started on your new career path, including:
- Flexible work arrangements
- Highly competitive base pay
- Savings & Retirement benefits (401K and Defined Contribution)
- Healthcare benefits with a generous company contribution in the Health Savings Account
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Tuition assistance
- Fitness subsidies and on-site gyms at specific Deere locations
- Charitable contribution match
- Employee Purchase Plan & numerous discount programs for personal use
- Vacation and Holiday Pay
$124,656.00 - $186,972.00 + Benefits
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Must be 18 years of age or older to apply
The information contained herein is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and qualifications required of individuals performing the job. The qualifications detailed in this job description are not considered the minimum requirements necessary to perform the job, but rather as guidelines.
The terms of the applicable benefit plans, and all company actions administering or interpreting these plans, continue to control. Deere & Company reserves the right to suspend, amend, modify, or terminate the Plan(s) in any manner at any time, including the right to modify or eliminate any cost-sharing between the company and participants. Changes, which can be made at any time, are made by action of the company's board of directors, or to the extent authorized by resolution of its board of directors, or by the Deere & Company Compensation Committee. In the event of a conflict between the language of the official Plan Documents and this document, the language of the official Plan Documents will control.
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