Objective
- Ensure that all compliance related risks are effectively managed within the scope and that changes within the relevant Regulatory landscape are monitored to ensure that the organisation remains compliant.
- Cover Data Protection, Sanctions, AML, Export controls, Ethics, Anti-Corruption and Regulatory.
Activity
Compliance Management
- Define consistent compliance standards and frameworks.
- Provide support in ensuring compliance policies and processes are adequately designed, published, rolled out and managed to meet requirements of applicable compliance laws and regulations.
- Support the business as an independent function in identifying and assessing relevant compliance obligations and risks including Financial crime and Sanctions, Data Protection, Regulatory, Anti-Corruption, Ethics and Third-Party Management.
- Ensure the implementation of compliance risk management process (such as corruption risk management process).
- Ensure an adequate control environment is designed and supervise the implementation.
- Ensure mitigation of high-risk compliance matters are appropriately addressed and monitored.
- Ensure regular and timely reporting towards board(s), group compliance (in order for them to understand the key risks and issues and fulfil their legal responsibilities) and external parties (e.g. regulators).
- Provide compliance advice to the business related to their current activities and provide advice on future activities.
- Manage relationships with internal and external (regulators) stakeholders at local and global level.
- Support Third Party Due Diligence process and assessments including critical Third Party reviews (e.g. participating/providing advice at Outsourcing Advisory Committee).
- Ensure regular reporting and awareness on changes in related laws and regulations.
- Manage / Support local Compliance Alert Management.
- Monitor legal and regulatory developments to ensure awareness and timely execution of required actions to ensure compliance.
- Raise awareness on compliance related topics (e.g., training, newsletters).
Compliance Enhancement
- Provide compliance guidance to business project teams.
- Deliver compliance awareness to staff and projects.
- Oversee the execution of compliance related training to relevant employees.
Management
- Manage a team (recruiting, onboarding, employee development, salary negotiations).