Compliance Officer

Overview of the role

Our client, an oil and gas operator, are currently hiring a Compliance Officer based in Aberdeen on a long-term contract basis.

The Compliance Officer is a dedicated, full-time role responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing the company's compliance and data privacy frameworks. This role promotes ethical conduct and provides support to the organization on compliance and privacy matters.

The Compliance Officer will serve as the primary liaison with regulators and oversee internal compliance activities, including those related to privacy and ethical conduct as well as compliance-related investigations and training programs. The role will also involve some support for Company Secretarial and Corporate Governance matters.

Key Tasks/Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a risk-based and robust compliance framework aligned with key risk areas including Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABAC), Antitrust/Competition Law, Fraud, Conflicts of Interest, and TradeCompliance.
• Conduct ongoing compliance risk assessments and lead remediation efforts.
• Monitor evolving regulations and guide updates to internal policies.
• Establish and implement risk-based third-party risk management procedures, including due diligence, monitoring, and relevant assurance processes.
• Design and implement company-wide compliance training programs, including a risk-based nominations process, tailored training for higher-risk roles, and periodic effectiveness assessments.
• Prepare and present compliance performance reports as well as continuous improvement plans and objectives to leadership on a periodic basis.
• Establish and maintain an Ethics and Compliance communications plan, including internal communications and external communications to business partners where appropriate.
• Lead responses to regulatory inquiries, audits, and examinations.
• Triage reports of misconduct and lead or oversee investigations, including maintaining proper records on outcomes and remediation where applicable.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive policy governance framework, ensuring periodic review, proper version control, and accessibility to relevant stakeholders.
• Coordinate a business-as-usual compliance monitoring and assurance program.
• Responsible for implementing, managing and promoting internal reporting mechanisms together with management and other key roles.

Data Privacy Responsibilities

• Maintain a data privacy framework aligned with the ICO's Accountability Framework and other relevant standards.
• Lead containment, remediation, and timely regulatory engagement in the event of a data breach.
• Define and implement the organization's privacy strategy in alignment with legal requirements and internal data strategies.
• Provide specialist privacy and ethics advice; build relationships to embed privacy into operations.
• Act as the data privacy advisor at leadership forums and governance bodies.

Expectations of candidates

• Proven experience in senior compliance and/or data privacy roles, preferably within industries such as oil and gas.
• Strong understanding of global compliance and privacy standards (e.g., UK GDPR, DPA 2018).
• In-depth knowledge of enforcement regimes and regulatory expectations related to corporate compliance programs, including but not limited to the FCPA, UK Bribery Act, OFAC sanctions, and other relevant international frameworks. Experience in implementing privacy programs, conducting risk assessments, and managing incidents.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Legal, finance or compliance-related qualifications preferred.
• Privacy certifications such as CIPP/E, CIPM, or ISEB Data Protection are highly desirable.
• Familiarity with frameworks such as ICO's Accountability Framework, NIST Privacy Framework, and ISO 27001 is beneficial.

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