Job Title: Head of Ethics & Compliance
Location: Hybrid
Type: Permanent / Full-time
As the Head of Ethics & Compliance, you will work closely with the General Counsel to deliver and maintain their compliance and ethics strategy. You will manage a global compliance framework, ensuring organisation-wide adherence to their standards. This role involves setting strategy, supporting day-to-day compliance queries, and leveraging a network of compliance champions across the business.
Key Responsibilities:
* Collaborate with leadership teams and compliance owners to manage a global compliance and ethics framework.
* Assess and document compliance risks and accountability across the Group.
* Horizon-scan for future compliance issues impacting our business strategy.
* Provide second line of defence assurance on compliance status against risk appetite.
* Communicate and influence business culture to be compliance-aware, including owning the Group Code of Conduct and Minimum Standards.
* Build strong relationships with senior management, providing innovative compliance solutions.
* Design and implement compliance policy frameworks and tools.
* Develop and deliver robust reporting frameworks for transparency in compliance efforts.
* Support incident response and crisis management, including leading the Group’s Whistleblowing scheme.
Candidate Requirements:
Essential:
* Experience leading ethics and compliance programmes in a multi-national context.
* Knowledge of regulatory environments and associated risks.
* Ability to build collaborative relationships and deliver through a network of others.
* Strong influencing skills and excellent stakeholder management.
* Solution-focused mindset with the ability to balance commercial needs and compliance.
* Strong written and oral communication skills, adaptable to various audiences.
Desirable:
* Knowledge of international trade/export compliance, global supply chains, modern slavery, or third-party risk management.
* Experience with ecommerce/digitally-led multinational businesses.
* Formal risk management qualifications.
* Experience operating within a UK listed company context.
If you are a strategic thinker with a passion for ethics and compliance, and you meet the above requirements, we would love to hear from you!
*Please note work visa/sponsorship is not available