Risk & Compliance Specialist
Role Overview
The Risk & Compliance Specialist owns defined compliance domains such as data privacy, anti-money-laundering, anti-bribery, and licensing across the Group.
The role conducts structured assessments, drives remediation with business owners, and provides subject-matter guidance that keeps the organisation compliant and its risk exposure well managed across jurisdictions.
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Job Purpose
The Risk & Compliance Specialist owns defined compliance domains such as data privacy, anti-money-laundering, anti-bribery, and licensing across the Group.
The role conducts structured assessments, drives remediation with business owners, and provides subject-matter guidance that keeps the organisation compliant and its risk exposure well managed across jurisdictions.
Domain Compliance Ownership
- Own assigned compliance domains including data privacy (PDPL and GDPR), AML, anti-bribery, and licensing.
- Interpret applicable regulations and translate them into practical obligations.
- Maintain domain-specific compliance frameworks, controls, and checklists.
- Advise business owners on domain requirements and compliant approaches.
- Monitor regulatory developments in assigned domains and update controls.
Assessment & Remediation
- Conduct structured risk-based and current-state assessments in assigned domains.
- Identify gaps, categorise exposure, and develop remediation action plans.
- Drive remediation with owners and track corrective actions to closure.
- Monitor and report on the effectiveness of controls and mitigation.
- Escalate material breaches and significant exposures promptly.
Policy, Monitoring & Audit Support
- Write and review policies and procedures for assigned compliance domains.
- Conduct operational, financial, and legal compliance monitoring reviews.
- Support internal and external audits with evidence and domain expertise.
- Maintain the compliance tracker for domain licenses, filings, and renewals.
- Deliver domain-specific awareness and training to relevant stakeholders.
Reporting & Coordination
- Prepare domain compliance reports, dashboards, and confirmations.
- Coordinate with Legal, Finance, and department owners on compliance matters.
- Maintain accurate status logs across obligations, assessments, and remediation.
- Support development of compliance metrics and monitoring summaries.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of the compliance programme.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Law, Business, Finance, or a related field; relevant compliance certification (for example CAMS, CIPP) preferred.
- 4-6 years in compliance or risk with subject-matter depth in one or more domains; multi-jurisdictional exposure preferred.
- Domain expertise (privacy, AML, anti-bribery, licensing); structured assessment; policy development; remediation management.
About Floward
Founded in 2017, Floward is an online flowers and gifting company operating in 36 cities in nine countries across the MENA region and UK.
Floward offers same-day delivery through its own refrigerated fleet and partners with local and international brands for gifts.
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