About This Role
The Compliance Officer runs AmSpec's compliance program, ensuring that its testing and inspection work remains impartial, ethical, and within the law. This role serves as a trusted advisor to management and staff, fostering a strong culture of integrity across all operations.
Responsibilities
- Act as the first point of contact for compliance questions from staff and country managers, escalating high-risk matters to the Head of Compliance
- Roll out and localize group policies across the business (anti-bribery, gifts and hospitality, conflicts of interest, sanctions, data protection, whistleblowing) and deliver the annual compliance training
- Run due diligence on agents, subcontractors and other third parties, and maintain the gifts, hospitality and conflicts-of-interest registers
- Screen clients, counterparties, vessels and cargoes against UN, EU, UK, US and applicable local sanctions lists and advise operations on whether a job can proceed
- Support impartiality and accreditation requirements under ISO/IEC 17020, ISO/IEC 17025 and the TIC Council Compliance Code
- Investigate whistleblowing reports and compliance incidents, run the annual monitoring plan and prepare the quarterly compliance report
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in law, business, finance or a related field
- 3–6 years in corporate compliance, legal, internal audit or risk, with hands-on anti-bribery, sanctions or data-protection work
- Experience working across more than one jurisdiction
- Working knowledge of the UK Bribery Act and FCPA, EU/UK/US sanctions, GDPR and local data-protection laws
- Fluent English, with additional regional languages an advantage
- Willing and able to travel as required
Nice to have:
- A compliance qualification (ICA, CCEP-I, CAMS or CIPP/E) is preferred
- A background in TIC, commodities, shipping or oil and gas is an advantage
About the Company
AmSpec is hiring a Compliance Officer to run its compliance program and keep its testing and inspection work impartial, ethical and within the law.
