Sr. Compliance Specialist, Global Compliance & Ethics

About This Role

This role is for a confident, curious, and self-motivated professional to contribute significantly to the Agoda Compliance & Ethics team, strengthening and integrating the program into the business. As an individual contributor, you will drive and maintain the company's compliance and ethics program, which provides a solid baseline for a culture of integrity.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support day-to-day compliance and ethics initiatives, ensuring key objectives, deliverables, and reporting are completed in a timely manner
• Conduct review of gifts & entertainment, conflicts of interest disclosure, third-party due diligence, risk assessment, monitoring and testing; and drive appropriate mitigation actions in partnership with relevant stakeholders
• Develop, implement and enhance compliance policies, procedures and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to address evolving business and regulatory risks
• Support the development and delivery of compliance training programs, including in-person and virtual sessions, and update e-learning materials in line with evolving business needs
• Promote a strong ethical culture through awareness campaigns, employee engagement initiatives, and cross-functional collaboration
• Partner closely with cross-functional teams such as Legal, Finance, Government Affairs, People, Commercial, Supply and other business stakeholders to embed compliance requirements into business processes
• Drive continuous improvement and efficiency initiatives, including the use of new technologies and digital tools to streamline workflows and reduce manual effort
• Prepare or support management updates and reporting materials, and other compliance-related communications for internal and external stakeholders and leadership
• Support additional and adhoc work as necessary to support the compliance & ethics function and mature the program

Requirements

• At least 5 years previous experience working in compliance and ethics function or related field (legal, or risk) in multinational medium to large organizations
• Proactive thinking beyond assigned tasks and consistently developing solutions to further the Compliance & Ethics program
• Detailed-oriented, able to connect dots, see the big picture, drive changes, and confidently navigate and appropriately mitigate challenging compliance requirements with business mindsets
• Ability to position the role as C&E strategic advisor and forge trusted relationships with colleagues around the world
• Confident communication skills (verbal and written); English proficiency
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analysis skills
• Strong digital fluency with proficiency in Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, along with ability to master internal systems and leverage AI tools for workflow optimization