Group Compliance Officer (Interim)

confidential; Vlaanderen; On-site; EUR 152,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

confidential, Belgium HQ, seeks an interim Compliance Officer to lead the global Compliance Management System across 30+ entities. Senior, strategic role with authority to manage budgets and approvals as it spans multiple geographies.

You will head a team of Compliance Managers and Ambassadors, advising senior leadership and embedding policy, training, and risk monitoring across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Excellent understanding of corruption, fraud, conflicts of interest, anti-money laundering, and supply chain compliance.
• 7+ years of operational experience in a senior legal and/or compliance function.
• Proven ability to manage and steer a global, multi-entity organisation.
• Confident engaging with boards and executive management at eye level.
• High level of integrity, discretion, and sound judgement, with a proactive, service-oriented mindset.
• Fluent in Flemish and English; any additional language is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Adapt and embed the group Compliance strategy across the organisation, in line with corporate minimum standards.
• Ensure effective implementation of the Compliance Management System across 30+ legal entities and multiple geographies.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on compliance risk and strategy ("tone from the top").
• Own policy management, training design and delivery, and advise first-line stakeholders on compliance-sensitive matters (gifts, entertainment, sponsorships, donations).
• Implement a risk-based monitoring and controls concept, including compliance spot checks and tracking of remedial actions.
• Own group-wide compliance reporting: training, third-party due diligence, investigations, and risk assessments.
• Manage and develop the Compliance Managers and Ambassadors across the organisation - selection, onboarding, performance, and development.
• Represent Compliance externally at conferences, roundtables, and benchmarking activities.

Skills

Compliance leadership

Global governance

Anti-money laundering

Fraud risk management

Policy management

Board engagement

Fluent Flemish and English

Job description

Belgium (HQ) · Global Remit · Freelance / Interim

Our client, an established international industrial technology group headquartered in Belgium, is looking for an interim Compliance Officer to lead its Compliance Management System across the entire global organisation. This is a senior, strategic role with real authority and a genuinely broad remit - spanning more than 30 legal entities across multiple geographies.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Reporting to the local President and functionally to the Group Chief Compliance Officer, you will lead the Compliance team and take ownership of adapting, implementing, and continuously improving the Compliance Management System across the group. You will act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, manage a team of Compliance Managers and Ambassadors, and hold budget, signature, and financial transaction approval authority.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Adapt and embed the group Compliance strategy across the organisation, in line with corporate minimum standards
• Ensure effective implementation of the Compliance Management System across 30+ legal entities and multiple geographies
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on compliance risk and strategy ("tone from the top")
• Own policy management, training design and delivery, and advise first-line stakeholders on compliance-sensitive matters (gifts, entertainment, sponsorships, donations)
• Implement a risk-based monitoring and controls concept, including compliance spot checks and tracking of remedial actions
• Own group-wide compliance reporting: training, third-party due diligence, investigations, and risk assessments
• Manage and develop the Compliance Managers and Ambassadors across the organisation - selection, onboarding, performance, and development
• Represent Compliance externally at conferences, roundtables, and benchmarking activities

YOUR PROFILE

• Excellent understanding of corruption, fraud, conflicts of interest, anti-money laundering, and supply chain compliance
• 7+ years of operational experience in a senior legal and/or compliance function
• Proven ability to manage and steer a global, multi-entity organisation
• Confident engaging with boards and executive management at eye level
• High level of integrity, discretion, and sound judgement, with a proactive, service-oriented mindset
• Fluent in Flemish and English; any additional language is an advantage

CONTRACT DETAILS

• Location Belgium (HQ), with global remit
• Type Interim / Freelance
• Rate Lucrative rates on offer