Chief GRC & Compliance Officer

Sanderson Plc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanderson Plc is seeking a Head of Governance, Risk & Compliance in Basildon with two days onsite. You will oversee governance, risk, compliance, quality assurance and legal controls across the business, reporting to the executive leadership and supporting growth.

You will lead the GRC framework, act as Company Secretary for Board governance, manage internal audit, regulatory compliance and resilience programs, including data protection and AI governance, across all functions.

Qualifications

• Experience building governance, risk and control frameworks.
• Reporting to senior leadership and the Board.
• Internal audit, compliance monitoring or risk management.
• Managing policies, procedures and internal controls.
• Governing commercial contracts and third-party risk.
• Operational resilience, business continuity and disaster recovery.
• Data protection and information security knowledge.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001/27001.

Responsibilities

• Lead the organisation's GRC framework across the business.
• Act as Company Secretary and support Board governance activities.
• Oversee internal audit, compliance and quality assurance processes.
• Manage corporate legal and contractual governance, supplier risk.
• Own the enterprise risk management, business continuity and DR.
• Establish governance reporting, KPIs, risk dashboards for leadership.
• Monitor AI governance and related controls across functions.
• Review SDLC governance, testing standards and QA practices.
• Identify control weaknesses and drive improvements.

Skills

GRC framework

Board reporting

Internal audit

Regulatory compliance

Data protection

AI governance

ISO 9001/27001

Contracts & vendor risk

Job description

Sanderson Plc is seeking a Head of Governance, Risk & Compliance in Basildon with two days onsite. You will oversee governance, risk, compliance, quality assurance and legal controls across the business, reporting to the executive leadership and supporting growth.

You will lead the GRC framework, act as Company Secretary for Board governance, manage internal audit, regulatory compliance and resilience programs, including data protection and AI governance, across all functions.