Head of Compliance & Governance | Policy, Risk & Controls

Express Food Company; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 360,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Express Food Company (ALBAIK) seeks an experienced Compliance and Governance leader to head governance, compliance and risk across the organization. You will own policy development, regulatory monitoring, enterprise risk management and third-party compliance to protect the company’s license to operate in a fast-growing QSR market.

You will drive internal controls, support license obligations, and embed governance culture across departments and partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Law, Business Administration, Accounting, Risk Management or related field.
• Minimum 3 years in governance, risk, compliance or internal audit, including supervisory experience.
• Experience in food, retail, supply chain or logistics environments preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in policy and governance framework design.
• Fluent in Arabic and English; Saudi nationality required; GRCP, CCEP, CRMA or ISO 31000 certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review and update internal policies, governance manuals and codes of professional conduct.
• Develop and administer the corporate compliance program, measuring adherence and recommending control improvements.
• Monitor regulatory changes in all countries where Express Food Company (ALBAIK) operates, and recommend compliance actions.
• Build and maintain the corporate risk register, with focus on operational, supply chain, transport and storage risks.
• Design compliance/risk indicators and prepare periodic reports and dashboards.
• Conduct and supervise investigations into compliance and risk breaches, with root cause analysis.
• Review operational, logistics and commercial contracts from a risk and compliance perspective.
• Manage third party compliance through scheduled and unannounced audits.
• Follow up audit and regulatory observations through to closure.
• Support compliance under the ALBAIK License Agreement and BFS requirements.
• Deliver governance, risk and compliance awareness/training programmes.

Skills

Policy design

Governance

Risk assessment

Regulatory monitoring

Excel skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Law, Business Administration, Accounting, Risk Management or related field

Tools

Advanced Excel

Job description

Express Food Company (ALBAIK) seeks an experienced Compliance and Governance leader to head governance, compliance and risk across the organization. You will own policy development, regulatory monitoring, enterprise risk management and third-party compliance to protect the company’s license to operate in a fast-growing QSR market.

You will drive internal controls, support license obligations, and embed governance culture across departments and partners.