Head of Compliance

Role Overview

• Lead our compliance strategy and governance
• Build and evolve beqom’s global compliance framework across relevant jurisdictions
• Establish and maintain policies, standards, controls, governance forums, and reporting routines
• Lead compliance risk assessments and maintain the compliance risk register
• Put in place monitoring, testing, and issue-management processes to identify and address gaps
• Provide regular reporting to the COO/CFO and executive leadership on risks, incidents, trends, and remediation progress
• Drive privacy and regulatory compliance
• Oversee our approach to data protection and privacy compliance, including GDPR and related obligations, in partnership with Legal and Security
• Ensure the company can demonstrate accountability through clear documentation, reporting, and governance
• Support regulatory-readiness activities and coordinate external inquiries where needed
• Partner with customers and commercial teams
• Act as a senior compliance lead for customer due diligence, control reviews, audit requests, and regulated-sector questionnaires
• Support strategic commercial opportunities by addressing compliance and assurance requirements from enterprise customers
• Partner with Sales, Solution Advisory, Security, and Legal to strengthen trust materials and compliance positioning
• Strengthen third-party risk and resilience
• Build and oversee the compliance aspects of third-party risk management, including vendor assessments, subprocessors, outsourcing controls, and ongoing monitoring
• Help ensure our control environment meets the expectations of customers in highly regulated industries
• Partner with Security and Operations on incident governance, escalation, and remediation tracking
• Oversee controls, audits, and certifications
• Support the company’s readiness for external assurance frameworks and certifications such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, and related control programs
• Coordinate internal and external audits and drive follow-through on findings and corrective actions
• Maintain the documentation and evidence required to support customer and audit assurance
• Enable the business
• Provide compliance input on new products, AI-related use cases, customer contracts, commercial initiatives, and market expansion
• Deliver practical training and awareness initiatives that promote a culture of accountability
• Advise leaders on how to balance compliance rigor with operational scalability and business growth
• Build the function
• Lead and grow a lean, high-impact compliance function over time
• Define the operating model and interfaces with Legal, Security, Finance, HR, and external advisors
• Use external counsel, auditors, and specialist partners effectively where internal scale is limited

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in compliance, risk, governance, privacy, or regulatory assurance
• Experience in a B2B SaaS, fintech, regtech, payments, or other technology environment serving regulated customers
• Proven success building or scaling a compliance function in an international company
• Strong knowledge of privacy, control frameworks, policy governance, audit coordination, and third-party risk management
• Experience supporting enterprise customer due diligence and audits
• Strong executive presence, sound judgment, and excellent stakeholder management skills
• Ability to think strategically while staying close to execution
• Familiarity with DORA, EBA outsourcing expectations, or similar third-party governance requirements in regulated sectors (Bonus points if you)
• Experience with SOC 2, ISO 27001, and related assurance frameworks (Bonus points if you)
• Relevant certifications such as CIPP/E, CRISC, CRCM, CISSP, or ISO 27001-related credentials (Bonus points if you)

Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development opportunities