Governance & Compliance Specialist - fully remote

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Our client is a fast-growing, agile international consulting firm headquartered in the United Kingdom. They've been focusing on optimizing processes centricity and technology. One of the many areas they are focusing on is to design and implement next generation activities- reformulating operating models, optimising processes and installing automation.

As a Governance & Compliance  Specialist, you will be responsible for driving complex transformation and transition programs within strict governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) frameworks. Combining cross-functional expertise (Finance, IT, HR) with full-lifecycle delivery experience, this role ensures all deployment phases from feasibility to implementation are fully controlled, auditable, and aligned with enterprise standards.

Your tasks will include:

• Establish and operate governance frameworks across full transition lifecycles (feasibility through stabilization). Support steering committees and project boards while enforcing strict delivery methodologies.
• Identify, log, and mitigate critical risks and interlocks across multiple cross-functional workstreams, driving swift escalations and resolutions.
• Validate that enterprise processes align with internal controls, corporate policies, and data protection regulations (e.g., GDPR), supporting secure data migrations and system access.
• Maintain structured documentation and decision logs to support internal/external audits. Deliver transparent, KPI-driven status reporting to senior executives.
• Balance aggressive project timelines with stringent compliance mandates, partnering seamlessly with executive leaders across matrixed organizations.

To be a good fit for the Governance & Compliance  Specialist  role, you will have:

• Fluent in Germand and English
• Ability to travel to Frankfurt as needed
• Can join immediately
• Proven track record of operating successfully within rigid corporate governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) frameworks.
• Deep functional understanding of internal controls across Finance, IT, HR, and Procurement ecosystems.
• Extensive experience steering large-scale transformation and transition programs from initial feasibility through to final stabilization.
• Demonstrated ability to accelerate project delivery timelines while strictly maintaining compliance and operational guardrails.
• Highly adept at managing relationships, managing expectations, and influencing decision-making at the senior and C-suite levels.

Keys to success:

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills 
• Entrepreneurial drive

Reasons to join:

Permanent contract collaboration.

Occasional business travel to Frankfurt to support key project phases.

You will be working fully remote in a stable, multinational company located in UK working with the latest technologies.
You will have the opportunity of self development while working in a flexible schedule while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

The provision of personal data by you is fully voluntary and the basis for their processing is your consent. We have prepared some necessary information, you can find in document: "Information regarding the processing of your personal data". There you will find how your Personal Data is being processed and what your rights are in connection to this.

The personal data will be processed by Sowelo Consulting spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością with its registered seat in Cracow (LLC) registered in National Court Register (KRS) under no. 0000671136, our Employees and Subcontractors (jointly referred to as the Company).

Sowelo Consulting sp. z o.o. (LLC) is entered in the register of employment agencies under the number: 35288

Our candidate selection process relies entirely on human judgment. We explicitly avoid using automated screening algorithms or AI-driven scoring systems for any part of the assessment. Every single profile is reviewed personally by our experienced recruiters, ensuring a thorough and unbiased consideration of your fit.

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