Senior Compliance Assurance Officer

Job description

You will play a key role in delivering effective, risk-based compliance assurance across the EMEA and APAC (EMAP) regions. This role is suited to someone who can combine strong hands-on assurance delivery with a broader responsibility to contribute to the continuous improvement across the function. You will lead and support compliance assurance reviews across a broad and varied business environment, working with stakeholders to assess controls, identify and test compliance risks, report findings clearly, and help drive actions through to resolution.

This role has a wider remit than the delivery of assurance reviews. Alongside assurance execution, you will help strengthen methodology, reporting quality, and manage GenAI-enabled tooling, while contributing to how the Compliance Assurance function evolves across the region. You will report to the Head of Compliance.

What you'll do

• Lead assurance reviews and regional delivery
• Plan and execute compliance assurance reviews following the Global Compliance Management Programme and the annual

EMAP Compliance Assurance Plan

• Define review scope, testing approach, and review programmes
• Build and perform testing of compliance controls
• Conduct fieldwork, reviews, and fact-finding meetings
• Maintain clear, accurate, and high-quality working papers Turn findings into action
• Prepare reports that set out findings, risks, conclusions, and required actions
• Work with business owners and management to agree practical action plans and mitigation steps
• Track agreed actions through to closure and report on progress
• Escalate high-risk issues Shape the wider assurance approach
• Support the Head of Compliance Assurance in developing the compliance risk monitoring and testing process
• Contribute to the annual

Compliance Assurance Plan

• Support other EMAP Compliance colleagues in undertaking compliance testing
• Help maintain and evolve the EMAP Compliance Assurance methodology, reporting templates, and GenAI tooling to improve productivity and effectiveness
• Support governance and regional insight
• Maintain accurate records in Archer and track open issues raised by the team Help keep management informed through clear reporting on key indicators, deliverables, and review progress
• Maintain a broad understanding of the business and regulatory environment in which Experian operates
• Contribute insight on recurring risk themes and opportunities to improve assurance effectiveness across the region

Qualifications

What you'll bring

5+ years' experience in compliance monitoring, testing, assurance, audit, or a similar regulatory compliance role. Experience working within a large, regulated environment Experience with EU privacy and data protection regulations Degree-level qualification or equivalent relevant experience. Fluent English. Professional audit qualification such as ACCA, CIA, or CISA