Compliance Specialist

Colt provides network, voice and data centre services to thousands of businesses around the world, allowing them to focus on delivering their business goals instead of the underlying infrastructure.

Why we need this role

Are you a compliance professional who likes making things happen? This role keeps Colt’s Compliance-by-Design running smoothly by maintaining the toolkit, coordinating reviews and driving actions through to closure. To scale Colt’s Compliance-by-Design approach, we need someone who can bring structure, pace and consistency to our compliance activity.

Responsibilities

• Implement industry best‑practice compliance methodologies, policies, procedures and frameworks within Colt; provide constructive challenge, expertise and efficient solutions to compliance related matters.
• Deliver compliance reviews, employee training, reporting and process/control improvements.
• Make compliance easy to do: embed it into everyday decisions rather than after‑the‑fact checks.
• Own the compliance toolkit: keep playbooks, templates, checklists and guidance sharp, simple and adopted.
• Run reviews like improvement sprints: focus on what matters, gather evidence, fix root causes and close actions.
• Join up with Legal, Risk, Assurance, Security and Internal Audit to reduce duplication and raise the standard together.
• Drive issue closure: lock in owners and dates, unblock delivery and stop the same problems coming back.
• Cut manual work: standardise the basics and automate workflows, evidence capture and reporting.
• Ditch tick‑box training: deliver short, targeted comms that people remember and act on.
• Be the go‑to adviser: give fast, practical guidance and escalated genuinely complex issues.
• Stay ahead of change: track regulatory and policy updates and keep controls and guidance current.
• Make reporting useful: dashboards and metrics that show what’s working, what’s not and where to act.

Qualifications

• Relevant compliance, risk, assurance, audit, legal or governance experience (typically 2–5+ years) in a regulated environment.
• Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in business, finance, legal or a related field (desirable).
• Experience supporting compliance reviews, monitoring activities, risk‑based testing or control assessments.
• Working knowledge of compliance frameworks and how policies, standards and controls operate within a complex global organisation.
• Ability to understand and interpret policy, legal and contractual language with support from subject matter experts.
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail; able to organise evidence and draw clear conclusions.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, able to translate requirements into practical guidance.
• Strong stakeholder management across all levels and collaboration skills; confident working across functions and cultures.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines and escalated issues appropriately.
• Good understanding of governance, risk and control concepts and frameworks and how they apply in practice.
• Ability to follow defined methodologies to support monitoring, reviews and issue management.
• Working knowledge of data and reporting tools (e.g., Excel) to produce accurate metrics and management information.
• Professional judgement, integrity and confidence to raise concerns and provide constructive challenge.
• Practical approach to problem solving, with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Innovative thinking, always looking for new and dynamic ways to find solutions to complex problems.
• Proactive and organised, able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Collaborative and supportive of business priorities while maintaining appropriate challenge.

Might Have

• Experience in the telecommunications industry and/or knowledge of telco products, processes and regulatory requirements is preferable.
• An industry‑recognised compliance qualification (e.g., International Compliance Association (ICA)) is desirable.

Benefits

• Flexible working hours and the option to work from home.
• Extensive induction programme with experienced mentors and buddies.
• Opportunities for further development and educational opportunities.
• Global Family Leave Policy.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Internal inclusion & diversity employee networks.

Diversity and Inclusion

Inclusion and valuing diversity of thought and experience are at the heart of our culture here at Colt. From day one, you’ll be encouraged to be yourself because we believe that’s what helps our people to thrive. We welcome people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, disability, neurodiversity, age, marital status, pregnancy status or place of birth.

Most recently we have:

• Signed the UN Women Empowerment Principles which guide our Gender Action Plan
• Trained 60 (and growing) Colties to be Mental Health First Aiders

Please speak with a member of our recruitment team if you require adjustments to our recruitment process to support you. For more information about our Inclusion and Diversity agenda, visit our DEI pages.