Senior Compliance Specialist (Regulatory Obligations & Advisory)

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience in compliance, internal audit, risk management, or similar roles
• Strong experience in governance, risk, and control (GRC), compliance assurance, or regulatory reporting, primarily from an assessment perspective
• Professional English language skills
• Self-starter with a structured, process-oriented mindset and the ability to work independently
• Experience with regulatory frameworks, relevant risk indicators, and identifying and implementing compliance controls to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations
• Impartial, open-minded, respectful and at ease with ethical dilemmas
• High integrity and discretion in handling sensitive information
• Experience of operating at various levels within the organisation (e.g. mid to senior levels, remote employees) and with external vendors (such as law firms, authorities, third-party vendors)
• Experience working in multicultural and/or international environments
• Organised and passionate for continuous improvement and high-quality work deliverables
• Inclusive, collaborative, delivery-focused and with strong stakeholder management skills
• Operational excellence skills (e.g. capable of building relevant reports, continuous improvement mindset) & project management experience
• Capable of multi-tasking in a fast-moving environment
• Strong communication (written and oral) and presentation skills
• Familiarity with reporting to governance bodies and authorities
• Ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision and to demonstrate independence of judgement and autonomy
• Process-driven mindset, capable of designing and applying procedures in their day-to-day activities
• Comfortable using digital tools and databases to manage control and risk information (Desirable)
• Additional language(s) (Desirable)
• Experience working in or with the financial sector (Desirable)
• Project management experience (Desirable)
• Knowledge of data visualization or compliance tooling

What the job involves

This is a hands-on role with high visibility, offering the opportunity to work at the heart of Swift’s compliance transformation and to interact with stakeholders across the organisation. In this role, you will be responsible for helping build and mature Swift’s compliance assurance and reporting capabilities and, as such, will play a key role in driving the team’s core mission: providing a structured, independent view of the effectiveness of compliance controls across Swift, through evidence-based assessments, structured reporting, and follow-up on gaps.

You will focus on conducting and coordinating compliance risk assessments, monitoring control performance, and ensuring senior management and governance bodies have a clear view of compliance risk and maturity. Maintain and update repositories of compliance controls and related information such as risks, evidence, issues, owners, actions and assurance status. Execute and support compliance risk assessments across compliance domains, identifying control gaps and risk exposures. Perform assessments of the design and effectiveness of compliance controls to formulate Compliance Risk Assessment Heatmap and Compliance Assurance Testing Plan. Maintaining structured documentation of risks, controls, owners, actions, and assurance status. Contribute to the development and maintenance of a Compliance Risk Assessment Map across the Compliance team. Prepare and deliver compliance risk assessment and assurance reporting to management and governance bodies. Support the development, tracking and improvement of compliance metrics to assess success and compliance risk. Liaising closely with other 2nd and 3rd line functions to ensure appropriate alignment and coverage of Compliance Assurance Plan. Contributing to the ongoing maturity and consistency of Swift’s internal compliance assurance practices.