Do you want to work in a global organisation, drive change and contribute to robust and responsible business practices? Business Sweden is now recruiting a Compliance Specialist to contribute to our compliance program for the future.
As a leader in innovation, sustainability, and collaboration, Sweden has created world-leading solutions and disruptive technologies that are in demand internationally. With a unique mandate assigned by the Swedish government and the private sector, Business Sweden plays an important role in scaling innovative solutions while promoting responsible business practices. With a local presence in more than 40 markets we offer both strategic advice and hands-on support to companies of all sizes and in a wide range of industries.
By promoting, driving, and ensuring compliance in business operations, we create better preconditions for Sweden’s business community to address and comply with applicable regulatory requirements, strengthen their competitiveness and global contribution to the Agenda 2030.
As Compliance Specialist, you will be part of Business Sweden’s Legal team and work closely with the Global Sustainability Team and the Compliance controller. You will be based at Business Sweden’s Headquarters in Stockholm, report to the CCO/Head of Legal and work with colleagues across the globe to identify and mitigate compliance risks.
Responsibilities
- Your role will focus on promoting, driving, and ensuring compliance with relevant laws, governmental regulations, internal policies, and procedures. You support a culture of integrity by assisting in raising awareness and adherence of compliance-related matters throughout the organization.
- Contribute to improvement and modernization of procedures, strategy, and structures for effective risk management, robust internal audit and control structures in cooperation with relevant support functions. This includes coordinating and administrating processes for development and update of internal policies and annual reporting.
- Create a robust structure and handle general administrative support within the compliance area.
- Support in training and communication activities to the organization and help in monitoring new relevant legislation.
- Assist in conducting risk analyses and guide in necessary measures to prevent and reduce compliance risks in business operations and projects.
- Work with process improvements with focus on digital solutions to streamline and simplify compliance procedures.
Skills & Requirements
Business Sweden is looking for a Compliance Specialist with a Master’s in Law (LLM) and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience working with similar topics related to compliance, preferably from a large industry company or from an international consultancy firm.
- You likely have knowledge of one or several of the areas of compliance, governance, audits, and risk management.
- You have experience from working in an international organization and preferably from working abroad.
- Expertise in international frameworks such as OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises, UN Global Compact and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Right and relevant compliance and policy regulations (AML, FCPA, GDPR, Data Protection Regulation, UK Bribery Act etc.) as well as familiar with new EU regulations such as CSRD and CSDDD is a merit.
- Administration and Project management skills and experience from reporting progress and procedures, including conducting sustainability reports, is relevant for the role.
- Expertise and understanding of compliance risks in companies’ supply and value chains and experience of process improvements to reduce risks is positive.
- Proficiency in both English and Swedish is a requirement.
About you
- You are a dedicated people’s person with strong integrity and a passion for facilitate and create platforms for doing business in a compliant, responsible, and sustainable way.
- You are analytical, reflective and have an excellent ability to understand complex contexts and turn complex matters into understandable and effective solutions.
- A strong communicator who is driven to help creating awareness, inspire, educate, and support colleagues as well as have courage to stand up for your values and regulatory frameworks.
- You have a great ability to organise and prioritise. This includes creating suitable structures for both your own work and collaborations with others. You are persistent, process oriented and handle administrative tasks with ease.
- You are comfortable working independently and motivated by the responsibility to drive your own processes in a strong collaboration with teams and across divisions and boarders.
- A strong focus on being proactive and taking initiative for development and improvements.
Application
In this recruitment process, Business Sweden collaborates with Legal Career. To apply, submit your resume and contact details down below. Please note that Legal Career does not use personal letters in this recruitment.
If your profile meets our requirements, Legal Career will contact you for an initial interview by telephone. Legal Career interviews and presents candidates on an ongoing basis and recruitment ends when Business Sweden have found the right candidate. Tests, reference-checks and background control will be included in this recruitment process.
For questions about the process and position, please contact responsible recruiter Bianca Säll, bianca.sall@legalcareer.se
