Position Overview
Uludağ Enerji’s compliance team is growing and is looking for a Compliance Specialist to support Uludağ Enerji Compliance Program. You will have proven experience monitoring and evaluating governance and risk, while also providing solutions and updated policies to stay compliant, particularly in data protection law.
Key areas of focus include ethics, data privacy, fraud awareness, conflicts of interest, and whistleblowing.
Responsibilities
Under the direction of the Data Protection and Compliance Manager, you will have the following responsibilities:
· Compliance
o Making sure the Uludağ Enerji’s Ethics Code and other compliance policies are well assimilated and applied by the organisation
o Drafting, following, communicating, and updating relevant documentation for the processes (e.g. compliance related process)
o Monitoring changes in regulations and updating compliance programs accordingly
o Supporting effective internal communication of compliance rules, providing guidance, trainings, and awareness raising activities to employees on compliance policies and procedures, including evaluating the effectiveness of trainings
o Providing support for compliance-related investigations, and managing investigations, if needed
o Playing an active role in organising, classifying, and performing Uludağ Enerji’s Ethics Hotline applications
o Assisting with ethics and compliance inquiries, incidents and requests (internally and externally), including execution of third-party due diligence, screening, and conflict of interest applications
o Preparing and presenting compliance reports to senior management
· Privacy
o Supporting the development and implementation of the Uludağ Energy Privacy Compliance Programme, which ensures that Group companies comply with all relevant compliance requirements
o Drafting, flowing and updating the group companies’ privacy policies
o Collaborating with other departments to ensure privacy compliance is integrated into all business processes (e.g. implementing privacy by design and privacy by default principles, tracking on periodical deletion processes of the departments, and keeping the inventory up to date)
o Interfacing with cross-departmental requirements on a variety of privacy topics in all areas of the organization, especially with the IT team
o Playing an active role in responding/performing data subject requests, personal data breach incidents and personal data disclosure requests
o Collaborating on conducting data protection impact assessments where required, and identifying and implementing privacy controls to remediate risks
o Monitoring and reporting on privacy risks and the effectiveness of controls, including internal audits
o Providing guidance, trainings and awareness raising activities to employees on privacy rules
Requirements:
· Bachelor's Degree or above in the related field required (i.e. law, finance, business-related areas)
· 1 to 5 years of experience in a compliance role with privacy responsibilities
· Fluent English
· Strong knowledge of data privacy regulations and best practices
· Proven ability to report and present to senior members of staff
· Experience in training
· Excellent communication and analytical thinking skills
· Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
· Proven ability to lead projects and collaborate within and across cross-functional teams and business units, in a matrixed environment
· Knowledge of risk management
· Advanced knowledge of MS Office & analytical tools, software or other support platforms relevant to the project/process area
