Governance, Risk & Compliance Manager

Role Purpose:

The Manager of Governance, Risk & Compliance is a compliance specialist responsible for executing and maintaining the company’s compliance, investigations, and resilience programs across assigned markets. Drawing on a Big Four advisory background, the role delivers hands-on expertise across Regulatory Compliance Management, Data Privacy, Whistleblower and Investigations, Sanctions Screening, and Training and Internal Communications.

Key Accountabilities:

• Manage the regulatory compliance calendar, tracking obligations across Egyptian, UAE, and GCC jurisdictions and ensuring timely fulfilment of all requirements.
• Conduct compliance gap assessments and provide structured remediation recommendations to business units, monitoring closure of findings.
• Conduct Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) for new initiatives and manage data subject rights requests and breach response procedures.
• Manage the whistleblower reporting channel, triaging incoming reports and conducting or coordinating internal investigations into ethics, misconduct, fraud, and compliance breaches.
• Conduct interviews, evidence gathering, and root-cause analysis, maintaining secure and auditable case files suitable for internal audit or regulatory review.
• Prepare investigation reports and recommendations, tracking corrective action implementation to closure.
• Promote a speak-up culture through targeted awareness and anti-retaliation initiatives across assigned markets.
• Implement case management dashboards and analytics to identify recurring themes and emerging risk patterns.
• Investigate and escalate potential sanctions matches in line with defined escalation protocols, maintaining complete and auditable screening records.
• Design and deliver GRC training programs covering compliance, data privacy, whistleblowing, BCP, and sanctions awareness for employees at all levels.
• Develop and execute the internal GRC communications plan, producing awareness materials and campaigns tailored to different employee audiences.
• Track mandatory training completion and report on GRC culture indicators to the Senior Manager of GRC.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required, advanced degree in Law, Business, or related field preferred.
• Professional certifications such as CCEP, CFE, CIPP/E, CIA, or CAMS are advantageous.
• 6–8 years of experience in compliance, investigations, or risk management, with a strong preference for Big Four professional services background (advisory, forensics, or risk consulting).
• Demonstrated experience in regulatory compliance, data privacy, sanctions screening, and internal investigations across Egyptian and/or GCC regulatory frameworks.
• Proven experience managing whistleblower case management and preparing compliance reports for Egyptian regulatory authorities (FRA, CBE, EFSA).