Chief Compliance Officer At White Crust Limited

Job Summary

• We are seeking a highly experienced, analytical, and detail-oriented Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) to lead and oversee the company's compliance, risk management, internal control, and corporate governance framework.
• The Chief Compliance Officer will be responsible for ensuring that Casalavoro Limited operates in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, industry standards, internal policies, and ethical business practices.
• The successful candidate will work closely with the CEO and relevant departments to identify compliance risks, strengthen internal controls, develop effective policies, and ensure consistent adherence to regulatory requirements across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and oversee Casalavoro Limited's overall compliance management framework, ensuring alignment with applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards.
• Monitor regulatory developments and ensure that the company remains up to date with all applicable legal, regulatory, licensing, reporting, and compliance requirements.
• Develop, review, and maintain company policies, procedures, compliance manuals, codes of conduct, and internal guidelines.
• Establish and monitor effective internal control systems to safeguard company assets, reduce operational risks, and promote accountability across departments.
• Identify, assess, monitor, and manage compliance, operational, financial, and regulatory risks across the organization.
• Conduct regular compliance reviews, internal assessments, and audits to identify control gaps, policy breaches, and areas requiring corrective action.
• Ensure that regulatory filings, licenses, permits, certifications, reports, and other statutory obligations are completed accurately and within required timelines.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive compliance risk register and ensure that identified risks are appropriately documented, escalated, and addressed.
• Investigate reported compliance breaches, policy violations, conflicts of interest, fraud concerns, and other ethical or regulatory issues, and recommend appropriate corrective actions.
• Establish appropriate mechanisms for reporting, escalating, documenting, and resolving compliance incidents and control deficiencies.
• Work closely with Finance, HR, Operations, Legal, and other departments to ensure compliance requirements are incorporated into business processes and day-to-day operations.
• Provide regular compliance and risk reports to the Executive Management, highlighting key risks, control weaknesses, regulatory developments, incidents, and recommended actions.
• Advise the Executive Management on the compliance implications of new business initiatives, contracts, partnerships, investments, operational changes, and strategic decisions.
• Develop and implement compliance training and awareness programmes to ensure employees understand their regulatory, ethical, and internal policy obligations.
• Maintain appropriate documentation and records relating to compliance activities, investigations, audits, policies, risk assessments, and regulatory correspondence.
• Liaise with regulatory authorities, external auditors, legal advisers, consultants, and other relevant stakeholders on compliance and regulatory matters.
• Monitor third-party and vendor compliance where applicable, ensuring that key partners and service providers meet the company's required standards.
• Review business processes and recommend improvements that strengthen governance, transparency, accountability, and operational efficiency.
• Ensure that corrective and preventive actions arising from audits, investigations, risk assessments, and compliance reviews are properly implemented and followed through to completion.
• Promote a strong culture of compliance, integrity, accountability, and ethical conduct across Casalavoro Limited.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Law, Accounting, Finance, Risk Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
• A relevant professional qualification such as ICAN, ACCA, CFA, CISA, CRMA, CAMS, or other recognized compliance, risk, audit, or governance certification is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 4 - 7 years relevant experience in compliance, risk management, internal audit, corporate governance, regulatory affairs, or a related function, with significant experience in a management or leadership position.
• Strong knowledge of applicable regulatory requirements, corporate governance principles, internal controls, risk management frameworks, and compliance best practices.
• Proven experience developing and implementing compliance policies, procedures, internal controls, and risk management frameworks.
• Strong understanding of regulatory reporting, licensing, statutory obligations, audits, and regulatory inspections.
• Excellent analytical, investigative, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong ability to identify compliance gaps, assess risks, and develop practical solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to prepare and present high-level reports to Executive Management.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.
• High level of integrity, discretion, independence, and professional judgment.
• Ability to challenge business decisions constructively and provide objective compliance advice to senior management.
• Strong attention to detail and excellent documentation and record-keeping skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Experience using compliance, audit, risk management, or enterprise governance software is an added advantage.
• Ability to operate independently while effectively collaborating with senior management and multiple departments.
• Must demonstrate a strong understanding of confidentiality and be capable of handling highly sensitive business and regulatory information.