Senior Compliance Specialist – Enterprise Compliance Advisory
Vanguard
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dublin • Ireland
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About the role
- Serve as a trusted adviser to enterprise functions, offering high‑quality, value‑adding compliance advice across resilience, cyber security, third‑party risk, operational risk, and technology risk domains
- Provide oversight of regulatory obligations and ensure alignment with compliance and enterprise risk frameworks, and controls expectations
- Monitor regulatory developments affecting enterprise operations and translate these into actionable guidance for stakeholders
- Provide an oversight of AI compliance practices and champion alignment with emerging European AI laws and standards
- Embed regulatory AI compliance considerations throughout the AI system lifecycle, from initial design to deployment and ongoing monitoring
- Promote responsible adoption and ethical use of AI technologies across Vanguard Europe
- Identify and assess compliance risks related to cybersecurity, operational resilience, third‑party relationships, and emerging technology including AI
- Contribute to risk management strategies, leveraging Compliance and Enterprise Risk Management frameworks and methodologies
- Support Compliance risk assessment, including monitoring of remediation and issue escalation
- Support delivery of Enterprise Compliance programmes, including operational and digital resilience, cyber security control frameworks, third‑party oversight enhancements, and technology risk initiatives
- Contribute to global compliance strategy execution by collaborating with colleagues across Compliance Advisory, Central Compliance and Regulatory Affairs, as well as Business Partners across three lines of defence
- Promote consistency, best‑practice adoption, and process optimisation across all aspects of the global Enterprise Compliance program
- Build and maintain strong relationships across all levels of the organisation, influencing decision‑making and advocating for compliant, risk‑aware business practices
- Foster a culture of compliance across Enterprise functions by providing relevant insights and guidance
- Represent Compliance in working groups, governance forums, and cross‑functional projects
Requirements
- Proven experience in a compliance, risk, or governance function within investment management, banking, ‘Big four’ or other regulated industries within financial services
- Strong technical expertise in operational resilience, cyber security, third-party risk management, technology risk and AI governance
- Proven track record of delivering commercial, well-reasoned compliance advice and effectively challenging first-line stakeholders
- Experience working across the three lines of defence, with the ability to interpret regulatory expectations and implement practical solutions
- Excellent relationship‑building skills; able to influence and communicate with senior leadership, technical specialists, and cross‑functional colleagues
- Strong analytical skills, comfortable working with ambiguity and driving clarity in complex, evolving areas such as AI and digital resilience
- Proactive, solutions‑oriented mindset with the ability to anticipate risk, identify emerging themes, and guide business partners accordingly
- High levels of integrity, sound judgement, and the ability to handle sensitive information appropriately.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
relationship-buildinginfluencingcommunicationanalytical skillsproactive mindsetsolutions-orientedintegritysound judgementability to handle sensitive informationability to work with ambiguity