Associate Director - Risk and Compliance

Overview

Main Purpose Plan and oversee HR risk and compliance management across all HR departments. Drive proactive identification, assessment, and mitigation of people-related risks to assure audit readiness and compliance with legal, ethical and regulatory standards. Build robust compliance frameworks, escalation protocols, and a risk-aware culture to protect workplace integrity and resilience.

• Risk and Compliance Oversight:
  Plan and manage proactive risk and compliance monitoring throughout the HR value chain, enabling early detection and alignment with legal, ethical and internal standards
• Risk and Compliance Oversight:
  Oversee regular audits, enforce policies and test control measures to maintain audit readiness
• Risk and Compliance Oversight:
  Ensure HR activities comply with labor laws, data privacy regulations, ethical requirements and company governance, reducing exposure to legal violations, fraud, and systemic escalations
• Risk and Compliance Oversight:
  Authorize and review investigations, grievances, and disciplinary matters in coordination with internal audit, legal, and business leaders to deliver compliant resolutions
• Risk and Compliance Oversight:
  Monitor and report adherence to employment policies, privacy requirements, and ethical standards to promote accountability, minimize risks and uphold workplace integrity
• Risk Register and Reporting:
  Develop, maintain, and optimize the central HR risk register and data repository, systematically documenting risks, controls, KRIs and remediations, ensuring effective risk management and compliance
• Risk Register and Reporting:
  Build and test control measures within the risk register, coordinating periodic reviews and scenario exercises to ensure ongoing effectiveness and relevance
• Risk Register and Reporting:
  Track and analyze KRIs, regularly sharing critical insights with Legal & Compliance for governance decision-making
• Risk Register and Reporting:
  Evaluate risk assessments, audits and gap analyses on HR processes to identify vulnerabilities and prioritize corrective actions for enhanced compliance and operational resilience
• Policies, Controls, and Escalation Frameworks:
  Define escalation protocols and incident response frameworks, ensuring readiness to address legal exposure, fraud, repeated violations and high-risk events
• Policies, Controls, and Escalation Frameworks:
  Champion the collaboration with legal, audit and compliance teams to manage escalated employee relations and disciplinary matters, supporting audit and regulatory engagement
• Risk Awareness Culture Enablement:
  Plan and oversee delivery of compliance and ethics training for HR employees, embedding risk awareness and responsible behaviors across the team
• Risk Awareness Culture Enablement:
  Support and advocate company-wide risk awareness programs and communications to promote vigilance and ethical decision-making

• Minimum Qualification
  :
  Master s degree in Human Resources, Law, Business Administration, or equivalent
• Professional Certification
  : SHRM-SCP, CIPD Level 7 (recommended)
• Years Of Relevant Experience
  : 12+ years in HR risk management, compliance, audit, or related strategic HR roles
• Nature Of Experience
  :
  Leading risk and compliance oversight across HR in large or complex organizations