Compliance Manager – Controls & Assurance

Location: Charlotte, NC – Hybrid, 2 days onsite
 

The Opportunity

A global organization is seeking an experienced Compliance Manager – Controls & Assurance to support its enterprise Ethics & Integrity controls and assurance program.

This role is ideal for a compliance, controls, audit, or assurance professional with hands-on experience testing the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls and exposure to business ethics and integrity risks.

This is not a traditional regulatory compliance or financial audit position. The successful candidate will bring strong controls assurance methodology, evidence-based testing experience, and the ability to identify control gaps, document defensible conclusions, and partner with stakeholders across a large international organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and execute risk-based testing of Ethics & Integrity controls.

• Evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of controls through walkthroughs, sampling, evidence review, and stakeholder discussions.

• Develop and enhance risk and control matrices, testing methodologies, and assurance procedures.

• Review supporting evidence to determine whether control objectives and minimum evidence requirements have been met.

• Clearly document testing procedures, observations, conclusions, and supporting rationale.

• Identify control deficiencies, root causes, and opportunities to strengthen the control environment.

• Develop well-supported findings and recommended remediation actions.

• Track remediation activities resulting from assurance reviews.

• Partner with Legal, Finance, Procurement, HR, Internal Audit, Compliance, and other business stakeholders.

• Support reporting and analysis related to controls assurance activities.

• Contribute to the continued enhancement of the organization's Ethics & Integrity controls framework and assurance methodology.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional qualification.

• 5+ years of experience in controls assurance, compliance, internal/external audit, risk management, internal controls, or a related discipline.

• Demonstrated experience evaluating both design effectiveness and operating effectiveness of controls.

• Hands-on experience with walkthroughs, sampling, evidence review, testing documentation, and remediation.

• Experience developing or enhancing risk and control matrices and controls-testing methodologies.

• Strong ability to identify control deficiencies and root causes and develop well-supported findings and conclusions.

• Experience working within a large, complex, preferably international organization.

• Strong stakeholder management, analytical, project management, and report-writing skills.

• High attention to detail and sound professional judgment.

• Ability to independently manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work.

Ethics & Integrity Experience

Meaningful exposure to one or more of the following areas is highly desirable:

Bribery & Corruption | Fraud | Conflicts of Interest | Sanctions | Competition/Antitrust | Anti-Money Laundering | Human Rights & Modern Slavery | Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) | Third-Party Risk

Preferred Background

Candidates who combine controls assurance expertise with Ethics & Integrity subject-matter knowledge will be particularly strong fits.

Experience within a Big Four or similar professional services environment is a plus due to the emphasis on structured audit methodology, controls testing, evidence evaluation, and documentation.

Experience within global corporate or operational environments is strongly preferred. Candidates whose backgrounds are primarily limited to banking regulatory compliance, financial audit, or operational risk without hands-on controls assurance and Ethics & Integrity exposure may be less aligned.

Fluency in English is required. Additional language skills, particularly Spanish, German, Dutch, or French, are a plus.