Compliance Specialist

<div><p><b>Job Title:</b>Planning&Compliance Specialist</p><h3>Role Overview</h3><p>We are seeking a highly motivated<b>Planning&Compliance Specialist</b>to support IT governance, risk management, and compliance initiatives. The ideal candidate will play a key role in aligning IT strategy with business objectives, ensuring regulatory compliance, and strengthening business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities.</p><h3>Key Responsibilities</h3><ul><li><b>Develop and Maintain IT Governance Frameworks</b>— Design, implement, and continuously improve IT governance structures, policies, standards, and procedures to align IT with business strategy and best practices.</li><li><b>Strategic IT Planning&Alignment</b>— Contribute to or lead IT strategic planning, including defining IT objectives, roadmaps, budgeting (CAPEX/OPEX), resource allocation, and ensuring IT initiatives support organizational goals.</li><li><b>Risk Management</b>— Identify, assess, and mitigate IT-related risks (cybersecurity, operational, compliance, etc.). Develop risk registers, mitigation strategies, disaster recovery/business continuity plans, and monitor emerging threats.</li><li><b>Compliance&Regulatory Oversight</b>— Ensure adherence to relevant regulations (NCA&SDAIA) and internal policies. Conduct compliance assessments, audit preparation/support, and remediate findings.</li><li><b>Policy&Procedure Development</b>— Create, update, and enforce IT policies, SOPs, standards, and controls for areas like security, data management, change management, and vendor governance.</li><li><b>Monitoring, Reporting&Metrics</b>— Track IT performance KPIs, prepare dashboards/reports (e.g., CIO/executive dashboards), provide governance/risk/compliance insights, and measure effectiveness of controls and processes.</li><li><b>Audit&Assurance Support</b>— Coordinate internal/external IT audits, perform control testing, track remediation, and support continuous improvement.</li><li><b>Stakeholder Collaboration&Advisory</b>— Work with IT leadership, business units, legal/compliance teams, and executives to provide recommendations, translate complex concepts, and drive awareness/training on governance topics.</li><li><b>Process Improvement&Optimization</b>— Identify gaps in IT processes, recommend enhancements, and support initiatives for efficiency, cost control, and value realization from IT investments.</li><li><b>Project&Portfolio Governance</b>— Support governance of IT projects/portfolios, including prioritization, change management, and alignment with strategy.</li></ul><h3>Required Skills&Qualifications</h3><ul><li><b>Education</b>— Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or related field</li><li><b>Experience</b>— 3–8+ years in IT governance, risk/compliance, audit, or strategic IT planning; prior roles in IT operations, security, or consulting are common.</li><li><b>Certifications</b>— CGEIT (Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT), CRISC (Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control), COBIT, ITIL, CISSP, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor/Implementer, or similar.</li><li><b>Technical/Soft Skills</b>— Strong understanding of frameworks (COBIT, ITIL, NIST); analytical/problem‑solving; excellent communication (verbal/written/presentation); stakeholder management; attention to detail; adaptability to changing priorities.</li></ul><p>If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your CV to sajad.ali@linnk.com</p></div>#J-18808-Ljbffr