Senior Compliance Manager

ECOM is a world-leading soft commodity services group specialising in coffee, cocoa, and cotton with operations in over 40 countries and 6000 employees. With 175 years of market experience, ECOM is committed to sustainable and socially responsible leadership within the soft commodities industry. ECOM’s global operations rely on extensive knowledge and experience in supply chain traceability, risk management and client focused distribution to create a valuable and sustainable supply chain, starting from the local farmers and their communities through the world’s leading product manufacturers.

The Role

The Candidate will collaborate on the development and lead on the delivery of a comprehensive global compliance strategy across physical and financial commodity trading. They will oversee trading compliance, financial crime prevention and conduct across multiple jurisdictions. The role will require strong collaboration with the General Counsel, ESG teams in respect of sustainability regulation, as well as internal audit and other key teams around the Group. This role demands a candidate who is adept at aligning rigorous regulatory adherence with business strategy in a dynamic, cross-border environment. This role will require some international travel.

Main Responsibilities

Trading & Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure compliance with EMIR, MiFID II, MAR regarding derivatives, options, and OTC trades.
• Oversee transaction reporting and regulatory interactions.
• Monitor and manage interactions with brokers, Exchanges and Regulators

Financial Crime & Conduct Risk

• Maintain and evolve frameworks for AML, sanctions, anti-bribery/corruption, fraud, and modern slavery risk.
• Modern Slavery
• Liaise with legal teams and external bodies on investigations or breaches.
• Run global whistleblowing, investigations and remediation programs.

Data Privacy & Protection

• Champion GDPR and global data privacy obligations, including cross-border data handling and counterparty due diligence.

Sustainability & Corporate Due Diligence

• Be a key player in the implementation of CSRD, CSDDD, and EUDR frameworks.
• Collaborate with sustainability leads to align due diligence and reporting.

Leadership & Culture

• Spearhead a compliance program globally, fostering a values-led, accountable culture.
• Report regularly to the General Counsel, ESG and Audit Committees.
• Deliver bespoke training covering all topics.
• Drafting policies, maintaining policies for regulatory evolution.

Skills & Experience

We are looking for candidates that have at least 7 years in compliance or legal roles (at least 4 years inhouse), ideally in commodities trading or financial services. We are looking for a qualified lawyer (in any jurisdiction) with strong knowledge of derivatives associated regulations. Experienced in managing cross-border teams and regulatory relationships, with solid understanding of EU regulations and ESG frameworks such as CSRD, CSDDD AND EUDR. Additionally, candidates with working knowledge of financial crime law and data protection and who is familiar with the AML/Sanctions/KYC Platform/LexisNexis Bridger.