Compliance Officer

Overview

Stirling Dynamics is recruiting a Compliance Officer to join the team.

The Compliance Officer will be responsible for ensuring that the organisation operates in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements, internal policies, and ethical standards.

This role involves monitoring and evaluating compliance issues, developing and implementing policies and procedures, and providing guidance to management and staff to mitigate risk and promote a culture of integrity.

The role will focus on the following core areas:

• Business Compliance
• Product Compliance
• Export Control

The following describes the general responsibilities:

• Develop, implement, and maintain compliance policies and procedures
• Monitor and assess the effectiveness of internal controls and compliance programs
• Conduct audits and risk assessments to identify potential areas of compliance vulnerability
• Investigate and resolve compliance issues and concerns
• Provide training to employees on compliance-related topics
• Stay up to date with regulatory changes and industry best practices
• Liaise with regulatory bodies and respond to inquiries or investigations
• Prepare and submit compliance reports to senior management
• Support internal departments in understanding and adhering to compliance requirements
• Maintain records of compliance activities, including investigations and outcomes
• Maintain accurate documentation for audits, inspections, and regulatory reporting

This role will be based in our Bristol offices with occasional travel to our clients’ sites as required. As part of our commitment to flexibility, we also accept hybrid working.

Responsibilities

This will be a varied role covering all aspects of compliance, however the core areas will be:

Business Compliance

• Legal Register (updates and compliance assessments currently outsourced)
• Responsible for Health & Safety within the business, develop and maintain the policies while also ensuring adherence to legal requirements
• Assess and approve risk assessments
• Accident & incident reporting

Product Compliance

• Assessing the applicability of new regulations/standards with input from technical specialists (internal/external)
• Conformance of company produced product to the applicable legislation/regulations (e.g. CE marking, REACH, RoSH, Conflict Minerals etc.)

Export Control

• Monitor adherence to international trade compliance laws, including ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) and EAR (Export Administration Regulations)
• Assessing new regulations for both UK and USA export controls
• UK licensing process: OGEL / SIEL / OIEL and use of government portals SPIRE and LITE
• USA licensing process: TAA / MLA / Sublicence NDA
• Managing technical export control assessments through the company process (with technical expert inputs as required)
• Maintaining records for both technology and hardware exports to support external audits from the UK Government

Essential skills

The personal qualities of the jobholder will be key to success in this role. The following characteristics and qualities are identified as essential for the role:

• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work independently and manage sensitive information with discretion
• A diplomatic and professional approach to dealing with a range of different people/organisations
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• The confidence to challenge/question and propose solutions
• The ability to manage multiple tasks
• Pragmatic and logical
• Attention to detail and the discipline to self-check results
• The organisation and drive to meet deadlines
• High ethical standards

Experience

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a relevant compliance role within the defense/aerospace industry or a relevant industry sector. It is recognised that applicants are unlikely to have experience in all three core areas, the priority is on product compliance with flexibility to learn/train in Business Compliance and/or Export Control. We will provide training and support in the areas you lack experience in so please still submit an application if you are interested in the role. 
• Fully conversant with the mainstream MS tool suite.

What do I need before I apply

Due to security restrictions on the projects, we can only consider UK nationals for this role.

Benefits

Competitive Package - Grade 5-6 (£41,000 - £60,000) dependent on experience.

We offer a range of benefits to our employees to recognise their efforts. Playing hard is equally as important as working hard, so regular events are held throughout the year which provide an ideal opportunity to mix socially.