Senior Compliance Manager

The Senior Compliance Manager will be part of the Europe North (EN) Controls and Compliance Finance team that is responsible for establishing a culture of compliance in the Western Europe region by articulating the importance of compliance to senior management and influencing the right tone at the top.

The Senior Compliance Manager is accountable for maintaining and evolving the culture of compliance in these key countries, by influencing the right tone and action at the leadership level as well as throughout the organization.

The successful candidate facilitates the execution of a solid business-led compliance rhythm by establishing an end-to-end structural compliance rhythm, coaching stakeholders and team members on key compliance risks and processes to drive compliance deep into the organization to protect the Company with effective working, preventative and detective

controls in place.

You need to ensure you are contributing to building deep knowledge and also learning from the rest of the EN Compliance team to ensure we are evolving our compliance frameworks in the countries to match new and emerging risk.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees , we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business, Legal/Law, Engineering or related field AND several years of experience in business, legal/regulatory, compliance and audit/consulting firms OR equivalent experience.

• Demonstrates exceptional ability to influence and manage senior stakeholders with confidence and professionalism.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficient in AI and technology tools, with the ability to enhance and automate compliance processes.
• Relevant Certification (e.g., International Organization for Standardization [ISO] Lead Auditor, International Association of Privacy Professionals [IAPP], Certified Public Accountant [CPA], Certified Information Privacy Professional [CIPP])

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Governance

• Uses understanding of policies, laws, and regulations to make own judgments to meet business need.
• May interpret the information to protect Microsoft and its customers, and move the business forward.
• Identifies and escalates non-conformance.
• Sets individual program guidelines at an organizational level based on corporate policies and guidelines.
• May serve as an indirect supervisor as needed.

Strategies, Processes, and Tools

• Develops strategies and processes around the compliance programs independently.
• Uses own judgment to anticipate new areas of focus that are needed based on the risk environment and ecosystem.
• Runs existing tools independently and provides minimal feedback on tweaks or additional features to the tool.
• Administers user set-ups and configurations.
•  IndependentlyProvides requirements for building out tools and processes needed to develop products and programs that are market-leading in compliance.

Controls

• Defines controls by identifying potential failure points. Ensures routine and complex issues are fixed during the design process independently and implements controls. 
• Tests controls to determine if controls are effective independently and uses judgment to identify areas to improve the controls.
• Makes suggestions on how to adjust the design.

Consult/Advise/Educate

• Collaborates across teams to ensure communication and application of the same regulations and standards.
• Advises whether products, processes, programs, etc.,  are compliant.
• Educates teams on compliance requirements.
• Reviews results, informal assessments, and monitors compliance for teams.
• Translates compliance standards and processes into a relatable form across multiple teams.

Assessments/Audits/Certifications.

• Conducts routine and complex assessment/audit projects independently including assessing and reviewing documentation for an internal team at Microsoft; tracks and monitors results.
• Analyzes the information to understand what stakeholders can do differently and collaborates with the team to remediate gaps.
• Leverages customer feedback that has not been addressed to ensure its inclusion.
• Collaborates across the company on how processes and standards are implemented.
• Drives efficiency and scalability for programs.
• Provides input for internal teams in preparation for upcoming external audits, or to ensure readiness in case of such audits.
• Analyzes the information to understand what they can do differently and collaborates with the team to remediate gaps.
• Serves as a liaison to support teams.

Reporting 

• Develops and reports on compliance metrics and audit issues for internal and external reporting.
• Consults on remediation for reports.