Compliance and Risk Manager

at  Open Text Corporation

Req id: 40891
Virtual, GB
Micro Focus (now OpenText) is one of the world’s largest enterprise software providers. We deliver mission-critical technology and supporting services that help thousands of customers worldwide manage core IT elements of their business so they can run and transform—at the same time.
OpenText brings critical technologies to support our customers’ growing needs to digitize and work smarter. We are proven market leaders in Content Services, Business Network, Digital Experience and Cybersecurity. Our organisation brings new categories of AI & Analytics, Application Modernization & Delivery, and Digital Operations Management. OpenText powers and protects information to elevate every person and every organization to be their best. We help customers gain an information advantage and accelerate their digital transformation.
OpenText require an experienced compliance and risk manager to join our UKI Professional Services practice. The role will lead on guiding the business to establish and ensure continued compliance against all government frameworks where OpenText is a provider. The role will also manage the risk profile for compliance, ensuring that compliance risks in delivery are identified and minimized or mitigated through policies, procedures, standards and personnel training.

• Reviewing government frameworks with your legal, security and delivery peers to identify where a compliance action will be required.
• Identifying the best approach to obtaining and maintaining compliance within each framework both at a company and delivery level.
• Documenting the approach and plan for delivery, and obtaining agreement to implement your approach from the various internal functions and senior delivery management.
• Implement your plans for compliance, identifying any residual risks and putting into place controls to monitor and manage the risks on an on-going basis.
• Carry out compliance checks including internal audits to assess the effectiveness of the compliance measures, agreeing any amendments and adjustments as required.
• Assess new business opportunities through each framework, identifying if the opportunities carry any additional compliance risks and working with the solution team to put in place suitable mitigation activities.
• Oversee the management of the residual risks, ensuring that suitable controls have been established and operated to control risk.
• Produce compliance and risk reports for senior management on a monthly basis, keeping management up to date with the status of compliance, management of risks, and assessment of any additional risks and mitigation plans that have been identified.