WHY JOIN US?

At Donegal Town Credit Union, we’re committed to serving our members with integrity, transparency, and care. As a Compliance Officer, you’ll have the opportunity to influence how we uphold those values while working in a supportive, community-focused environment.
Applications including CV by email only addressed to marketing@donegaltowncu.ie

ROLE PURPOSE

The Compliance Officer plays a key role in ensuring Donegal Town Credit Union complies with all regulatory, legal, and internal governance requirements. The role helps protect the Credit Union by promoting a strong culture of compliance, ethics, and transparency across all levels of the organisation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• The Compliance Officer will have responsibility for ensuring compliance by the Credit Union with regulatory, contractual, corporate and industry best practice standards in all aspects of the credit union’s business.
• Prepare the risk-based annual Compliance Plan and oversee its delivery.
• Prepare and deliver the Annual Compliance Statement.
• Evaluate new and emerging regulatory requirements and ensure their incorporation into internal compliance processes, policies and procedures.
• Manage potential compliance issues, including errors and breaches.
• Ensure the credit union remains compliant with its various legal obligations, including AML/CTF and Data Protection.
• Update policies and procedures within the required timeframes, manage the sign off process and communicate polices to staff as required.
• To produce and provide appropriate management information on a regular basis or as required.
• To devise, implement and deliver appropriate training programmes for the Credit Union’s directors, committee members, employees and volunteers as required.
• To devise internal compliance audit procedures and ensure their implementation.
• To ensure audit and regulatory recommendations are implemented within the stated deadlines.
• Monitor compliance with GDPR and other relevant data protection laws.
• Advise on data protection impact assessments (DPIAs) and assist in their implementation.
• Conduct regular data audits and risk assessments to identify and address vulnerabilities.
• Support staff with queries and guidance relating to data privacy and processing.
• Ensure that data subject rights (access, rectification, erasure, etc.) are upheld in a timely and lawful manner.
• Collaborate with departments (e.g., IT, HR, Marketing) to integrate privacy by design into operations and systems.
• To attend and contribute to meetings as may be directed by the Board.
• Liaise with the ILCU and the Regulator as necessary and foster and build good relations.
• To undertake such other reasonable and lawful duties as may be directed from time to time by the board of directors and CEO.
• Requirements
• Professional qualification in Compliance
• Solid knowledge of the Irish regulatory framework (CBI, AML/CFT, GDPR)
• Proven experience in financial services compliance or governance
• Strong attention to detail and high ethical standards
• Ability to read and understand complex regulation, standard policies and procedure and then distil the requirements in order to provide practical and relevant advice and guidance to the organisation.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills