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Senior Compliance Officer/Counsel – Speak Up & Investigations

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What you will do

As Senior Compliance Officer/Counsel – Speak Up & Investigations, you will play a key role in Vanderlande's Compliance & Ethics team. The team is responsible for the development, implementation and continuous improvement of several core compliance areas (Anti-Corruption, Competition Law, Data Privacy & AI Governance, Trade Compliance, and Speak-Up & Investigations), and for fostering a culture of integrity and ethical business conduct across the organization.

You will support and further develop Vanderlande's Speak-Up & investigations framework, lead or support sensitive investigations, and help ensure that cases are handled in a consistent, careful and proportionate way. You will work closely with HR, Internal Audit, Legal, Information Security, management, and other stakeholders, depending on the nature of the matter.

In addition to leading and supporting investigations, you will play an important role in monitoring follow-up actions, identifying recurring themes, driving the strengthening of controls, and translating lessons learned into practical improvements.

The role reports to the Executive Director Ethics, Risk & Compliance. While there are no direct reports, leadership is an important aspect of the role. You will provide guidance, coaching and support to colleagues involved in investigations, Speak-Up activities and framework development, and regularly interact with management and other senior stakeholders.

Depending on business needs and your profile and interests, there may be opportunities to contribute to broader compliance initiatives. These may include areas such as anti-corruption, regional compliance support, policy development, training, or other compliance-related projects.

What they look for

Education and background

Master’s degree or equivalent experience in law (e.g., the Germany Second State Examination / Volljurist qualification), compliance, criminology, forensic investigations, business ethics, risk management or a related field.
Professional training or certifications in investigations, fraud examination, or related areas, are a plus.

Experience

Typically, 7-12 years of relevant experience in investigations, compliance, fraud risk management, forensic services, or related fields, within an international organization.
Strong and demonstrable hands-on experience with internal investigations, including case intake, assessment, investigation planning, interviews, evidence review, reporting and remediation follow-up.
Experience with Speak-Up or whistleblowing programs in a multinational and matrixed organization.
Hands-on experience in anti-corruption, integrity, fraud, conflicts of interest, third-party risk, or broader compliance topics, is a strong advantage.
Experience coaching or guiding colleagues in investigations, even without formal line management responsibility.

Skills & capabilities

Strong judgment, discretion and integrity when dealing with sensitive matters.
Strong interviewing, analytical and report-writing skills.
Ability to conduct investigations in a structured, fair and professional way, applying sound judgment and cultural awareness across different countries, cultures and stakeholder groups.
Ability to clearly distinguish between allegations requiring investigation, concerns requiring management follow-up, and broader process or control issues requiring monitoring or audit attention.
Ability to translate investigation outcomes into practical improvements and provide guidance, coaching and support to colleagues involved in investigations.
Confident communicator, able to engage with senior stakeholders while remaining objective, balanced and fact-based.
Comfortable working with ambiguity, incomplete information and sensitive stakeholder dynamics.
Pragmatic, solution-oriented and able to drive matters forward independently.
Fluent in English. Additional languages are an advantage.

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