Consultant - Risk & Compliance

Job description

Job Summary Evalueserve is seeking an accomplished candidate with a minimum of 6 years of experience in Governance, Risk Compliance Consultant to support the design and development of a comprehensive policy, procedure, governance, and authority framework for a diversified business group. The role will involve reviewing existing governance documents, identifying gaps, and developing practical policies, procedures, SOPs, templates, RACI matrices, and Delegation of Authority frameworks. The consultant will work across functions and business lines of client in chemicals, healthcare and pharma, manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, and shared services functions. The position requires strong knowledge of regulatory requirements, international governance standards, ERM, compliance, BCM, internal controls, and document control practices. The consultant will also support stakeholder workshops, validation sessions, implementation planning, and rollout readiness. The ideal candidate should be able to translate regulatory and business requirements into clear, implementable, and user-friendly governance documents This individual will serve as a trusted advisor to the strategy and innovation teams of chemical/agrochemicals sector focusing on the strategic development and transformation of a sector. The successful candidate will possess exceptional strategic acumen, a deep understanding of chemical and agrochemicals industries, and a proven track record of driving impactful change. This role offers exceptional access to senior leadership and key decision-makers, influencing high-impact projects and strategic initiatives. Well trust you to: - Conduct current-state assessment of existing policies, procedures, SOPs, templates, authority matrices, workflows, and document control practices. - Identify gaps, duplications, outdated documents, unclear authorities, and areas requiring immediate improvement. - Develop a comprehensive corporate policy architecture, including policy hierarchy, ownership, review cycles, approval workflows, and document control requirements. - Design and develop Delegation of Authority and Authority Matrix frameworks covering financial, non-financial, governance, HR, legal, compliance, procurement, operations, IT, cybersecurity, and crisis management areas. - Define clear decision rights, approval limits, escalation rules, exception handling, conflict-of-interest controls, and authority breach reporting mechanisms. - Develop or enhance corporate governance, HR, compliance, legal, operational, finance, communication, risk, BCM, crisis management, and training policies. - Prepare standardized templates, including policy templates, SOP templates, RACI templates, risk registers, compliance monitoring tools, audit checklists, CAPA templates, and document control registers. - Align all deliverables with KSA laws and regulations, including Saudi Companies Law, Saudi Labor Law, SFDA, ZATCA, NCA, and PDPL requirements. - Ensure alignment with international standards such as ISO 31000, COSO ERM, ISO 22301, ISO 37301, ISO 37001, ISO 37000, GMP, GDP, GCP, where applicable. - Facilitate workshops and validation sessions with management, SMEs, policy owners, and functional stakeholders. - Support rollout planning, awareness sessions, training for document owners, and recommendations for DMS, LMS, ERP, and workflow automation. What you'll need to have: - 6+ years of experience in governance, risk, compliance, internal controls, policy development, or management consulting. - Proven experience in developing policy frameworks, procedure manuals, SOPs, authority matrices, RACI matrices, and governance documentation. - Strong exposure to regulated industries such as pharmaceuticals, healthcare, manufacturing, chemicals, logistics, or related sectors. - Experience working with holding companies, subsidiaries, shared services, manufacturing sites, warehouses, and distribution operations. - Hands-on experience in Delegation of Authority design, approval workflows, Board-reserved matters, executive authority frameworks, and escalation models. - Prior experience with KSA regulatory requirements and GCC business environments will be highly preferred. - Experience supporting stakeholder workshops, document validation, implementation planning, and policy rollout. Skills: - Strong understanding of corporate governance, ERM, compliance management, internal controls, BCM, crisis management, and document governance. - Knowledge of Saudi Companies Law, Saudi Labor Law, SFDA, ZATCA, NCA, PDPL, and other relevant local regulations. - Familiarity with ISO 31000, COSO ERM, ISO 22301, ISO 37301, ISO 37001, ISO 37000, GMP, GDP, and related international standards. - Ability to develop clear policy architecture, document hierarchy, approval workflows, coding structures, and review cycles. - Strong capability in creating practical, concise, and business-friendly policies, procedures, SOPs, manuals, handbooks, templates, and registers. - Excellent stakeholder management, workshop facilitation, interviewing, and documentation skills. - Strong analytical skills to assess gaps, define priorities, and convert complex requirements into implementable frameworks. - Proficiency in MS Office; familiarity with DMS, LMS, ERP, and workflow automation concepts is preferred. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; Arabic capability will be an added advantage Attributes: - Structured, detail-oriented, and highly organized. - Practical and implementation-focused, with the ability to avoid overly theoretical outputs. - Strong business judgment and ability to balance regulatory requirements with operational realities. - Confident in engaging in senior management, SMEs, and cross-functional teams. - Able to work across multiple functions and business units in a complex corporate environment. - High integrity, professionalism, and sensitivity to confidential business information. - Strong ownership mind