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Head of Group Compliance Assurance & Oversight (f/m/d)
Deutsche Börse Group
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Source date: 11/2/2026
About this role
Your area of work: Group Compliance Assurance & Oversight plays a key role in supporting control governance, effective risk management and a strong culture of compliance across the Group. It operates within the second line of defense and is accountable for ensuring that effective compliance controls are established, implemented, executed, monitored, and continuously enhanced to address regulatory and compliance risks within various entities of Deutsche Börse Group. In addition to managing compliance controls, Group Compliance Assurance & Oversight prepares and delivers regular and ad-hoc Compliance reports, dashboards, and key risk indicators (KRIs) to senior management and relevant governance bodies as well as it takes responsibility for the annual budget of Group Compliance, including forecasting and tracking. Moreover, Group Compliance Assurance & Oversight develops and maintains the tool for managing ad-hoc correspondence with supervisory authorities for various entities of Deutsche Börse Group and performs compliance assessments as part of third-party supplier onboarding. As Head of Group Compliance Assurance & Oversight, you will lead a team of compliance and regulatory specialists of Deutsche Börse Group across multiple locations and collaborate closely with various departments of the first, second and third line of defense. Your responsibilities: • Design, implement, and maintain effective compliance controls, policies, procedures, and monitoring activities • Manage and oversee the compliance control framework of Deutsche Börse AG and its implementation in various legal entities within the Group • Develop and execute compliance controls and monitoring plans to assess the effectiveness of controls, ensure timely conduct of controls • Coordinate and support internal and external audits, regulatory inspections, and compliance reviews centrally for Group Compliance as well as track, investigate, and support remediation of compliance findings, incidents, and control deficiencies • Develop, manage, and monitor the Group Compliance budget, including forecasting, resource planning, and tracking expenditures to ensure effective allocation of Compliance budget • Prepare, coordinate and deliver regular as well as ad-hoc Compliance reports, dashboards, and KRIs to senior management, executive committees, boards, and governance bodies while ensuring clear, concise, and risk-focused reporting • Develop and maintain the internal tool for managing supervisory correspondence, incl. respective documentation and user access management • Manage compliance assessments during third-party supplier onboarding Your profile: • University degree in law, business administration, economics or related fields • Minimum 5-7 years of experience in Compliance, Internal Controls, Audit, or a related governance function • Strong understanding of regulatory requirements, compliance frameworks, and control environments within regulated entities and organizations • Experience in leading cross-functional teams and managing compliance programs across multiple legal entities and jurisdictions • Knowledge of regulatory expectations relating to governance, conduct and regulatory compliance • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills • Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence at all organizational levels and communicate positions in a clear and structured manner • Ability to work in a team and in a matrix organisation within a multicultural and multi-location, international environment with high level of initiative, commitment and motivation • Proficiency in German and English is a must Dedication, team and communication skills, flexibility as well as a hands-on mentality complete your profile.