Richemont Compliance Data & Process Expert
- Location
- Seniority
- Senior
- Department
- Legal & Compliance
- Industry
- Fine Watches & Horology
- Posted
- Apr 22, 2026
About Richemont
Richemont is a Geneva‑based luxury goods holding company whose maisons encompass leading names in watches, jewelry and accessories. The group combines heritage craftsmanship with global retail and wholesale operations, supporting centralized corporate functions — including legal, compliance and risk — that serve its maisons worldwide.
Richemont is hiring a Compliance Data & Process Expert in Villars-sur-Glâne, Switzerland to lead GRC data analytics, process mapping and automated control reporting.
Role & Responsibilities
- Design, maintain and govern compliance data models, master data and reporting for regulatory and internal-control requirements.
- Map end-to-end compliance and control processes, identify gaps and define remediation roadmaps in partnership with Legal, Finance, Internal Audit and business units.
- Develop and operate KPI dashboards and management reports to monitor control effectiveness and regulatory risk exposures.
- Implement, configure and optimise GRC platforms and data pipelines to automate control testing and reporting (including data extraction, transformation and validation).
- Lead data quality initiatives, implement data governance standards and introduce preventive controls across source systems and ERP interfaces.
- Perform root-cause analysis on control failures and drive process redesign to reduce residual compliance risk.
- Partner with process owners to document standard operating procedures, train stakeholders and embed sustainable control behaviours.
- Support regulatory examinations and internal audits by producing evidence packages, analytics and trend analysis.
Qualifications
- Proven experience in compliance, risk or internal control functions with strong emphasis on data and process design.
- Demonstrable experience implementing or operating GRC tools and building automated control-testing workflows.
- Strong working knowledge of data governance, ETL principles and reporting best practices.
- Excellent stakeholder-management skills and ability to translate regulatory requirements into operational controls.
- Professional certifications preferred: Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP), CAMS, CISA, CIA or equivalent.
Skills
Experience
Typically 5+ years in compliance, risk, internal audit or process/controls roles with demonstrable experience in data analytics, GRC tooling and cross‑functional process improvement. Experience in regulated industries or multinational luxury/retail groups is highly advantageous.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Law, Data Science, Business Administration or a related discipline; master's degree or equivalent professional qualifications preferred.
Workplace
The role is situated in Villars-sur-Glâne, Fribourg, Switzerland — conveniently close to Bern.
Culture
Richemont blends a respect for artisanal heritage with rigorous corporate governance and cross‑maison collaboration. The corporate environment values technical excellence, discretion and a pragmatic approach to risk management while encouraging continual improvement and capability building across international teams.
About Cerulean
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