Group Risk, Ethics & Compliance Manager

About Watsmen

Watsmen is building an engineering-led industrial group. We connect technical capability, disciplined execution and practical commercial judgement to deliver valuable industrial solutions.

Role Purpose

Build a practical, evidence-led risk, ethics and compliance system for Watsmen's industrial activities. Help accountable leaders identify exposure, apply proportionate controls and demonstrate corrective action. Provide independent challenge and a usable escalation route, while preserving the legal responsibilities of each entity and the technical responsibilities of competent discipline owners.

Key Accountabilities

• Deliver a Group risk register with clear risk statements, accountable owners, existing controls, evidence gaps and response plans; distinguish institutional exposure from risks belonging to separately governed projects, platforms, trade activity and acquisitions.
• Establish a risk-based compliance obligations map with legal and local advisers, recording applicability, responsible owners, control evidence and review dates; avoid presenting unverified assumptions as confirmed regulatory duties or completed compliance.
• Implement proportionate integrity controls for conflicts of interest, third-party due diligence, gifts and hospitality, and anti-bribery risks; document escalation triggers and decisions, with commercial or country owners accountable for required follow-through.
• Maintain an accessible concern-reporting and case-management process with appropriate confidentiality, fair handling and non-retaliation safeguards; preserve relevant evidence and escalate serious matters through an approved route that addresses conflicts involving normal management channels.
• Deliver targeted control monitoring and thematic reviews, testing whether controls operate in practice; maintain findings, severity rationale, action owners and closure evidence, escalating repeated failures or unsupported assertions of remediation.
• Build risk and ethics capability through role-relevant guidance, briefings and lessons learned; provide concise management reporting that identifies emerging patterns, unresolved exposure and decisions needed without replacing operational ownership or technical assurance.
• Provide proportionate opportunity screening with named review owners and clear escalation; track timely resolution and recurring control failures without allowing commercial urgency to determine risk acceptance.

First 90 Days

• By day 30: Map immediate risk and compliance exposures, existing controls and available reporting channels; agree a prioritised assessment plan and proposed independent escalation arrangements with General Counsel and the CEO.
• By day 60: Establish the initial risk register, obligations map and third-party integrity workflow; submit concern-handling and conflict-management procedures for approval and deliver focused guidance to priority role holders.
• By day 90: Complete an initial risk-based control review; present substantiated findings, remediation status and unresolved exposures, with evidence that concern escalation and action tracking are operational. Demonstrate opportunity-screening ownership, aged issues, resolution evidence and actions addressing recurring failures.

Essential Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to translate risk and compliance requirements into practical, testable controls
• Experience assessing third-party integrity, conflicts or business-conduct risks with balanced professional judgement
• Ability to investigate facts objectively, handle confidential records and distinguish evidence from allegation
• Skill in influencing operational leaders while maintaining independent challenge and clear escalation
• Ability to work with legal, financial and technical specialists without claiming their professional authority

Desirable Experience

• Experience in industrial, engineering, trade or resource-sector risk environments
• Relevant risk, compliance, audit or ethics qualification
• Experience establishing controls across multiple entities or jurisdictions

Authority And Decision Boundaries

• Request control evidence and recommend remediation within an approved mandate; acceptance of residual risk remains with the formally designated authority.
• Escalate material concerns independently through the approved route, including concerns involving the reporting line; this role does not confer unrestricted investigation, disciplinary, legal-signing or technical-release authority.

Key Interfaces

General Counsel, CEO and designated oversight authority; CFO and Financial Controller; Technical Authority, commercial and trade owners; Anchor and platform leaders, with relevant local advisers.

COO and Commercial on proportionate screening, review ownership and timely escalation.

How Success Is Evidenced

• Risk-register quality and completeness of applicable compliance evidence
• Ageing, recurrence and verified closure of material control findings
• Effectiveness and timeliness of concern handling and independent escalation
• Timely resolution of screened issues and reduction of recurring failures while preserving independent risk judgement.

Activation And Delivery Readiness

Assigned work requires confirmed resources, competent delivery capacity and the applicable approvals. The role operates within its documented delegation; appointment alone does not confer contracting, spending, technical-approval or system-access authority.

Location And Travel

Istanbul, Türkiye. Travel may support risk reviews, integrity assessments and local control verification. Specific travel requirements and frequency will be discussed before appointment.

Employment And Working Arrangements

Full-time employment, with annual performance reviews. Twelve-month renewable contracts where legally appropriate, with probation and renewal terms determined under local law.

Roles are on-site by default. Hybrid or remote working requires prior approval. No relocation assistance or visa support is provided.

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