General Compliance Manager & Data Protection Officer
Department:
Enabling : Legal and Insurance
Employment Type:
Permanent - Full Time
Location:
Spain
The Global Compliance Manager owns and manages Anthesis's global compliance and data protection framework across all jurisdictions, ensuring the Group meets its regulatory, privacy, and client due-diligence obligations, and that policies are current, embedded, monitored and reported to leadership.
The Global Compliance Manager also holds the legal role of Data Protection Manager, and ensures that personal data risks are systematically identified, controlled and continuously improved within the ISO * ISMS framework - turning privacy obligations into enforceable security controls.
Key Responsibilities
General Compliance responsibilities:
Compliance framework & policies: Maintain and develop the Group's compliance policies (e.g. anti-bribery & corruption, anti-fraud & tax evasion, AML, whistleblowing, code of conduct, conflicts of interest, and gifts & hospitality).
Own the policy inventory and control matrix; monitor adherence and report to leadership.
Know Your Client (KYC) / due diligence & AML: Run risk-based client onboarding and ongoing due diligence, beneficial-ownership verification, and anti-money laundering (AML) checks.
Sanctions:Support in the screening of clients and counterparties against UK, EU, US (OFAC) and UN sanctions lists; consider red flags; maintain awareness of export-control considerations.
Training & culture: Deliver compliance and data protection training; embed a culture of compliance across the business.




Cross-functional partnering: Work closely with Legal, IT&Tech;, Finance, People & Development and the business lines; support internal and client audits.
Working with external legal counsel on compliance and data protection matters
ISO * & audit support:Support ISO * certification and surveillance audits (and client or SOC audits where relevant) by providing privacy evidence, maintaining privacy controls in the ISMS and working with the Cyber Risk & Compliance team.
Data Protection responsibilities:
Lead global privacy compliance (UK & EU GDPR, US state privacy laws, and other applicable regimes).
vendor/third-party due diligence and data processing agreements (DPAs).
Named DPO where registration required and serve as point of contact for supervisory authorities and data subjects
Development of group-wide policies and procedures required to implement global data protection compliance
Data Protection advisory for Technology, P&D;, Marketing, Finance,
Maintenance of Record of Processing Activities (ROPA) and other mandatory registers and documentations under relevant data protection law
Creation and provision of privacy notices where required
Handle Data Subject Access Requests, liaising where relevant with Tech/IT Team
Advise on data breaches/incidents where relevant
Creation and delivery of data protection training where relevant
Review of data protection relevant contractual requirements (including, but not limited to, mandatory processor DPAs for GDPR compliance)
Conducting Data Protection Impact Assessments where relevant
Implementing Intergroup Data

📌 Global Compliance Manager (Barcelona)
🏢 Anthesis ESP
📍 Barcelona