Compliance Analyst (Compliance Advisory) presso Vitol

Vitol is a leader in energy and commodities. Vitol produces, manages and delivers energy and commodities to consumers and industry worldwide. In addition to its primary business of trading, Vitol is invested in infrastructure globally, with $10+billion invested in long-term assets.

Vitol’s customers include national oil companies, multinationals, leading industrial companies and utilities. Founded in Rotterdam in 1966, today Vitol serves its customers from some 40 offices worldwide. Revenues in 2023 were $400bn.

Are you a passionate, entrepreneurially minded Compliance Professional with strong analytical skills? Do you thrive in a flat hierarchy, team-oriented environment that values ideas and individual contributions? Then we are looking for you to join us at Vitol!

Your role;

Based in London, your position, will be part of the corporate compliance function.  Within this role your responsibilities will include overseeing compliance with Internal Group policies and procedures and external regulations. You will report into the Senior Compliance Analyst. This is a truly ‘hands on’ position, working autonomously with the trading teams to facilitate tangible compliance improvements and in close coordination with the wider Compliance team. 

Your role will include the following main duties:

• Support the implementation of corporate compliance framework
• Provide day to day support and advice to businesses on compliance issues
• Implementation of systems and controls in relation to regulatory, corporate and legal risks
• Conduct analysis of compliance risks for new projects (e.g. M&A transactions) and advise business teams on any remediations actions
• Assist in sanctions and regulations monitoring and coordinating with the relevant internal teams (e.g. Legal / Finance) to properly manage transactions with sanctions exposure
• Develop and deliver compliance related training to the relevant regional teams and offices
• Contribute to refining existing or introducing new compliance initiatives.  E.g. developing engaging content for the regional Compliance champions programme  
• Undertaking additional activities as directed by Compliance Management
• Provide guidance on anti-bribery, anti-money laundering, data privacy, and other key compliance areas

Global Compliance team

The global Compliance team manages the Company’s compliance, regulatory and reputational risks by ensuring adherence to laws, regulations and standards. The team is split across 3 offices – London, Houston and Singapore.

You are a Compliance professional and have a successful background working on Corporate Compliance topics. You are able to learn at pace to understand the complex such that it can be documented as simple. You can drive change and think both strategically and creatively.

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Business, Finance, or related field
• Minimum 3 years of experience working as a Compliance professional. 
• Experience in Commodities trading would be advantageous. 
• Ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity, as well as strong investigatory and
• analytical skills
• Demonstrated understanding of the impact of sanctions and ABC laws on business operations.
• Results orientated, creative and demonstrably commercial
• Global outlook. Able to work across organisational and cultural boundaries
• Team player, with an open non-political style and high level of personal integrity
• Flexible and adaptable

• Flat and non bureaucratic work culture 
• Large variety of projects, creative freedom and direct access to our user community  
• Central location close to Victoria Station   
• Modern well-equipped gym