IT (Medior) Risk & Compliance Specialist

IT (Medior) Risk & Compliance Specialist

Oostkamp, West Flanders, BE

About the Role

As an Information Risk & Compliance Specialist , you’ll be at the heart of ensuring our IT systems—whether cloud-based or on-prem—remain secure, resilient, and compliant. You’ll identify risks, coordinate mitigation efforts with risk owners, and help us in meeting standards like J‑SOX, GDPR, ISO/IEC 27001, NIS2, and more. You’ll also be in charge of maturing our compliance monitoring and strengthening our internal controls.

Key Responsibilities

• Promote compliance across ITC EMEA teams.
• Develop strategies to prevent non‑compliance and fraud.
• Support and eventually lead internal/external audits.
• Follow‑up on non‑compliance issues and ensure resolution.
• Evaluate and improve our IT policies, standards and procedures.
• Identify and manage IT risks, threats, and vulnerabilities.
• Report on risk & compliance status, and escalate where needed.
• Collaborate closely with IT and risk management teams to enhance our security posture.
• Lead efforts toward ISO 27001 certification for expanding scopes.

Your Profile

• You have a master degree (as Engineer, Computer scientist, Economist or equal).
• You work accurately with an eye for details but you are also able to communicate clearly on high level.
• You are critical, can listen and explain compliance requirements in a pragmatic way.
• Independent, proactive, and capable of leading initiatives with a self‑starter mentality.
• Experience as auditor, as key‑user or as analyst in similar IT surroundings is an advantage but not a must. Same counts for SAP knowledge.
• You have analytic and communicative skills in English, Dutch is a plus.
• Certifications like CISSP, CISM, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer, or ISO 27005 Risk Manager are highly valued.

Why Join Us?

• Be visible in a growing and strategically important team.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues across EMEA.
• Contribute to roadmap planning and execution.
• Learn on the job with full support from your team and manager.

What’s In It For You?

• A permanent contract.
• An extensive onboarding and training.
• A competitive salary with extra‑legal benefits.
• Up to 2 days / week working from home.
• A dynamic and enthusiastic team environment.

Our offer

At Daikin you can count on a varied job, with an international market leader which encourages people to work together and develop themselves. We can offer you a permanent contract, with the promise to invest in your personal and professional development via various training opportunities. In the long term, you’ll have many opportunities for internal growth. Your competitive salary is complemented by a package of extra‑legal benefits, including the option to lease a car. Last but not least, colleagues get the possibility to work from home 2 days every week within a flexible work schedule.