GRC Analyst - Data Protection
8 days ago
Birmingham
GRC Analyst - Data Protection & GDPR Compliance Fixed Term Contract, 12 months - £45k - £50k Location: Hybrid - Birmingham Your new company: I am looking to recruit a GRC Analyst, focusing on Data Protection and GDPR, to join a leader in the hospitality space, with the role focusing on GRC activities, with a strong focus on information security, privacy, and regulatory assurance across the organisation. The role responsibilities: This role focusses on data protection assurance and GDPR compliance, ensuring personal data is processed lawfully, and in line with regulatory and organisational requirements. Key parts of the role: • Reviewing how personal data is used across systems, business processes, and technology solutions., • Identifying opportunities to reduce, anonymise, or eliminate personal data processing where it is not essential to business needs., • Support the review, development, and rollout of information security and data protection policies., • Contribute to the management of information security, third party, and privacy risk registers., • Assist with internal and external audits, including GDPR assurance, PCI DSS, and financial audits., • Track remediation of identified security, privacy, and compliance issues to ensure timely closure., • Strong understanding of GDPR, the UK Data Protection Act, and privacy and security control requirements., • Experience working in GRC, information security, data protection, supplier assurance, or a related compliance role., • Ability to interpret and assess technical and organisational controls., • Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail., • Confident written and verbal communication skills, able to engage across legal, technical, and operational teams., • Experience contributing to incident or breach investigations., • Ability to manage multiple competing priorities and constructively challenge established processes., • Minimum 3 years' experience in a relevant role., • Salary of between £45k-£50k, • Hybrid working, • Company discounts, • A pension contribution matched at 1.5x, up to 5%., • Private healthcare, dental plan, cycle to work, and keep-fit schemes.