What is the Certified HR Compliance Officer?

The Certified HR Compliance Officer is a globally recognised professional certification by the Global Leadership Institute (GLI), designed to equip professionals with advanced competencies in Human Resources Management.

How long does this certification take?

The programme takes 11 Weeks and can be completed self-paced or with live virtual sessions.

Is this certification globally recognised?

Yes. GLI certifications carry CPD credits and are internationally recognised.

What level is this certification?

This is a Advanced Level certification.

Email info@certifications.ac, WhatsApp +254 722 223 084, or fill in the enrolment form on this page.

What is included in the fee?

All study materials, study guide, examination, digital certificate and badge. Live option adds tutor sessions and priority support.

Certified HR Compliance Officer in Saudi Arabia

Course Curriculum

Programme Modules

Click any module to explore the detailed curriculum topics included in this certification.

Foundations and Strategic Context of Certified HR Compliance Officer

Certified HR Compliance Officer: industry context, trends and professional standards
Corporate governance principles and purpose
Governance, risk and compliance (GRC)
The regulatory and legal environment
Stakeholders, agency and accountability
Codes, standards and best practice (OECD)
Professional roles and ethics
Governance and organisational value
Public, private and non-profit governance
Trends: ESG, transparency and stakeholder capitalism
Career pathways and professional development

Speak-Up and Investigation

Whistleblowing and speak-up channels
Investigating misconduct
Conflicts of interest and related-party transactions
Continuous assurance and monitoring
Ethical supply chains
Impact measurement and disclosure
Stakeholder and investor engagement
The three lines model and who owns risk
Risk appetite and tolerance in practice
Controls that work versus controls that exist
Board effectiveness and the quality of board information
Regulatory mapping and horizon scanning
Designing and testing a compliance programme
Policy that changes behaviour
Assurance mapping and avoiding duplicate assurance

Conflicts and Related Parties

Conflicts of interest and related-party transactions
Investigating misconduct
Board effectiveness and the quality of board information
Stakeholder engagement plan
Directors' duties and responsibilities
Company secretarial practice
Governance in different ownership models
Regulatory mapping and obligations
Enterprise risk management (ERM)
Internal controls and assurance
Managing regulator relationships
Compliance reporting and disclosure
Building a compliance culture
Policy cycle and evidence-based policy
Problem definition and analysis

Reporting and Regulator Relations

Board effectiveness and the quality of board information
Regulatory mapping and horizon scanning
Governance in state, donor-funded and family-owned entities
Risk-based internal audit
Assurance mapping and three lines model
Audit planning and execution
Control testing and evidence
Findings, reporting and remediation
External audit and oversight
Audit committee effectiveness
Board and executive reporting
Regulator and investor relations
Policy and public engagement
Professional writing and briefings
Influencing and advising leaders

Mapping the Obligations

Regulatory mapping and horizon scanning
Designing and testing a compliance programme
Policy that changes behaviour
Data protection and privacy
Vulnerable consumers and inclusion
Advertising and disclosure standards
Dispute resolution and ombudsman
Balancing business and consumer interests
GRC platforms and technology
Data analytics for assurance
Regulatory technology (RegTech)
Reporting and disclosure tools
Audit and control automation
Compliance monitoring systems
Data governance and quality

Designing a Compliance Programme

Designing and testing a compliance programme
Controls that work versus controls that exist
Policy that changes behaviour
Consumer rights and protection law
Fair treatment and market conduct
Competition and antitrust
Complaints and redress mechanisms
Cybersecurity and information governance
Emerging governance technologies
AI, ethics and algorithmic accountability
Managing sensitive disclosures
Crisis and reputation communication
Leading governance projects and change
Team leadership in governance
Governance transformation and reform

Testing Whether It Works

Controls that work versus controls that exist
Designing and testing a compliance programme
Assurance mapping and avoiding duplicate assurance
Institutional strengthening
Culture, ethics and behaviour change
Regulatory and digital transformation
Managing resistance and capability
Public-sector and institutional reform
Sustaining reform and benefits
Measuring governance improvement
Professional ethics and integrity
Independence and objectivity
Confidentiality and information handling
Accountability and transparency
Conflicts of interest

Communication and Disclosure

Monitoring, evaluation and reporting
Communication and conflict patterns
Brand, reputation and communications
Presentation and public speaking
Incident investigation and reporting
Professional report and presentation
Cryptography and secure communications
Metrics and reporting
Reporting and enterprise analytics
Presenting learning proposals and impact
Professional portfolio and presentation
Integrated and sustainability reporting
Reporting quality and governance
Communicating financial results
Professional case study and presentation

Strategic Context

Stakeholder engagement strategy
Strategic alignment of investments
Competitive analysis and differentiation
Product and portfolio strategy
Go-to-market and channel strategy
Brand and reputation as strategic assets
Growth strategy and demand generation
Measuring growth and transformation impact
Capstone scoping: a real growth or brand challenge
Designing a marketing or sales strategy
Marketing strategy and the mix
Key account management strategy
Building strategic customer relationships
Competitive and market intelligence
Translating insight into strategy

Workforce Governance

NGO financial management and budget-versus-actual discipline
The customer experience (CX) discipline
The sales pipeline and forecasting discipline
CRM, sales operations and data discipline
Financial modelling and forecasting discipline
Discipline, conduct and fair-process management
Whistleblowing and speak-up culture
Employee relations, discipline and fair process
Operational planning and execution discipline
Resource allocation and capital discipline
The business analysis discipline and role

International and Sanctions

Cross-border data and transfers
Sanctions screening and PEP management
Transfer pricing and international tax
Cross-cultural and global inclusion
Global and comparative HR contexts
Global sourcing and international trade
International and cross-border tax
Analytical techniques and bias
Fair treatment of stakeholders
Governance and compliance KPIs
Risk and control effectiveness metrics

Market Conduct

Vehicle documentation, compliance and consumer protection
Customer loyalty and repeat purchase in retail
Telecom products, tariffs and customer lifecycles
Stakeholder rights and fair treatment
Customer personas and insight
The marketing concept and customer orientation
Customer and brand health metrics
Market and customer analysis
Customer success and retention
Customer lifetime value and profitability
Customer data platforms and segmentation
Customer segmentation and needs analysis
Customer journey and experience design
Customer journey mapping and service design
Customer retention, loyalty and lifetime value

Safety and Environment

Product safety and standards
Environmental governance and climate risk
Health and safety legal duties
Safety management systems overview (ISO 45001)
Safety culture and leadership
Safety communication and campaigns
Influencing and safety leadership
Wellbeing and holistic health strategy
Confidentiality and health data
Sustainability and environmental duty
Driving measurable safety improvement
Financial reporting frameworks (IFRS/GAAP)
Contractor and visitor safety
Predictive safety analytics
Automation and safety technology

Records and Documentation

Information lifecycle and records management
Data, records and confidentiality tech
Lessons learned and knowledge management
Professional documentation and presentation
Relationship management and retention
Retention, loyalty and lifetime value
Process and control documentation
Tender planning and documentation
Professional writing and documentation
Knowledge management and capability building
Incident reporting and record-keeping
Transfer pricing documentation
Customer retention in the vehicle ownership cycle
Health records, data and confidentiality
Record-keeping and data protection

Ethics and Anti-Corruption

Business ethics and ethical frameworks
Ethical decision-making
Building an ethical culture
Digital ethics and responsible AI
Ethics and responsible leadership
Professional standards and ethics (CIPS)
Ethics and professional conduct in security
Ethics in tax practice
Ethics, transparency and reputation
Ethics and treating customers fairly in insurance
Regulation, ethics and misinformation in media and telecoms
Ethics in communications
Commercial ethics and responsible selling
Ethics and professional standards in finance
Ethics and transparency in tax

Public and Donor Context

Public consultation and engagement
Interpreting financial statements
Media and public communication
Management accounts and dashboards
Facilitation, training and public presentation skills
Financial statement and cash-flow analysis
Financial statements and the accounting equation
Public versus private procurement
Real estate marketing channels and property portals
Real estate regulation, licensing and professional conduct
Real estate development and project appraisal
Proposal development and donor reporting
Procurement and asset management under donor rules
Public health programmes: prevention and outreach
Preparing financial statements

Standards and Certification

Data quality and stewardship
Quality and delivery metrics
Delivery, quality and stakeholder plan
Quality planning and assurance
Quality control and continuous improvement
Integrated risk and quality control
Data quality and governance
Data quality, analysis and reporting
Sustainability certification and standards
Traceability, recall and quality assurance systems
Quality management systems and audits
Feasibility, cost and quality analysis
Quality assurance and standards
Safety management systems (ISO 45001)
Environmental management systems (ISO 14001)

Governance Practice

Data governance frameworks and roles
Data privacy law and compliance (GDPR)
Cybersecurity governance
Data breach and incident governance
Building trust through data governance
Capstone scoping: a real governance or policy issue
Designing a governance, compliance or policy solution
Research methods for policy
Regulatory impact assessment
Policy development and drafting
Building governance maturity
Professional standards and self-regulation
Continuous improvement of controls
Driving measurable governance improvement
Regulatory and legal duty

Legal and Regulatory

Risk, legal and feasibility analysis
Consent, rights and data subject requests
Managing refunds, disputes and goodwill
Handling difficult customers and disputes
Contract law and formation
Contract exit and renewal
Legal duties and compliance
Contractor safety management
Statutory compliance and filings
Payroll, statutory deductions and employment cost
Shareholder and stakeholder rights
Environmental legal compliance
Legal, cost and feasibility analysis
Legal and other requirements
Decision rights and governance

Financial Oversight

Codes of conduct and values
Budgeting techniques and the budgeting cycle
Flexible budgets and rolling forecasts
Responsibility accounting and cost centres
Cost reduction and efficiency programmes
Capital budgeting: NPV, IRR and payback
Cost of capital and WACC
Capital structure and financing decisions
Financial modelling and scenario analysis
Continuous improvement of finance processes
Managing tax risk and audits
Complaints, accountability and fitness to practise
Accountability and follow-through
Meaning, purpose and values
Earned value and forecasting

Risk and Resilience

Risk identification and analysis
Qualitative and quantitative risk analysis
Risk response and contingency
Implementation planning and risk management
Enterprise risk management in banks
Credit risk measurement and mitigation
Liquidity risk and asset-liability management
Operational risk and resilience
Budget vs actual and variance
Model risk and provisioning (IFRS 9)
Business continuity and crisis management
Risk treatment and countermeasures
Intelligence-led risk assessment
Risk registers and reporting
Continuous risk monitoring

Data and Reporting

Stakeholder trust and reputation metrics
People analytics and HR measurement
Management and board reporting
Cost and profitability analysis
Leading and lagging metrics
Environmental monitoring and reporting
Data collection and analytics
Forecasting and planning
Data-informed and evidence-based decisions
Sustainability reporting and disclosure
Tax provisioning and reporting
Board reporting and information flows
Governance of ESG and reporting
HR metrics, KPIs and the HR scorecard
Communicating and reporting to leadership

Stakeholders and Oversight

Stakeholder and impact analysis
Stakeholder and gap analysis
Stakeholder communications
Stakeholder mapping and engagement
Regulatory and privacy requirements
Stakeholder mapping and partnering
Accounting concepts, principles and the regulatory landscape
Stakeholders and users of financial information
Performance measurement and KPI dashboards
Regulatory reporting and disclosure
Regulatory change management
Reporting and dashboards
Marketing and sales KPIs and dashboards
Dashboards and performance reporting
Data visualisation for finance

Leadership and Decisions

Financial, management and cost accounting distinguished
Management reporting and decision support
Costing methods and relevant cost for decisions
Leadership and management development
Team leadership within HR
Change management models (Kotter, ADKAR, Lewin)
Performance management that changes behaviour
Inclusion and the fairness of people decisions
Decision support and insight
Ethical decision-making under pressure
Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches
Value management and business value
Attachment and developmental theory
Decision-making and problem solving
Revenue management and yield

People and Conduct

Maturity and capability assessment
Professional roles, boundaries and settings
Roles, standards and professional conduct
Workforce management and scheduling
Workforce planning and scheduling
Employee experience and engagement
Training and capability building
Professional ethics and banking conduct
Treating customers fairly and market conduct
Customer and employee satisfaction
Bribery, corruption and conduct risk
Training needs analysis and learning strategy
The employee lifecycle and HR value chain
Strategic workforce planning and demand forecasting
Succession planning and talent pipelines

Operations and Quality

Benchmarking against standards
Continuous improvement and optimisation
Cross-functional collaboration with product and service
Ethical principles and codes of practice
Benchmarking against standards and best practice
Continuous improvement and lessons learned
Digital advisory, e-extension and mobile services
Advisory service design and delivery
Customer service and experience principles
Service culture and brand promise
Digital and self-service transformation
Self-service and digital support
Design thinking for service
Service analytics and dashboards
Customer service technology stack

Programmes and Change

Leading campaigns and sales projects
Team leadership in field and project settings
Managing boundaries and dual relationships
Peer support and consultation
HACCP principles and prerequisite programmes
Behaviour change and adoption of innovations
Designing voice-of-customer programmes
Governance of the CX programme
Voice of the customer programmes
Loyalty programmes and rewards
Leading through peak and change
Goal setting and action planning
Habit change and behaviour design
Projects, programmes and portfolios
Project management standards (PMI, PRINCE2)

Technology and Data Risk

Digital procurement and the future of the profession
Security governance and management systems
Digital tax administration
Bancassurance and digital insurance models
Sustaining ethical, effective practice
Water supply systems: sources, treatment and distribution
Telehealth and digital care delivery
Ethical frameworks and codes of practice
Practice management systems
Ethics of technology in practice
Agile and digital transformation projects
Cybersecurity and fraud technology
Digital credit and alternative data
Bridging business and technology
Digital channels and performance marketing economics

Third Parties and Procurement

Payables, procurement controls and supplier fraud
Supply analysis, gaps and scenario planning
Procurement and supply chain: scope and value
The procurement cycle and operating models
Procurement’s contribution to organisational strategy
Supply market analysis and Porter’s forces
Sustainable procurement principles and standards
Fair trade and responsible supply
Duty of care and risk management
Legal responsibilities and professional bodies
Subcontractor and supplier management
Procurement and contract management
Vendor selection and management
Supply market analysis
Third-party and supply-chain risk

Sustainability and ESG

Monitoring sustainability outcomes
Monitoring, evaluation and sustainability plan
Social media customer care
Responsible and sustainable banking
Social performance and outreach
Sustainable and green banking
Control environment and risk assessment
Emerging assurance areas (ESG)
Corporate social responsibility communications
Sustainability, ESG and integrated value
Client feedback and satisfaction
Market analysis and environmental scanning
Sustainability and responsible marketing
Carbon markets and climate finance
Evidence-based improvement

Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions

What is the CCOM2 certification?

Yes. GLI certifications are recognised across 100+ countries and are aligned with OECD principles, ISO and recognised governance and compliance standards. Graduates receive a digital certificate, a physical certificate and CPD credits recognised by employers worldwide.

Who should enrol in the CCOM2?

This certification is ideal for Governance and Compliance Officers, Policy and Regulatory Analysts, Risk and Audit Professionals and Company Secretaries and Board Advisors, and other professionals seeking to formalise their expertise in corporate governance, compliance, policy and accountability with a globally recognised credential.

How long does the CCOM2 certification take to complete?

The programme is structured over 11 Weeks and offers flexible learning modes. Self-paced learners can progress at their own schedule, while live virtual participants follow a structured cohort schedule with facilitator-led sessions.

Is the CCOM2 internationally recognised?

What is the cost of the CCOM2 certification?

The Certified HR Compliance Officer is offered in two formats: Self-Paced at USD 399 and Live Virtual at USD 599. Corporate group rates are available for organisations enrolling 5 or more participants. Contact GLI for a bespoke corporate training quotation.

What does the CCOM2 certification include?

Enrolment includes all study materials and study guides, access to GLI's online learning portal, online examination, digital certificate and badge, physical certificate (posted), CPD credits, GLI alumni network membership, and ongoing facilitator support.

What is the assessment format for the CCOM2?

The Certified HR Compliance Officer is assessed through an online examination consisting of multiple-choice questions, case study analysis, and practical application assignments. The assessment is designed to evaluate real-world competency, not just theoretical recall.

What CPD credits do I earn from the CCOM2?

The Certified HR Compliance Officer carries Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits, which can be applied towards professional body requirements including recognised international professional associations.

Can I study the CCOM2 while working full-time?

Absolutely. The self-paced option is designed for busy working professionals and allows you to study when and where it suits you. Live virtual sessions are typically scheduled in the evenings or on weekends to accommodate professional commitments.

What career outcomes can I expect from the CCOM2?

Graduates progress towards senior governance, compliance and policy-leadership roles. The CCOM2 strengthens your expertise in corporate governance, compliance, policy and accountability and positions you for advancement across corporates, regulators, government and civil-society organisations.

Certified HR Compliance Officer