SmartSuite for the Compliance Manager
The Compliance Manager runs day-to-day compliance for a domain or set of frameworks: aligning risks, controls and obligations, preparing evidence for reviews and monitoring remediation. They are the working link between compliance, risk, audit and the business.
What you own
- Maintain the obligations and control mapping for their domain
- Coordinate control testing and evidence collection with control owners
- Prepare evidence packs for internal and external reviews
- Monitor open issues and verify remediation progress
- Align risks, controls and regulatory obligations with the risk function
- Support audits, examinations and certification cycles
- Report compliance status for their domain
Where the role sits
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Works closely with
GRC processes
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Owns
accountable for the process
Touches
contributes or approves
Depends on
consumes its output
How SmartSuite helps, suite by suite
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How they use the Supply Chain Operations suite
Risk identification
Tracks supplier, logistics, and operational risks.
Compliance oversight
Monitors regulatory and internal requirements.
Remediation tracking
Ensures corrective actions are completed.
How they use the Real Estate Operations suite
Compliance monitoring
Tracks inspections, certifications, and regulatory tasks.
Risk identification
Flags recurring issues and high-risk properties.
Audit preparation
Produces complete compliance histories on demand.
How they use SmartSuite
Audit readiness
Centralizes contracts, approvals, and supplier data for review.
Policy compliance
Automates validation workflows to ensure purchases align with policy thresholds.
Risk monitoring
Tracks supplier compliance, certifications, and third-party assessments.
How they use the Privacy Management suite
Risk analysis
Identifies and tracks privacy-related risks.
Control validation
Monitors testing and mitigation effectiveness.
Audit support
Prepares evidence for internal and external reviews.
How they use the Internal Audit Management suite
Risk alignment
Links enterprise risks to audit findings for unified risk/audit visibility.
Remediation oversight
Tracks corrective action plans, owners, and milestones.
Shared dashboards
Provides leadership with combined GRC and audit insights.
How they use the Third Party Risk Management suite
Policy alignment
Maps vendor controls, documents, and certifications to compliance frameworks.
Audit preparation
Aggregates evidence required for internal or external regulatory reviews.
Issue management
Monitors open issues and verifies remediation progress.
Suites that serve this role
How SmartSuite supports this role
Compliance management. Maps vendor and internal controls, documents and certifications to compliance frameworks, giving a single source of truth for evidence.
Internal audit. Aggregates the evidence required for internal and external regulatory reviews and prepares it for auditors.
Third-party risk. Monitors vendor evidence, certifications and remediation so third-party engagements meet policy and regulatory obligations.
Issues and actions. Monitors open issues and verifies remediation progress with linked records and reminders.
Reporting. Provides shared dashboards combining compliance, risk and audit status for leadership.
Industry reference
ISO 37301:2021 and ISACA's compliance practice guidance describe the manager's loop: map obligations to controls, test on a schedule, keep evidence and track findings to closure. The same evidence pack serves multiple frameworks when controls are mapped once.
What the frameworks are depends on sector. Banks map to FFIEC and prudential rules; healthcare organisations to HIPAA and state licensure; public sector bodies to NIST SP 800-53 and FedRAMP; technology companies to SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001, PCI DSS 4.0 and, increasingly, the EU's NIS2 and DORA.
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