Legal, Compliance & Financial Crime Recruitment

Legal, Compliance & Financial Crime Recruitment: Connecting Top Talent in the UK, Ireland, Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg, and the US

Broadgate supports organisations where legal, compliance, and financial crime capability is central to regulatory confidence, business protection, and long-term performance.

Embedded in key regulated markets across the UK, Ireland, DACH, and the US, our consultants understand the hiring pressure created by regulatory change, financial crime exposure, sanctions complexity, and increasing personal accountability.

Whether you’re building a compliance function, appointing an MLRO, strengthening financial crime controls, or exploring your next move, Broadgate provides specialist guidance across the full Legal, Compliance and Financial Crime lifecycle.

Looking for top talent? Talk us through your hiring plans, and we'll connect you with the specialist who can support you:

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Hoping to move into a rewarding new career in Legal, Compliance, and Financial Crime? Check out our latest opportunities:

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Why Choose Broadgate for Legal, Compliance and Financial Crime Recruitment?

A Specialist Partner for Business Protection

Legal, Compliance, and Financial Crime sit at the centre of Business Protection, the functions that protect organisations against regulatory, financial, legal, and reputational risk.

Broadgate supports hires where governance standards, regulatory accountability, and board confidence matter.

We deliver permanent, interim, contract, embedded, and executive search mandates, with a focus on specialist, senior, and regulator-exposed appointments.

Regulator-Ready Hiring for High-Accountability Roles

Hiring into Legal, Compliance and Financial Crime functions requires more than technical capability.

The right candidates need judgement, credibility, and the ability to operate under scrutiny.

We support organisations hiring for:

MLRO and Deputy MLRO appointments
Head of Compliance and SMF16 roles
Financial Crime leadership
Sanctions, AML, KYC, and transaction monitoring
Regulatory legal and compliance advisory
Compliance monitoring, assurance, and testing
General Counsel and senior in-house legal roles

Our approach is built for roles where hiring decisions can affect regulatory approval, enforcement exposure, and business continuity.

Market Intelligence Across Regulated Sectors

Legal, Compliance and Financial Crime hiring changes quickly in response to regulation, enforcement activity, market entry, and remediation.

Broadgate works with firms navigating:

FCA, PRA, SMCR, DORA, MiCA, and cross-border regulatory requirements
Financial crime remediation and control enhancement
First-time compliance and MLRO appointments
Second line and third line function builds
Multi-jurisdiction legal and compliance hiring
Fintech, banking, asset management, insurance, and payments growth

This gives us a clear view of candidate availability, compensation trends, and hiring expectations across regulated markets.

Salary Guides

Explore Broadgate's latest salary benchmarks, compensation insights and hiring trends across Legal, Risk, Compliance and Financial Crime.

Compliance Salary Guide: UK

Compliance Salary Guide: Ireland

Access to Off-Market and Diverse Talent

The strongest Legal, Compliance and Financial Crime professionals are often not active in the market.

Broadgate engages talent through long-term relationships, specialist networks, and community-led sourcing. This supports access to off-market candidates and more representative shortlists across governance and control functions.

For clients, this means stronger candidate quality, better retention potential, and reduced hiring risk.

A Long-Term Partner for Legal, Compliance and Financial Crime Hiring

Legal, Compliance and Financial Crime hiring is often linked to regulation, transformation, remediation, and leadership change.

We support this through flexible delivery models:

Executive search for General Counsel, MLRO, Head of Compliance, and Financial Crime leadership
Retained search for specialist senior appointments
Interim and contract hiring for urgent regulatory needs
Embedded solutions for function buildouts
Advisory support for role design, benchmarking, and assessment

This gives organisations continuity across hiring cycles, rather than one-off recruitment support.

We don't do transactional hiring. Start a meaningful partnership with a talent consultant you can trust:

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MEET THE TEAM

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Ben Adams

Co-Founder and Managing Director

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Matt Carter

Associate Director: Risk, Compliance, Financial Crime

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Connor Nurse

Head of US

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Declan Stark

Principal Consultant - Risk

LATEST JOBS

Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland

HR Consultant - Glasgow

Permanent£30000 - £32000 per annum

HR Consultant | Glasgow - Hybrid | Client-Site TravelWe’re looking for an HR Consultant to join a growing People Consultancy team in Glasgow. This is an exciting opportunity for an HR professional with 2+ years’ experience who wants to broaden their experience, work with a variety of businesses and develop their career within consultancy. If you're currently working in an internal HR role and looking to make the move into consultancy, this could be a great next step. Equally, if you're already working in HR consultancy and want to join a growing and supportive team, we'd love to hear from you.The RoleNo two days will be the same. You'll work with clients across a range of sectors and at different stages of their growth, providing practical, commercial HR advice and helping them solve real people challenges.You'll be involved in:Providing advice across day-to-day HR, employee relations and employment mattersBuilding strong and trusted relationships with clientsSupporting clients with HR policies, processes and best practiceAdvising managers on recruitment, people management and employee issuesSupporting employee relations and people-related projectsHelping businesses develop positive, inclusive and values-led culturesCreating practical HR tools, processes and documentationSupporting the implementation of HR solutions that add genuine valueRepresenting the business at external events and supporting business development activityYou'll work closely with experienced Senior Consultants who will support your development while giving you the opportunity to take ownership and build your consultancy skills.What We're Looking ForWe're looking for someone who is commercial, curious, solutions-focused and great with people.You'll ideally have:2+ years' HR experienceStrong knowledge of HR practice, employee relations and employment legislationExperience in an internal HR or consultancy environmentExcellent communication, listening and questioning skillsThe confidence to build relationships with clients and advise managersA practical and commercially focused approach to problem solvingStrong organisation and attention to detailCIPD qualified or willing to work towards the qualificationA genuine interest in developing your HR and consultancy careerFull driving licence and access to a car – essentialWhy Consider It?This is a great opportunity to move into consultancy and significantly broaden your HR experience. Rather than being focused on one organisation, you'll work with a diverse client base, giving you exposure to different sectors, cultures, business challenges and HR environments. You'll join an established team of 60+ HR, Health & Safety and Talent Development specialists, with plenty of opportunity to learn, develop and progress your career.Interested?If you're ready to take your HR career in a new direction, we'd love to hear from you.

Amanda Dolan

Posted about 6 hours ago

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Scotland

Senior HR Consultant

Permanent£40000 - £42000 per annum

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Amanda Dolan

Posted about 8 hours ago

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Bristol, South West, England

Compliance Assurance Manager

Permanent£80000 per annum

Compliance Assurance Manager The Opportunity to join a growing and well-established regulated organisation is seeking an experienced Compliance Assurance Manager. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced compliance professional to play a key role in strengthening governance, risk management and regulatory oversight within a dynamic and evolving business. Some Key ResponsibilitiesLead the delivery of the Compliance Assurance programme across the business.Develop and maintain a comprehensive compliance and assurance framework.Conduct thematic and risk-based compliance reviews.Provide independent challenge to business areas and senior stakeholders.Monitor the implementation of remediation actions and assess their effectiveness.Review and challenge risk assessments, controls and governance arrangements.Support ongoing monitoring of regulatory compliance and emerging risks.Provide guidance on regulatory requirements and best practice.Support internal and external assurance activities where required.Manage and develop members of the compliance team.Promote a positive compliance and risk culture throughout the organisation.Deliver compliance training and awareness initiatives.Contribute to regulatory change projects and business improvement initiatives.ExperienceSignificant experience within a Compliance, Risk or Internal Audit function in a regulated environment.Experience operating within a Second Line of Defence model.Previous people management experience.Strong understanding of governance, risk management and internal controls.Sound knowledge of UK financial services regulation and regulatory expectations.Experience engaging with senior stakeholders and providing constructive challenge.Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities.Relevant professional qualifications or equivalent industry experience.A proactive approach with the ability to prioritise competing demands in a fast-paced environment.

Matt Carter

Posted 1 day ago

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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, East Anglia, England

File Quality Checker

Permanent£40000 - £50000 per annum

File Quality Checker We're recruiting for a Business Quality Assessor to join the compliance function of a mortgage network, providing dedicated QA oversight for one of its largest intermediary partner firms. This is a hands-on quality assurance role covering both file and call auditing, ensuring mortgage and protection advice meets FCA standards and that customers consistently receive good outcomes. ResponsibilitiesConduct detailed reviews of mortgage and protection advice files and calls, assessing suitability, documentation quality, and compliance with FCA regulations (including MCOB, ICOBS, and Consumer Duty)Deliver structured, actionable feedback to advisers to improve advice quality and regulatory understandingAct as the primary QA point of contact for a major partner firm, providing oversight and constructive challenge on quality and riskIdentify trends, risks, and systemic issues, escalating high-risk findings in line with governance proceduresProduce clear QA reports and contribute to management information and reportingPrimarily covers first-charge mortgages, with second-charge business expected to followRequirementsSignificant experience in mortgage and protection advice file/call QA, ideally from an intermediary or broker background (small-to-medium firm experience preferred)Strong working knowledge of FCA regulations, including MCOB, ICOBS, and Consumer DutyConfident, diplomatic communicator with a track record of coaching advisers and influencing behaviourStrong analytical skills and attention to detailCeMAP or equivalent qualification desirable (support available to obtain this if not already held)Full UK driving licence required, with willingness to travel occasionally to partner offices

Georgia Mason

Posted 5 days ago

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Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, East Anglia, England

File Quality Checker

Permanent£40000 - £50000 per annum

Georgia Mason

Posted 5 days ago

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West Midlands, England

Deputy General Counsel

Permanent£80000 - £100000 per annum

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Georgia Mason

Posted 7 days ago

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Greater London, South East, England

UK Compliance Officer

Permanent£0 - £75000 per annum

Compliance Officer – London (Hybrid / Remote) We're partnered with a fast-growing, global cross-border payments and Banking-as-a-Service platform – moving money across 70+ countries through virtual IBANs, FX, stablecoin settlement, and digital asset infrastructure. They're now progressing an FCA licence (with strong regulator feedback to date) and building their UK presence. This is a hands-on, mature compliance seat working alongside the Group Head of Compliance – a genuine step up for someone ready to own day-to-day financial crime and operational compliance across multiple jurisdictions. An enabler, not a blocker. Why you'll want this one:Genuinely flexible – fully remote to start, with the option to move to a London hybrid pattern.Ground-floor exposure as the UK function is built out following FCA approval.Direct work with the Group Head of Compliance and senior team – real visibility, real influence.A platform building at the frontier of payments, digital assets, and emerging markets – positioned as a bridge between emerging markets and global development.What you'll need:Minimum 3–5 years in compliance, onboarding, or financial crime within fintech, banking, or payments.Strong AML/CTF, sanctions screening, and CDD/EDD knowledge.Familiarity with cross-border payments and regulated environments.UK experience essential; European or Canadian regulatory exposure welcome.Capable of FCA pre-approval and full-time onboarding. (EMI licence acquisition experience not required.)What you'll own:Customer due diligence, EDD reviews, and onboarding support.Transaction monitoring alerts, sanctions screening, and case files for MLRO escalation.Compliance monitoring, controls, and remediation follow-up across business units.Compliance checks on digital asset, stablecoin, and payment products.Cross-functional partnering with Operations, Customer Success, Product, and external banking partners.If a fast-paced, autonomous, regulated environment is where you do your best work – apply today.

Annabel Lovell

Posted 19 days ago

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Greater London, South East, England

Regulatory Compliance Lead

PermanentCompetitive

Regulatory Compliance Lead - London (Hybrid) We're partnered with one of the UK's fastest-growing, founder-led payments businesses – a regulated payment infrastructure fintech building on proprietary tech for a decade. This is not a box-ticking role. On offer is a senior, standalone seat across Compliance and Legal/Regulatory – high autonomy, low bureaucracy, daily exposure to the senior team. You'll be the person the business turns to on every regulatory matter, embedding regulation into products from day one. An enabler, not a blocker.Why you'll want this one:Genuinely flexible and output-focused - three days in London, with flex to two for the right person.More family than fintech: wins celebrated, cross-team support.Founders hands-on with every employee - which is why people stay for years, not months.Unique products, direct senior exposure, and room to build your own function over time.What you'll need:Minimum of 5 years' financial services regulatory experience.Genuine fintech exposure - essential.Payments and crypto familiarity.Real experience with regulators beyond the FCA and a hand in regulatory applications.A regulatory lawyer is a bonus, not a must.What you'll own:Main point of contact for the FCA and European regulators.Regulatory responses and reports.New licence applications and variations of permission.Cross-functional partnering with Product, Sales, Ops and Marketing.Horizon scanning, Dear CEO letters, external audits, and a strong internal regulatory culture.If a fast-paced, autonomous, regulated environment is where you do your best work - apply today.

Annabel Lovell

Posted 19 days ago

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