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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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

Meet Ben

Ben Adams

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Meet Matt

Matt Carter

Associate Director: Risk, Compliance, Financial Crime

Meet Connor

Connor Nurse

Head of US

Meet Declan

Declan Stark

Principal Consultant - Risk

LATEST JOBS

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 3 minutes 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 about 2 hours ago

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Wiltshire, South West, England

Head of Product Governance

Permanent£90000 - £95000 per annum, Benefits: Car allowance, bonus and Hybrid working - more to discuss

Head of Proposition Governance(Hybrid – 3 days/week in office) | 12-Month FTC (strong intent to go permanent) | £75,000–£95,000 + benefits. A leading, adviser-owned financial advisor — spanning wealth management, protection, mortgages and pensions — is looking for an experienced Head of Proposition Governance to lead and evolve its proposition governance capability. Following a significant recent capital investment and new (internal promotion) senior leadership, the business is in a genuine growth phase — expanding its adviser base and its product range. This is a rare opportunity to join at a pivotal moment and shape governance across a proposition set that's actively evolving. This is a governance and oversight role, not a hands-on product-building one. You'll be the person ensuring the product range is good for customers, commercially sound, and defensible to regulators — owning the framework, chairing the committees, and holding the business to accountWhat You'll Be DoingLead the design, delivery and continuous improvement of the Proposition Governance Framework, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements, Consumer Duty and group risk appetiteOwn the end-to-end Proposition Development & Management Framework — covering in-house and third-party products, due diligence, target market analysis and periodic review of existing propositionsChair and manage key governance forums, including the Proposition Management Committee and Product Review CommitteeUse market insight, customer data and competitor analysis to identify opportunities and support strong customer outcomesProvide clear governance reporting to senior leadership and boardsManage provider/supplier relationships, including commercial negotiationLead and develop a small, established teamWhat You'll NeedSignificant senior-level experience in financial services and product/proposition governanceA strong track record in proposition development and governance within a regulated environmentExcellent working knowledge of the regulatory landscape, including Consumer Duty and its impact on customer outcomesBroad knowledge across wealth, insurance and mortgages — including provider, competitor, market and adviser dynamicsExperience in supplier selection, commercial negotiation, and influencing senior stakeholders, committees and boardsConfidence chairing committees and presenting to senior leadershipA relevant professional or postgraduate qualification is advantageousThis is a fast moving position - we encourage you to apply now and the team will be in touch shortly. Goodluck!

Declan Stark

Posted about 7 hours ago

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Birmingham, West Midlands, England

Head of 1st Line Risk and Compliance Assurance

Permanent£90000 - £95000 per annum

Head of 1st Line Risk and Compliance Assurance As the Head of Business Assurance, you will lead the First Line of Defence function – you and your team will be responsible for business controls, assurance testing, operational resilience, financial crime oversight and supplier risk across the business. Some ResponsibilitiesLeading the Business Assurance plan - overseeing control testing, monitoring and management information reporting across the businessProviding assurance over operational resilience and business continuity, ensuring plans are robust, tested and aligned with regulatory expectationsLeading First Line Compliance and financial crime control testing, with clear escalation and remediation of findingsOverseeing the group's supplier and outsourcing risk management frameworkSupporting business Risk Owners through RCSAs and enterprise-wide risk managementExperienceSenior experience in financial services risk, assurance, compliance, spanning enterprise risk management, operational resilience or First Line Compliance functionsSound knowledge of control testing, RCSAs, business continuity planning and financial crime frameworksProven ability to lead and develop teamsExperience of technology, cyber and AI risk in a regulated environment.Good understanding of FCA regulation, Consumer Duty, and SYSC frameworks, including SYSC6

Matt Carter

Posted about 22 hours ago

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Remote work, England

Risk & Compliance Advisor (AML)

Contract£35000 - £40000 per annum

AML Compliance Specialist – M&A Support (Fixed-Term Contract) Location: Remote Contract Type: Fixed-Term Contract – initially 4 months, with potential extension to 6 months Hours: Monday–Friday, 7.5 hours/day (standard 8:45am–5:15pm, flexible) Start Date: ASAP About the Role An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced AML/Financial Crime Compliance professional to join a growing organisation's Risk & Compliance function. This role is critical to supporting an active M&A transaction, ensuring that newly acquired businesses are brought up to speed on AML, Counter Fraud, and wider Financial Crime compliance requirements. This is a hands-on, delivery-focused position ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and can hit the ground running. Key ResponsibilitiesSupport the delivery of the AML, Counter Fraud, and Financial Crime compliance framework, with a particular focus on businesses newly acquired as part of ongoing M&A activityConduct hands-on KYC due diligence, including:Ongoing monitoring for straightforward client relationshipsLeading due diligence for complex cases, including clients with overseas ownership structuresIdentify the verifications and evidence required for due diligence, and support colleagues in obtaining and documenting theseAct as a point of guidance for colleagues on AML, financial crime, regulatory compliance, and risk-related queriesPerform control testing, monitoring, and QA reviews across AML and financial crime processes; document findings and support the implementation of remedial actionsIdentify, investigate, and escalate potential financial crime risks, suspicious activity, or regulatory breaches in line with policyChampion a strong culture of compliance and risk awareness through proactive stakeholder engagement across the businessAbout YouSolid experience in AML, KYC, or Financial Crime Compliance, ideally within a regulated professional services or financial services environmentConfident conducting due diligence on complex ownership structures, including overseas entitiesStrong working knowledge of AML regulations, financial crime typologies, and regulatory compliance requirementsComfortable working independently in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environmentExcellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to guide and influence colleagues at all levelsAvailable to start at short noticeWhy Apply? This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in a live M&A transaction, gaining exposure to complex due diligence work and cross-functional collaboration within a respected Risk & Compliance function. Remote working is supported, offering flexibility alongside meaningful, high-impact work.

William Fitzpatrick

Posted 2 days ago

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Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England

Leeds - Private Client Compliance Tax Senior Manager

Permanent£55000 - £75000 per annum

Private Client Tax Compliance Manager / Senior Manager Opportunity – Trusts | Leeds (Hybrid)I'm currently working with a growing professional services firm that is looking to strengthen its Private Client Tax Compliance team with an experienced Manager or Senior Manager.This is a great opportunity for someone who wants more than just another compliance role.The firm is investing heavily in the future of its tax function, with a clear focus on developing its people, improving processes and embracing new technology to create a more efficient and forward-thinking environment.What makes this opportunity exciting is the opportunity to build a long-term career within a team that values compliance expertise and recognises that progression doesn't always mean moving into advisory.You'll have the opportunity to:Work with a varied portfolio of private clients, including complex trust and compliance matters.Become a trusted adviser to clients and build long-standing relationships.Develop your technical skills while working alongside experienced tax professionals.Support and mentor junior team members, helping to shape the next generation of talent.Play an active role in the continued growth and development of the team.Benefit from a culture that encourages progression, with genuine opportunities to take the next step in your career.The firm is also investing in technology and automation, helping its teams work smarter and spend more time focused on clients, advice and adding value.I'm keen to speak with Private Client Tax professionals who are looking for a role where they can make an impact, continue developing and be part of a growing team.If you're considering your next move, or simply want to understand what's happening in the market, I'd be happy to have a confidential conversation.Feel free to message me directly.

Amanda Dolan

Posted 3 days ago

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Athens, Attica, Greece

Senior Governance, Risk and Compliance Analyst

PermanentCompetitive

Senior GRC Analyst Location: Greece (Remote) We're looking for a Senior GRC Analyst to join a growing Information Security team as an individual contributor. You'll split your time between running risk assessments across third parties, applications and internal systems, and supporting the day-to-day running of the Governance, Risk and Compliance function, including two brand-new initiatives the team is building out. ResponsibilitiesRun security risk assessments and cybersecurity posture reviews across third parties, applications and internal systems, turning findings into clear, actionable remediation plans.Lead regular internal and business-facing workshops, communicating risk clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.Contribute to a new AI governance and security initiative — helping shape good AI use cases and, over time, taking ownership of AI-related risk issues.Support the build-out of a new in-house IT risk assessment capability as the team scales its internal expertise.Support third-party risk management (TPRM) activities where relevant.Bring genuine technical security credibility to governance, policy and standards work across the function.RequirementsA career built primarily in information security or cybersecurity, with GRC, risk or compliance experience layered on top Solid experience in IT risk assessment or wider risk management, ideally gained within a security context Exposure to third-party risk management (TPRM) Exposure to AI governance or AI security is a strong plus, though full training will be provided.

Georgia Mason

Posted 4 days ago

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Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England

Private Client Senior Manager

PermanentCompetitive

Private Client Senior Manager - Leeds The Opportunity We are seeking an experienced Private Client Senior Manager to join a growing and ambitious private client team. This is a leadership role focused on delivering high-quality tax and wealth advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, and internationally mobile clients. You will act as a trusted advisor to clients, providing strategic and technically complex advice while leading client engagements, mentoring team members, and supporting business growth initiatives. This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded professional who enjoys developing client relationships, solving complex technical challenges, and helping shape the future direction of a successful advisory practice. Key ResponsibilitiesLead and oversee complex private client advisory projects from planning through to delivery.Manage and develop long-term client relationships, acting as a trusted strategic advisor.Deliver specialist advice across a broad range of private client tax matters.Take an active role in the day-to-day management and operational success of the team.Support the leadership team in achieving departmental objectives and growth plans.Identify opportunities for new business and contribute to business development initiatives.Develop and maintain expertise in areas including:Residency and domicile mattersCross-border taxationUK and Offshore TrustsInheritance Tax planningSuccession and wealth transfer planningReview and sign off complex Self Assessment Tax Returns.Liaise with legal, financial and other professional advisers to deliver integrated client solutions.Delegate work effectively, providing guidance, coaching and ongoing support to team members.Conduct technical research and remain up to date with legislative and regulatory developments.Share knowledge across the wider business and contribute to the development of connected service lines.Provide practical, commercial recommendations that deliver value while appropriately managing risk.Maintain and strengthen a portfolio of key client relationships. Essential RequirementsProfessional tax qualification such as ACA, CA, ATT, CTA, STEP or equivalent.Significant experience in a Private Client Tax role at Manager or Senior Manager level.Strong advisory experience across private client taxation.Demonstrable expertise in managing multiple client projects simultaneously.Experience leading, mentoring and developing teams.Proficiency with tax software and related compliance systems.Strong technical research capabilities, including the use of technical tax resources and legislation.Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.Commercially aware with a proactive approach to business development.Desirable ExperienceKnowledge of UK taxation for internationally mobile individuals.Experience advising beneficiaries of offshore trusts.Expertise in cross-border tax planning and international wealth structuring.What We OfferCompetitive salary and benefits package.Hybrid and flexible working arrangements.Clear career progression opportunities.Exposure to complex and rewarding client assignments.A collaborative and supportive culture focused on professional development.Opportunity to play a key role in the growth and success of a leading advisory team.

Riyaadh George

Posted 8 days ago

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