Compliance Manager @listed luxury logistics business

Heriot Brown In-House Legal Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Heriot Brown In-House Legal Recruitment is partnering with a highly international business to appoint a Compliance Manager in its London team. The role leads the development and international expansion of the compliance programme, overseeing AML/KYC onboarding, sanctions, third-party due diligence, and regulatory updates.

Travel to oversee global implementation is anticipated. The successful candidate will move beyond operations to own a developing function, building scalable processes and

Qualifications

• We are seeking a compliance expert with international exposure and leadership potential.
• Strong experience across AML/KYC, sanctions and due diligence.
• Ability to develop and embed global compliance standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop and strengthen the global compliance programme across multiple jurisdictions.
• Own AML, KYC and customer/counterparty onboarding processes.
• Establish ongoing monitoring, periodic review and due diligence frameworks.
• Oversee sanctions compliance, screening and regulatory updates.
• Lead third-party and service-provider due diligence initiatives.
• Support anti-bribery and wider regulatory requirements.
• Design and deliver compliance training across international offices.
• Collaborate with regional teams to embed consistent standards.
• Advise stakeholders on evolving compliance and financial crime risks.
• Help build the compliance function with international resources.
• Over time, manage an international compliance team.

Job description

We are working with a highly international business looking to appoint a Compliance Manager into a newly created role within its London team.

Operating across Europe, the Americas, Middle East, Africa and Asia, the business is continuing to expand into new markets and service areas. As a result, it is investing in its global compliance capability and is looking for someone to help build, develop and ultimately lead its compliance programme internationally.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious compliance professional looking to move beyond a purely operational role and take genuine ownership of a developing function.

The role

Working closely with the Legal team and senior stakeholders internationally, you will:

• Develop and strengthen the global compliance programme across multiple jurisdictions.


• Take ownership of AML, KYC and customer/counterparty onboarding processes.


• Develop ongoing monitoring, periodic review and due diligence frameworks.


• Oversee and support sanctions compliance, screening and regulatory updates.


• Develop the business's approach to third-party and service-provider due diligence.


• Support anti-bribery and corruption compliance and wider regulatory requirements.


• Design and deliver compliance training across international offices.


• Work with regional teams to embed consistent global compliance standards.


• Advise stakeholders on emerging compliance and financial crime risks.


• Help build the compliance function, with planned regional resource internationally.


• Over time, take responsibility for managing an international compliance team.

The role will have significant international exposure, with some overseas travel expected, particularly during the initial build-out of the programme.

About you

We're interested in speaking with compliance professionals with strong experience across areas such as:

• AML / KYC


• Sanctions


• Customer and counterparty due diligence


• Third-party risk

For more information please feel free to reach out to Martin Evensen [e-mail]