Contingent Workforce Onboarding & Compliance Lead

Financial Times; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Onsite 50% required

Job summary

The Financial Times is seeking a Contingent Worker Onboarding & Compliance Lead to design and implement a centralized onboarding framework for contractors, freelancers and other non-permanent resources.

Working with FT People, Technology, Cyber Security and Finance, you will strengthen JML processes, vetting, access controls and compliance across the contingent workforce, with a governance model that endures beyond the initial 9-month FTC.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing contractor or contingent workforce onboarding and offboarding within a complex organisation.
• Strong understanding of vetting, screening, access control and compliance requirements.
• Ability to assess risk pragmatically and translate requirements into workable processes and controls, including appropriate exception handling.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge non‑compliance constructively.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to take ownership and operate autonomously.
• Ability to develop clear processes, governance, documentation and guidance that can be embedded and sustained beyond the initial implementation.
• Experience within a media or technology environment.
• Familiarity with identity and access management concepts.
• Experience working with HRIS systems, service desks or workforce tracking tools.
• Experience using Workday and Okta.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and embed a standardised onboarding and offboarding framework for contingent workers across the FT.
• Establish consistent JML controls aligned with People, Technology, Finance and Cyber Security.
• Define minimum vetting requirements and ensure screening aligns with access needs.
• Develop clear processes for managing legitimate exceptions and risk mitigation.
• Map routes through which contingent workers gain access and address control gaps.
• Partner with Technology, Cyber Security and People teams to simplify access pathways.
• Create and maintain a central record of contingent worker engagements with data ownership.
• Establish governance for ongoing management of the contingent workforce.

Skills

Contingent onboarding

Vetting & compliance

Risk assessment

Stakeholder management

Governance & documentation

Identity & Access Management

Workday

Okta

Tools

Workday

Okta

Job description

The Financial Times is seeking a Contingent Worker Onboarding & Compliance Lead to design and implement a centralized onboarding framework for contractors, freelancers and other non-permanent resources.

Working with FT People, Technology, Cyber Security and Finance, you will strengthen JML processes, vetting, access controls and compliance across the contingent workforce, with a governance model that endures beyond the initial 9-month FTC.