Interim Global Risk & Compliance Lead

Schillings; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Schillings seeks an Interim Senior Risk & Compliance Manager to lead strategic risk projects, focusing on the firm’s Internationalisation Project and overseas capability. You will map the international risk framework, develop a best-practice roadmap, and respond to changing priorities while supporting the wider Risk & Compliance function.

You will bring senior-level experience in regulated environments, manage complex stakeholders, and translate regulatory requirements into practical controls

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a senior risk, compliance, legal or governance role within a regulated professional services environment.
• Experience of leading complex, cross-functional projects involving senior stakeholders and external advisers.
• Experience of supporting international expansion, overseas entities or multi-jurisdictional operations.
• Strong understanding of governance, regulatory compliance and operational risk.
• Ability to translate complex legal and regulatory requirements into practical and proportionate solutions.
• Excellent judgement, analytical, drafting and communication skills.
• Strong project leadership, organisation and stakeholder-management skills.
• A hands-on, commercial and delivery-focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Lead agreed strategic projects from scoping and planning through to implementation, embedding and handover.
• Work with the Director of Risk & Compliance to agree priorities, deliverables, responsibilities, milestones and resources.
• Coordinate input from stakeholders across the business and from external advisers.
• Identify legal, regulatory, operational and governance requirements and translate them into practical controls, processes and documentation.
• Maintain clear oversight of project risks, dependencies, decisions and actions, escalating material issues where appropriate.
• Provide concise progress reports, advice and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Support the establishment of the firm’s current overseas capability, including relevant regulatory, licensing, governance and operational requirements.
• Map and document the firm’s international risk and compliance framework, including responsibilities, reporting lines, escalation routes and minimum standards.
• Develop a proportionate and repeatable roadmap, supported by practical templates and tools, for establishing and overseeing future overseas entities.
• Review lessons learned and recommend improvements to strengthen the consistency and scalability of the firm’s international arrangements.
• Pivot to other strategic risk and compliance projects in response to evolving business priorities.
• Provide senior-level advice, review and support across other Risk & Compliance responsibilities where required.
• The international work is expected to involve licensing, cross-border operating arrangements, client engagement, data governance, AML and sanctions, information security, governance and insurance.

Skills

Senior risk

Governance

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder mgmt

Project leadership

Cross-border ops

Data governance

AML & sanctions

Job description

Schillings seeks an Interim Senior Risk & Compliance Manager to lead strategic risk projects, focusing on the firm’s Internationalisation Project and overseas capability. You will map the international risk framework, develop a best-practice roadmap, and respond to changing priorities while supporting the wider Risk & Compliance function.

You will bring senior-level experience in regulated environments, manage complex stakeholders, and translate regulatory requirements into practical controls