Head of Risk & Compliance

This role offers the opportunity to lead and enhance risk and compliance frameworks within a regulated financial services business. A strong emphasis is placed on governance, financial crime and stakeholder engagement.

• Acting as the senior Risk & Compliance lead across Guernsey operations and client entities.
• Serving as MLRO, managing suspicious activity reporting and liaison with authorities.
• Overseeing AML/CFT, sanctions and financial crime frameworks and controls.
• Acting as primary contact for the GFSC and managing regulatory interactions and inspections.
• Providing risk and compliance advice to boards and senior stakeholders.
• Maintaining compliance registers and producing board-level reporting.
• Attending board and committee meetings, providing independent challenge and guidance.
• Chairing risk and compliance committees and supporting governance processes.
• Leading and developing the Risk & Compliance team, including training and performance management.
• Supporting global compliance initiatives and aligning local frameworks with group policies.
• Delivering risk and compliance training and promoting a strong compliance culture.
• Supporting business strategy through effective risk management and regulatory oversight.

The ideal candidate will hold relevant compliance and financial crime qualifications, such as ICA or equivalent, and demonstrate extensive experience in a senior compliance, risk or financial crime role within financial services or insurance. They will have proven experience operating as MLRO or within a senior financial crime function, alongside strong knowledge of Guernsey regulatory requirements and the GFSC Handbook. Board-level experience is essential, including the ability to provide independent challenge and deliver clear, concise reporting. The successful individual will demonstrate strong leadership capability, stakeholder management skills and the ability to build relationships with regulators, clients and internal teams, along with a proactive, commercially aware and solutions-focused approach.