MES Infrastructure & IT Operations Stream Lead
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As Head of Risk & Compliance, you will serve as the dedicated go-to compliance authority within the business, working directly under the COLP/COFA. Your mission is to execute on the group compliance strategy, embed a robust compliance framework, and ensure that all day-to-day compliance functions run smoothly. This is a pivotal role for a highly capable compliance professional with the ambition and potential to grow into Group Head of Compliance as we scale. What You'll Do:
- Framework & Policy Execution: Translate group strategy into practical processes, controls and guidance
- Team Management & Development: Directly lead and mentor Compliance Operatives both for Lawhive Legal and our newly acquired firm, Woodstock Legal Services, managing workloads and quality-assuring outputs
- Operational Oversight: Oversee all BAU compliance functions (AML, conflicts, data protection, etc.) and act as the first line of escalation from the Operative
- Monitoring & QA: Conduct regular file reviews and spot checks; report key findings and risks to the business
- Advisory & Support: Serve as a trusted, solutions-focused compliance advisor to lawyers and business leaders
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Requirements
Someone who'll come in and establish themselves as the go-to person for compliance across the Lawhive group, and who enjoys building and scaling a team and putting their own stamp on it while executing on company-led strategy. You'll need a genuine passion to build a career in risk and compliance with strong demonstrated experience working within highly regulated environments and proven experience building and managing teams. We need someone ambitious, with the drive to grow into a Group Head of Compliance role and actively contribute towards Lawhive's global ambitions. Requirements:
- Experience: 5+ years in a SRA-regulated law firm with proven operational compliance experience, ideally with exposure to building or scaling processes
- Knowledge: Strong generalist knowledge across AML, conflicts, data protection, and SRA Accounts Rules
- Leadership: Experience or aptitude for supervising/mentoring junior staff.
- Mindset: Pragmatic, commercial, and autonomous, with a clear appetite to step up into a leadership role as the business grows
Nice to Have:
- Experience working within a remote/hybrid start-up environment
- Cross jurisdictional/international exposure within the compliance sector
- Experience working with process building resources such as Airtable, Tally, Slack etc.
Benefits & conditions
- Meaningful early-stage equity at one of Europe's fastest growing startups
- 33 days' annual leave (25 + bank holidays) plus your birthday off
- Pension contribution via Nest
- 20% off legal fees through Lawhive
- Top-spec equipment
- Regular team building activities and socials
Diversity at Lawhive
At Lawhive we know that diversity of thought is critical to delivering outlier outcomes. As such, we're always working hard to ensure we build a diverse, inclusive team. We're not yet where we want to be but as we scale we'll only ever increase the focus we apply to this. Similar jobs
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