PART TIME COMPLIANCE & RISK MANAGER (PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION) - BROAD COMPLIANCE & RISK EXPERIENCE (WHETHER FROM NOT FOR PROFIT OR FINANCIAL SERVICES ETC) REQUIRED in City of London

We are exclusively working with our client, a philanthropic foundation based in London recruiting their first Compliance and Risk Manager, a collaborative, enabling role to support and oversee their compliance, risk and governance frameworks. The role will ensure adherence with relevant legal and regulatory obligations and support governance through taking ownership for the development and review of policies and procedures appropriate for the organisation’s size, scale and operations in line with its risk appetite.

A key feature of the role is to help oversee grant making activities, ensuring projects are operated in line with their Project Lifecycle and meet both internal governance standards and external compliance obligations. Projects are both UK and overseas, sometimes in fragile contexts, so the individual will need to be comfortable dealing with matters in such jurisdictions.

Working with the COO (herself an experienced Chartered Accountant with a City background) you will assist with grant and project agreements, especially due diligence processes, working with external advisers as necessary. Ensure compliance with UK charity law including charity commission guidance and other relevant legislation, including AML, data protection and sanctions processes both in the UK and for international grant-making.

Support the COO with regulatory matters, including oversight of cross border regulatory considerations and the filing of returns and correspondence with regulators. Manage and maintain organisational policies, including higher risk policies such as conflicts of interest, data protection, Bribery Act compliance, AML and sanctions compliance.

Develop, advise on and maintain the Foundation’s risk management framework and risk register. Working with colleagues, help identify, assess, and monitor risks, including country risk and geopolitical risk implications for programmatic activity. Working with colleagues, design & implement effective risk mitigation approaches and prepare risk reports & papers for senior management and for the Board.

Ensure that the Project Lifecycle is kept up-to-date, understood and implemented by team-mates, including providing training and coaching for colleagues. Oversee and implement, as appropriate, proportionate and risk-based due diligence for grantees, partners and suppliers, taking into account requirements in high-risk or fragile contexts. Ensure compliance with charity law requirements on grant-making, restricted funds, and international operations.

Advise on sanctions, AML, CTF and fraud risks in grants and partnerships. Design and deliver compliance and risk training for team. Monitor regulatory developments affecting charities and philanthropy, advising on any changes and implications. Working with the Director of Finance and Operations, support audits and project reviews including assurance exercises.

You should be a graduate or equivalent level of qualification, with significant experience of compliance and risk management, whether gained in a non-profit context with international activities or else financial services (or similar regulated sector) with international exposure or good geopolitical knowledge. This should include experience of developing/managing risk frameworks and excellent analytical skills, with the ability to communicate complex issues clearly to non-specialists.

As a mission driven organisation, you will also need to demonstrate a passion for the Foundation’s areas of work. NB The role is based at the Foundation’s office near Victoria station and can be offered on a 3 or 4 day per week basis to suit with salary pro rata (with one or two days expected in the office, including Mondays). The hours can be flexible eg could be five days a week fitted around caring responsibilities such as school drop off/pick up (inc office days). Benefits include private medical and dental and 25 days’ holiday (pro rata) in addition to 8 days public holidays.

This is a great opportunity to utilise your Compliance and Risk experience in an interesting and unusually varied role with a worthwhile organisation and to make it your own, with full support from experienced senior management.