Head of Compliance Hybrid Working in Yorkshire

Job Description Head Of Compliance (Qualified Lawyer)
Up to £100,000 dependent on experience Plus Bonus & Benefits
Yorkshire (Hybrid and Potentially Remote)
Haggerty Jaques is delighted to be instructed on an exclusive basis to recruit a Head of Compliance for this innovative law firm.
Operating at the intersection of legal services, risk management and digital innovation, the business supports a large and diverse client base across the UK. As it continues to scale, there is a clear focus on strengthening governance, enhancing operational discipline and ensuring a robust, forward-looking compliance framework.
Reporting directly to the Director of Legal Services, you will take ownership of the compliance and professional standards function – hands-on initially but having a greater strategic focus as the business evolves.
You will lead and shape the organisation’s approach to legal compliance, risk, and governance, ensuring alignment with a complex and evolving regulatory landscape.
Setting the strategic direction for compliance and professional standards
Developing and maintaining policies, procedures and guidance
Overseeing compliance monitoring, audit frameworks and reporting
Driving a strong risk culture and regulatory adherence
Ownership of the Risk Register and wider risk management processes
Managing regulatory obligations (including SRA compliance, breach reporting and PI claims)
Overseeing complaints handling and conflicts processes
Supporting training and development initiatives alongside L&D Leading and developing the Professional Standards team
a current compliance professional who previously qualified and ideally practised as a lawyer and has been doing a similar job already for a law firm or;
a qualified lawyer with some experience of legal compliance, governance or regulatory law, who is keen to move into a specialist compliance role and is (over time) happy to hone their expertise on the job.
An understanding of regulatory frameworks and governance
Experience of designing or operating compliance frameworks, audit or risk programmes
A commercial, pragmatic and solutions-focused mindset
Confidence operating in a growing, evolving business environment
This is a genuinely exciting opportunity to lead and develop a compliance function within a business that is doing things differently.
Embedding a strong compliance and risk culture
Influencing the quality, governance and reputation of the wider business
The successful candidate would have an office base within Yorkshire. The business operates a hybrid working model but there is also potential for the successful candidate to work remotely for the majority of the time, with more occasional office presence once they are properly embedded within the business.
Haggerty Jaques is exclusively retained by the business and any agency or direct candidate applications or enquiries will be forwarded to Haggerty Jaques for consideration.
Please note that Haggerty Jaques only advertises vacancies through established legal and professional recruitment channels.