125 Head Of Compliance jobs in London

Compliance and Financial Crime:

•Responsible for developing and maintaining Compliance culture within the Bank.

• Create, review and update Compliance policies and procedures in line with regulatory

guidelines.

• Programme for Compliance Training and competency development.

• Horizon Scanning and mapping of regulations with relevant business and operations.

• Create, review and update of policies and procedures pertaining to Financial Crime

areas including KYC, AML, Sanctions, ABC and Fraud.

• MLRO Report covering Enterprise-Wide Financial Crime Risk Assessment and oversight

plan.

• Developing a risk-based Compliance Monitoring Plan (CMP).

• Implementation and review of CMP across departments and branches.

• Follow up on action points emanating from Compliance Oversight Reviews.

• Periodic reporting of KRIs and KPIs to Board Risk Committee / Group Compliance.

• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders including regulators.

• Maintain and update management responsibilities map.

• Oversight of frauds, including pursuing legal / criminal action.

• Periodical oversight of product features / policies / procedures to ensure adherence to

regulatory requirements.

• Review marketing initiatives / campaigns to ensure adherence to regulatory

requirements.

• Accountability and responsibility from all functionaries of Legal & Compliance

department and to ensure that appropriate mechanism is put in place for these to be

duly accounted for in performance reviews of concerned employee and

• Mapping of competencies, identification of gaps in skillsets / knowledge and arranging

training to address gaps identified.

Legal:

• Review of legal agreements.

• Legal advice through internal and external sources.

• Maintaining external panel of solicitors; and manage litigations

A global leader in field is seeking a Chief Counsel, Compliance to join its Legal Leadership Team. The role will design and lead a global compliance function, aligning strategies with international frameworks, including anti-bribery, sanctions, data privacy, and third-party risk.

Responsibilities include policy development, programme oversight, risk assessment, stakeholder engagement, and fostering a culture of ethics and accountability.

The ideal candidate is a qualified lawyer with 10+ years’ compliance experience, including 5+ in senior leadership, and a proven record in building international compliance programmes. Strong strategic, operational, and communication skills are essential. The position is remote with regular UK travel and requires a collaborative, resilient, and values-driven we love hear from you. Please apply via LinkedIn or send your CV to

Head of Compliance - Insurance

Hybrid – only 1 day per week in office

Full-time

Reports to: Chief Risk & Compliance Officer

About our client

General Insurance business, offering very unique proposition for a specific market. Our client offers a combination of smart tech and human expertise to make it possible to protect what matters most — your home and everything you love.

They’re changing the experience of insurance. Their innovative digital platform delivers instant quotes for complex cases, while their dedicated UK support team ensures real people are always there when it matters most.

They’ve already helped hundreds of thousands of people protect their homes — and they’re just getting started.

The Role

We’re looking for an exceptional Head of Compliance to lead the Compliance function and help shape the next stage of our client’s growth.

This is a pivotal leadership role, responsible for building and developing a compliance function that supports the mission and ensures alignment with FCA, PRA, Consumer Duty, SM&CR , and wider regulatory frameworks.

You’ll work closely with the Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, senior leadership, and the Board to ensure the compliance strategy enables business innovation while safeguarding customers and maintaining the highest standards of integrity.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain a robust Compliance Framework aligned with FCA and other regulatory standards.
• Lead regulatory oversight and horizon scanning to identify emerging risks and opportunities.
• Deliver compliance assurance, monitoring, and reporting to senior stakeholders and committees.
• Drive a strong compliance culture across the business, embedding awareness and accountability at every level.
• Lead engagement with regulators, ensuring transparency and effective issue management.
• Build, develop, and lead a high-performing compliance team aligned to the firm’s scale and ambition.

What We’re Looking For

Experience and Expertise

• Extensive compliance leadership experience in the insurance sector (home or personal lines preferred).
• Deep understanding of FCA/PRA regulations , Consumer Duty , SM&CR , financial promotions , and financial crime .
• Proven track record in delivering compliance programmes, monitoring plans, and thematic reviews.
• Experience engaging with regulators and managing Skilled Person (s166) reviews.
• Exceptional analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Leadership

• Inspirational people leader — able to build, motivate, and mentor high-performing teams.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and regulatory change in a fast-paced, innovative environment.

Qualifications

• Professional compliance qualifications (e.g., ICA, CISI, ACII) preferred.
• Familiarity with governance, risk, and compliance frameworks.
• Awareness of regulatory implications of AI and machine learning is a plus.

Ready to make your mark?

Join us in shaping the future of GI insurance. Apply today.

Compliance and Financial Crime:

•Responsible for developing and maintaining Compliance culture within the Bank.

• Create, review and update Compliance policies and procedures in line with regulatory

guidelines.

• Programme for Compliance Training and competency development.

• Horizon Scanning and mapping of regulations with relevant business and operations.

• Create, review and update of policies and procedures pertaining to Financial Crime

areas including KYC, AML, Sanctions, ABC and Fraud.

• MLRO Report covering Enterprise-Wide Financial Crime Risk Assessment and oversight

plan.

• Developing a risk-based Compliance Monitoring Plan (CMP).

• Implementation and review of CMP across departments and branches.

• Follow up on action points emanating from Compliance Oversight Reviews.

• Periodic reporting of KRIs and KPIs to Board Risk Committee / Group Compliance.

• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders including regulators.

• Maintain and update management responsibilities map.

• Oversight of frauds, including pursuing legal / criminal action.

• Periodical oversight of product features / policies / procedures to ensure adherence to

regulatory requirements.

• Review marketing initiatives / campaigns to ensure adherence to regulatory

requirements.

• Accountability and responsibility from all functionaries of Legal & Compliance

department and to ensure that appropriate mechanism is put in place for these to be

duly accounted for in performance reviews of concerned employee and

• Mapping of competencies, identification of gaps in skillsets / knowledge and arranging

training to address gaps identified.

Legal:

• Review of legal agreements.

• Legal advice through internal and external sources.

• Maintaining external panel of solicitors; and manage litigations

Head of Compliance - Insurance

Hybrid – only 1 day per week in office

Full-time

Reports to: Chief Risk & Compliance Officer

About our client

General Insurance business, offering very unique proposition for a specific market. Our client offers a combination of smart tech and human expertise to make it possible to protect what matters most — your home and everything you love.

They’re changing the experience of insurance. Their innovative digital platform delivers instant quotes for complex cases, while their dedicated UK support team ensures real people are always there when it matters most.

They’ve already helped hundreds of thousands of people protect their homes — and they’re just getting started.

The Role

We’re looking for an exceptional Head of Compliance to lead the Compliance function and help shape the next stage of our client’s growth.

This is a pivotal leadership role, responsible for building and developing a compliance function that supports the mission and ensures alignment with FCA, PRA, Consumer Duty, SM&CR , and wider regulatory frameworks.

You’ll work closely with the Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, senior leadership, and the Board to ensure the compliance strategy enables business innovation while safeguarding customers and maintaining the highest standards of integrity.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain a robust Compliance Framework aligned with FCA and other regulatory standards.
• Lead regulatory oversight and horizon scanning to identify emerging risks and opportunities.
• Deliver compliance assurance, monitoring, and reporting to senior stakeholders and committees.
• Drive a strong compliance culture across the business, embedding awareness and accountability at every level.
• Lead engagement with regulators, ensuring transparency and effective issue management.
• Build, develop, and lead a high-performing compliance team aligned to the firm’s scale and ambition.

What We’re Looking For

Experience and Expertise

• Extensive compliance leadership experience in the insurance sector (home or personal lines preferred).
• Deep understanding of FCA/PRA regulations , Consumer Duty , SM&CR , financial promotions , and financial crime .
• Proven track record in delivering compliance programmes, monitoring plans, and thematic reviews.
• Experience engaging with regulators and managing Skilled Person (s166) reviews.
• Exceptional analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Leadership

• Inspirational people leader — able to build, motivate, and mentor high-performing teams.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and regulatory change in a fast-paced, innovative environment.

Qualifications

• Professional compliance qualifications (e.g., ICA, CISI, ACII) preferred.
• Familiarity with governance, risk, and compliance frameworks.
• Awareness of regulatory implications of AI and machine learning is a plus.

Ready to make your mark?

Join us in shaping the future of GI insurance. Apply today.

Our client, a private family office, are looking for a senior compliance leader to own their regulatory compliance strategy across the business. You’ll ensure they meet global regulatory standards, lead internal compliance programs, and work closely with leadership to manage key risks, from financial controls to third-party governance.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead compliance framework, training & policies
• Manage enterprise risk, including sanctions & AML
• Oversee reporting to leadership and external bodies
• Strengthen internal controls & risk culture

What You Bring:

• 10+ years in compliance
• Investments (public and private) and real estate experience
• Strong knowledge of global regulations
• Proven leadership and stakeholder influence
• High integrity, strategic mindset

A global leader in field is seeking a Chief Counsel, Compliance to join its Legal Leadership Team. The role will design and lead a global compliance function, aligning strategies with international frameworks, including anti-bribery, sanctions, data privacy, and third-party risk.

Responsibilities include policy development, programme oversight, risk assessment, stakeholder engagement, and fostering a culture of ethics and accountability.

The ideal candidate is a qualified lawyer with 10+ years’ compliance experience, including 5+ in senior leadership, and a proven record in building international compliance programmes. Strong strategic, operational, and communication skills are essential. The position is remote with regular UK travel and requires a collaborative, resilient, and values-driven we love hear from you. Please apply via LinkedIn or send your CV to

Hybrid role – with a requirement for at least 1 day per week in our office in New Malden.

About Homeprotect

We founded Homeprotect on a simple principle – to provide protection to people underserved by the home insurance industry.

We’re experts at insuring people who want to build or buy a unique property, renovate, rent a home or leave it unoccupied. We can cover people who travel a lot, run a business from home or even collect rare treasures. We protect people who love living in a listed building, having a view of a river or sunbathing on a flat roof.

We can do this because our smart tech enables our customers to get an instant, online quote to cover a huge range of complex needs and our UK customer support teams are on hand to provide information and support when only a real person will do.

Our insurance has already empowered hundreds of thousands of people to protect their homes and the things they love. But we’re not content with being the leading provider of what’s called ‘non-standard’ insurance. We believe there’s no such thing as ‘standard’. We’re all unique and we all deserve home insurance designed with our individual needs in mind – something our combination of real people and smart tech enables us to do.

Our simple promise? Whoever you are and wherever you live, with Homeprotect we’ve got you covered.

What It's Like To Work Here

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our people. We’re a small but perfectly formed team, made up of insurance industry specialists alongside a diverse mix of technologists, data scientists and customer and marketing champions from all sorts of industries and backgrounds. We all bring our individual expertise, an appetite for innovation and a shared ambition to empower people to protect their homes and the things that they love.

Working in a fast-paced environment where change happens regularly is how we do things. But we also recognise that you’ll do your best work when you have the right balance, and that’s why we have fully embraced hybrid working, and in some cases, fully remote working, giving our teams the flexibility to choose the right location and working hours for them. We prefer to focus on the outputs of their work, not where they complete it. That said, there will be times when getting together in one location makes sense, but day-to-day, our teams have the freedom to decide where to work and we trust that they’ll make the right decision balancing the business needs and their own preferences.

Most companies think their culture is great, however at Homeprotect, we have the proof to back this up. We have been recognised externally as a Great Place to Work for the last six consecutive years

Sound good? Read on to find out more about joining our team…

Key Responsibilities

Compliance Framework

• Design, implement, and maintain Homeprotect’s Compliance Framework, ensuring alignment with FCA including Consumer Duty, SM&CR, and other regulatory requirements.
• Embed compliance culture across the firm, driving awareness, accountability, and consistent practices.
• Advise the Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, Board, and Audit & Risk Committee on strategic and emerging compliance matters.

Regulatory Oversight and Assurance

• Identify, assess, and monitor enterprise-wide regulatory compliance risks, including conduct, financial crime, data, outsourcing, and product governance.
• Lead horizon scanning, regulatory impact assessments, and controls reviews to evaluate potential impacts on the firm.
• Develop and maintain compliance risk and control assurance plans and issue logs to support ongoing oversight.

Policy and Control Environment

• Design, implement, and maintain Homeprotect’s Compliance Framework, ensuring alignment with FCA, PRA, Consumer Duty, SMCR, and other regulatory requirements.
• Embed compliance culture across the firm, driving awareness, accountability, and consistent practices.
• Advise the Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, Board, and Audit & Risk Committee on strategic and emerging compliance matters.

Governance, Reporting and Regulator Engagement

• Deliver clear, timely, and actionable compliance reports to the CRSCO, Senior Leadership Team, and Audit & Risk Committee.
• Present compliance insights and regulatory updates in a format that drives informed decision-making.
• Lead engagement with regulators, ensuring risks and issues are escalated, tracked, and addressed in line with Principle 11 obligations.

Requirements

We would love to hear from people with the following skills and experience:

Experience

• Extensive expertise and leadership experience in compliance and regulatory oversight within insurance.
• Thorough understanding of FCA/PRA regulations, Consumer Duty, SMCR, financial promotions, product governance, and financial crime.
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and report-writing skills, with a strong understanding of business dynamics and customer outcomes.
• Proven experience in delivering compliance programmes, thematic reviews, and monitoring plans.
• Strong regulatory engagement experience, including Skilled Person (s166) reviews or FCA/PRA interventions.
• Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills; ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, regulatory change, and competing priorities.

Leadership and Management

• Exceptional capability for managing and leading people, with the ability to lead, manage, and motivate teams.
• Ability to work effectively and lead in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to change.
• Coach, mentor, and train staff, as well as other team members, embedding compliance culture across the firm.

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Prior experience in home insurance or personal lines insurance.
• Relevant professional compliance qualifications (e.g., ICA, CISI, ACII) preferred.
• Familiarity with Governance, Risk, and Compliance frameworks and controls.
• Exposure to regulatory implications of AI and machine learning (if relevant to pricing, underwriting, or claims).
• Experience with FCA or PRA thematic reviews or Skilled Person (s166) reviews.

Benefits

We think we have a fantastic company culture and welcome new team members with open arms. We also offer a great range of benefits, including:

• A genuinely flexible approach to work. We are really supportive of you flexing your hours and location to help you keep everything in your life in balance.
• Opportunities to focus on your professional growth whether that’s through training or other personal development opportunities - we want you to build your long-term career with us.
• Discount of 50% when you choose to take out a home insurance policy with us.
• An in-house wellbeing programme including seminars and workshops from wellbeing coaches and professionals.
• Home working starter kit and money to spend on additional equipment you may need.
• Charitable giving scheme, so you can donate to our partner charity, or one of your choices.
• The opportunity to work alongside brilliant people, because this isn’t something that every organisation can offer!

On top of that, we also offer all the standard stuff, like:

• 25 days’ holiday (plus bank holidays) and the ability to buy and sell >5 days annually.
• Private medical cover for all employees
• Financial Advice with Octopus Money
• Life insurance
• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• Pension contribution
• Free fruit and really good coffee for the days you come into the office.
• Local and national retail discounts

Have we captured your imagination? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Unique As Standard

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds, as long as you meet the knowledge, skills and experience criteria for the role and have the right to work in the UK. We think everyone can excel in the right environment – no matter your gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, disabilities or beliefs. We believe in celebrating difference, and everything that makes both our customers and people unique, by creating an environment where everyone can thrive.

We encourage you to let us know if you need any extra help with your application, or if you have any requirements at any stage of the recruitment journey.

Equally, lots of our staff at Homeprotect work flexibly and in a variety of ways, whether that’s different core hours or remote working. Please chat to us at your application or interview stage about the flexibility you need, as we’re always happy to explore what's possible for the role.

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