PART TIME COMPLIANCE & RISK MANAGER PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION - BROAD COMPLIANCE & RISK EXPERIENCE WHETHER FROM NOT FOR PROFIT OR FINANCIAL SERVICES ETC REQUIRED - Compliance Recruitment Solutions - #2089282

PART TIME COMPLIANCE & RISK MANAGER (PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION) – BROAD COMPLIANCE & RISK EXPERIENCE (WHETHER FROM NOT FOR PROFIT OR FINANCIAL SERVICES ETC) REQUIRED

£85,000 (Pro Rata) + Benefits HYBRID (LONDON VICTORIA)

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

In summary the role is to help oversee grant making activities, ensuring projects are operated in line with the Project Lifecycle and meet both internal governance standards and external compliance obligations. 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. Detailed duties will include;

1. 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
2. Support the COO with regulatory matters, including oversight of cross border regulatory considerations and the filing of returns and correspondence with regulators
3. Manage and maintain organisational policies, including higher risk policies such as conflicts of interest, data protection, Bribery Act compliance, AML and sanctions compliance
4. Develop, advise on and maintain the Foundation’s risk management framework and risk register
5. Working with colleagues, help identify, assess, and monitor risks, including country risk and geopolitical risk implications for programmatic activity
6. Working with colleagues, design & implement effective risk mitigation approaches and prepare risk reports & papers for senior management and for the Board
7. Ensure that the Project Lifecycle is kept up-to-date, understood and implemented by team-mates, including providing training and coaching for colleagues
8. 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
9. Ensure compliance with charity law requirements on grant-making, restricted funds, and international operations
10. Advise on sanctions, AML, CTF and fraud risks in grants and partnerships
11. Support compliant structuring of grants, including being first point of contact for team on queries relating to grant agreements & supplier contracts
12. Design and deliver compliance and risk training for team
13. Monitor regulatory developments affecting charities and philanthropy, advising on any changes and implications
14. Working with the Director of Finance and Operations, support audits and project reviews including assurance exercises
15. Represent the Foundation in relevant external forums & meetings under the direction of the COO

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 a 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.

Also as a relatively small organisation, you need to be comfortable being operationally hands-on and capable of offering strategic guidance across a spectrum of issues and be a collaborative team player, committed to supporting and learning from colleagues, grantees and partners, whilst you will also need to demonstrate a passion for the objectives of the organisation.

NB The role is based next to Victoria station and can be offered on a 3 or 4 day per week basis to suit with salary pro rata (and one or two days expected in the office) although the hours can be flexible eg could be five days a week fitted around school drop off/pick up (inc office days), whilst benefits include private Dental & Medical and 5w holidays (pro rata) + 8 days public holidays.

Great opportunity to utilise your Compliance & Risk experience in an interesting & unusually varied role with a worthwhile organisation and make it your own (with full support from the experienced senior management).

So, if that sounds like you, then please send your details to our MD, David Symes FCA, at

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