Risk & Compliance Director (Consulting, Technology & Forensics)

Location: Home United Kingdom; fully remote. The role supports multiple time zones and may require domestic and international travel.

Company

hirify.global operates a Global Solutions Division spanning consulting, technology, and forensics business units.

What you will do

• Lead the risk and compliance infrastructure and function across the Consulting, Technology, and Forensics business units.
• Define and maintain target operating models, plans, budgets, targets, policies, procedures, and operational processes.
• Embed Group risk, compliance, and control frameworks across local entities, service lines, and territories, including required local adaptations.
• Lead risk and compliance teams, develop capability, retain and attract talent, and drive continuous improvement.
• Support M&A through pre-acquisition due diligence, post-completion integration, and migration from legacy frameworks.
• Provide senior oversight, chair business-area risk boards, and represent the Division within the Group governance and risk framework.

Requirements

• Evidence of establishing and leading risk and compliance functions with a similar status, size, and profile.
• Demonstrable experience developing innovative, future-focused risk and compliance functions supporting business objectives.
• Experience directing and managing innovative change and continuous improvement across a complex portfolio of risk and compliance responsibilities.
• Specific experience operating in a directly regulated environment, including CPA, FCA, OFSTED, or an equivalent framework.
• Knowledge of common risk management and compliance frameworks, relevant regulation, legislation, and enterprise risk management.
• Ideally, experience holding formal SMCR or equivalent regulated-function roles.
• Commitment to delivering hirify.global Values.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent, full-time employment in a fully remote role.
• Work across multiple time zones with appropriate domestic and international travel.
• Operate within a culture of shared accountability for risk and compliance.
• Primary reporting to the Global Solutions CEO with a matrix reporting line to the Group CRO.