Interim risk and compliance staffing
We match skilled consultants for project delivery and interim support, helping organisations manage regulatory change, risk assessment and system implementation without long-term commitments.
Whether you need people for short or long-term assignments, Taylor Root teams work with interim specialists at all levels, from Business Analysts to Risk Managers and Heads of Compliance. Our specialist teams work with financial services firms, law firms and corporate clients.
48 hours
Our interim risk and compliance consultants can deliver a shortlist to you, on average, within 2-48 hours.
1 week
We aim to have interviews set up within a week
17 years
Our risk and compliance consultants have an average of 17 years’ recruitment experience
Flexibility when you need it most
We can support you with short-term and project-based staffing needs. From senior Heads of Risk through to backfilling sabbaticals, from interim-to-permanent through to long-term projects, our interim consultants can be flexible to suit your needs.
When looking to hire interim risk and compliance staff, there are number of options available. You can engage day rate consultants via limited companies or umbrella companies, engage Taylor Root’s PAYE and payroll capabilities or hire fixed-term contractors (FTC) directly.
Our UK-based team has the capacity to work on up to multiple interim roles at any point in time, and can flex our capacity to meet our clients’ requirements.
Why choose us?
We bring a long-standing reputation in risk, compliance, privacy and change recruitment, delivering exceptional service with a personal approach. This ensures that we can:
Deliver a shortlist quickly
With interim risk and compliance staffing, we generally aim to deliver a shortlist within 24-48 hours of briefing, so you should expect to interview your prospective candidates within the first two weeks of the process.
Make exclusive introductions
By far our greatest asset in interim search is the breadth and depth of our consultant networks. Our senior consultants average 17 years’ experience and possess strong personal brands.
Supply thorough aftercare
From start to post-placement follow up, you’ll be working with one experienced Consultant who can confidently represent your brand in the market. They will negotiate offers, manage onboarding and maintain regular check-ins with all contractors.
Apply expertise
We excel in sourcing hard-to-find professionals with specific skill sets, offering a quick conversion rate and unmatched industry insight.
Our deep-rooted understanding of the market means we can give you real-time information and competitor benchmarking.
Tailor services
We tailor our services to suit your needs and goals. Typically, they include contingent and retained search, permanent, temporary and interim recruitment as well as consultancy solutions
Apply due diligence
Our standard checks and vetting procedures can be tailored to meet your requirements, but they will often include right to work, proof of academic or professional qualifications, criminal record checks, reference gathering and adverse media checks. We work inside and outside of IR35.
Change projects
Our risk and regulatory contract recruitment team specialises in regulatory deadline-driven projects. We specialise in matching external consultants with firms looking to put together a team for risk / regulatory projects.
Roles include:
- Business Analyst
- Change Management Consultant
- Project Manager
- Quantitative Analyst
- Systems Analyst
- Systems Developer
- System Implementation Specialist
Risk
We assist SMEs in operational risk, credit risk, quantitative analytics, markets and investment risk.
Roles include:
- Model Developer/Validator
- Risk Manager
- Head of Risk
- Chief Risk Officer
Most of our candidates are not actively seeking new opportunities on the open market
Data protection
Privacy teams are evolving rapidly, reflecting the growing complexity of data protection in a technology-driven world. We can assist with sourcing talent in the below roles:
- Chief Privacy Officer
- Data Protection Analyst
- Data Protection Counsel/Manager/Officer
- Group Data Protection Officer
- Head of Data Protection
Compliance
We recruit interim professionals, from compliance officers and analysts to financial crime specialists, for law firms, commercial companies and financial services firms. Some of the roles include:
- Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Analyst
- Compliance Officer
- Financial crime
- KYC
- Onboarding
- Regulatory Compliance Consultant
Company secretarial
Our trusted Company Secretarial recruitment experts partner with a range of employers, from professional services firms through to banks and education providers, to match them with talented Company Secretaries. Roles include but are not limited to:
- Head of Governance
- Senior Company Secretary
- Company Secretary
- Governance Officer
HOW interim RISK AND COMPLIANCE HIRING CAN BENEFIT YOU
Our flexible model connects interim professionals with law firms, commercial businesses and public sector organisations.
Our interim risk and compliance recruitment specialists can support on:
Project-based assignments
These include long-term change and transformation projects.
Backfilling secondments
Engage experts to fulfil the requirements of a role while your permanent employee is elsewhere
Short-term assistance
Adapt to changing business needs with short-term contracts. Whether this be on a day rate or a fixed term contract.
Cover expected and unexpected absences
Fill gaps due to resignation, parental leave, sick leave or project-specific demands.
Interim-to-permanent hires
Giving you confidence about the role that needs to be filled and provide evidence that it is required
Access to experienced talent
Interim professionals are ready to hit the ground running
Frequently asked questions
Our average time to shortlist is 2-24 hours from the point of role briefing. If you have an urgent interim role to recruit, we usually expect this to be filled within two weeks, dependant on the seniority and technical expertise required.
We conduct all required compliance and vetting checks, either in house or via one of our preferred suppliers. As interim specialists, we have comprehensive knowledge of all regulatory requirements for contractors and have the resources to conduct checks such as status determination, if this is necessary.
Our risk and compliance candidate networks play an important role in our attraction strategy, as many are not actively seeking on the open market. We maintain a strong pipeline of talent, knowing when certain individuals are coming to the end of their current contract and folding them into the process at the right time.
Our database has been built over 35 years that Taylor Root has been in business. With real-time reporting available on candidate profiles and availability, our CRM gives visibility of our global candidate network.
Additionally, our interim network spans major projects in a number of firms, so we know when major projects are reaching their end point.
Finally, we use advertising to give us a useful cross-section of the market.
We aim to qualify all candidates in person or virtually. At this point we will also conduct right-to-work checks. We use a standard screening process to assess for experience and competencies, but we will always check with you whether there are specific questions you would like us to incorporate in our screening so we can assess candidates for culture fit.
Yes, we can source interim risk and compliance staff inside and outside of IR35.
We can support all payment models, including:
• Day rate consultants via limited companies or umbrella companies
• Engaging contractors through our PAYE and payroll capabilities
• Hiring fixed-term contractors (FTC) directly