Risk & Compliance Recruitment

Credit Risk Analysts and Market Risk professionals with hands-on experience across lending environments, trading businesses, and capital adequacy frameworks - placed into both fintech firms building risk functions and institutions with established teams.

Operational Risk Managers with experience designing and maintaining control frameworks within complex, regulated financial environments, supporting both governance and resilience requirements.

Compliance Officers and Regulatory Change specialists who understand how to interpret evolving FCA expectations and global regulatory frameworks, and translate them into practical action within fast-moving organisations.

AML Analysts and Financial Crime Managers operating in environments where the sophistication of financial crime threats and the technology used to address them are both increasing. Professionals in this space need regulatory grounding alongside practical experience with detection and monitoring systems.

Head of Risk, Head of Compliance, and senior control function leaders placed into fintech firms and financial institutions - professionals who can operate with credibility at executive level, engage with regulators directly, and build teams around them. If you are looking for risk and compliance officer jobs at this level, or hiring for them, this is where we focus.

Risk and compliance recruitment focuses on sourcing and placing specialists across control, governance, and regulatory functions within financial organisations. At Harrington Starr, that means working across Credit Risk, Market Risk, Operational Risk, Compliance, AML, and Financial Crime - connecting fintech firms and financial institutions with professionals who understand both the regulatory environment and the pace of the businesses they are entering.

Compliance and risk management recruitment covers two closely related but distinct disciplines. Compliance recruitment focuses on professionals who manage regulatory relationships, interpret FCA expectations, and ensure firms meet their legal obligations. Risk management recruitment focuses on those who identify, measure, and control financial and operational exposure. In practice, many of our mandates sit across both - particularly at the senior level.

 Risk and compliance in fintech spans a broad range of functions, from Credit Risk Analysts and Compliance Officers through to AML Managers, Operational Risk Managers, and senior appointments such as Head of Risk and Compliance. Fintech firms often need professionals who can operate across multiple of these disciplines, particularly for early-stage or scaling businesses.

Technology risk and compliance jobs are a growing part of our desk, driven by the increasing intersection of regulatory obligation and digital infrastructure. Roles in this space typically sit across IT risk, RegTech implementation, and compliance functions within firms where technology is central to the business model.

You can search our live compliance and risk jobs directly through our job search, or submit your CV, and a member of our team will be in touch when a relevant mandate arises. We work across permanent and contract roles at all levels, from analyst through to Chief Risk Officer.

Compliance and risk recruitment across fintech remains consistently active. Regulatory pressure from the FCA and other supervisory bodies continues to drive demand, particularly for professionals with experience in AML, financial crime, and operational resilience. The strongest candidates in this space are rarely actively searching, which is why access to a specialist network matters.