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About the Role

CFA Institute is seeking an experienced compliance and ethics professional to design, build, and run practical programmes, focusing on third-party risk and due diligence, to protect organisational integrity and embed ethics into business practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and run third-party due diligence processes as part of the wider third-party risk management programme.
• Support sanctions monitoring requirements and broader compliance controls linked to third-party risk.
• Coordinate and conduct or support compliance and ethics risk assessments, turning findings into practical actions and programme improvements.
• Support conflicts of interest review and process, helping to strengthen how the organisation identifies, assesses and manages COI risk.
• Partner with stakeholders across Legal, Procurement, Enterprise Risk Management, People and Culture, Internal Audit and the business to provide clear, practical guidance.
• Develop and deliver compliance and ethics training and communications that help colleagues understand expectations and make sound decisions.
• Use systems, data and metrics to strengthen programme visibility, reporting and continuous improvement.
• Help build a mature, ethics-led Compliance and Ethics function aligned to recognised expectations for effective compliance programmes.

Requirements

• Significant experience in compliance and ethics, sanctions monitoring, anti-bribery / anti-corruption or related compliance programme work.
• Hands-on experience owning third-party risk and due diligence processes end to end, including risk tiering, due diligence questionnaires, escalation triggers and ongoing monitoring.
• Clear evidence of managing, building or improving third-party risk and due diligence processes, with practical ownership rather than purely advisory exposure.
• Experience working in a multinational or complex organisation with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Ability to translate compliance requirements into practical business processes, guidance, training and controls.
• Comfort working in a GRC or vendor risk platform, such as HICX, LogicGate or similar, and using dashboards or metrics to inform risk decisions rather than just reporting on them after the fact.
• Strong analytical capability, including comfort using systems, reporting, metrics or data to inform compliance activity.
• Sound judgement, credibility and communication skills, with the ability to influence colleagues and senior stakeholders without overcomplicating the message.

Skills

• Compliance and ethics programme development
• Third-party risk management
• Due diligence processes
• Sanctions monitoring
• Anti-bribery / anti-corruption
• Risk assessment
• Stakeholder advisory
• GRC platforms
• Vendor risk platforms
• Data analysis
• Metrics reporting

Location

• London, UK

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Senior Manager
• Significant experience in compliance and ethics
• Hands-on experience owning third-party risk and due diligence processes end to end
• Experience working in a multinational or complex organisation

Education Level

• Degree in any discipline, with a preference for business, risk management or a related field.
• CCEP, CCEP-I or a similar compliance certification (Nice to Have)
• Deep knowledge of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, UK Bribery Act, anti-bribery / anti-corruption or broader financial crime exposure (Nice to Have)
• Experience in a DOJ investigation, monitorship or similarly rigorous compliance environment (Nice to Have)
• Exposure to GRC platforms, case management systems, learning management systems, Power BI or compliance reporting tools (Nice to Have)
• Experience developing and delivering compliance training (Nice to Have)

Salary/Compensations

• £80,000 - £90,000 per year

Benefits

• Eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive bonus
• 12% employer contribution to a 401(k) or pension plan
• Comprehensive medical benefits package
• Health coverage
• Generous time off
• Competitive retirement plans
• Flexible work options
• Wellbeing and development programs

About the Company

• CFA Institute is the global leader in investment excellence and ethics.
• With nearly 200,000 charterholders across 160 markets, we promote professional growth, uphold ethical standards, and help advance better financial markets.
• Join a global organization committed to putting investors first.
• We are a globally recognized organization committed to promoting the highest standards of ethics and professional excellence in the investment industry.
• The skills and experience you develop throughout your career directly support that mission.
• By investing in our people, we enable both our employees and our organization to succeed.

Equal Opportunity

• We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• CFA Institute prohibits both discrimination and harassment with regard to all identifying characteristics: any individual employee, group of employees, or prospective employee on the basis of race, color, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, religion, creed or belief, age, marital or partnership status, marital or family status, care giver status, pregnancy and maternity, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, physical abilities/qualities, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, predisposing genetic characteristic, military or veteran status, status as a victim or witness of domestic violence or sex offense or stalking, unemployment status, infectious disease carrier status, migrant worker status, educational background, socio-economic status, geographic location and culture or any other basis protected by applicable law.
• This policy impacts all aspects of employment, including but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, compensation, training, development, promotion, demotion, layoff, recall, furlough, transfer, leave of absence, and dismissal.
• This is a global policy that applies to all CFA Institute employees, regardless of location.
• If, due to a disability or current medical condition, you need an accommodation or assistance to complete a job application, you can request one at any stage of the recruitment process. Please send an email to TAHelpdesk@cfainstitute.org noting the accommodations or assistance you are requesting. Please do not include any medical or health information in this email. We will review your request and contact you to discuss the possible options and arrangements. We will try our best to provide you with an accommodation or assistance that meets your needs and respects your preferences.