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Legal and Compliance

Recruiting the right legal and compliance talent presents numerous challenges for employers. To start with, the specialized skills required for these roles aren’t easily transferable to other sectors. Confidentiality is a concern, as well, since these professionals often interact with sensitive information.

The Legal and Compliance division at Madison-Davis specializes in placing highly-qualified professionals with banks, investment management companies and other finance corporations. Our recruiters have deep industry expertise and understand the distinctive regulatory environment compliance professionals face in each type of institution. We pride ourselves on ensuring our clients have full professional support to meet their current talent needs, and have the foresight to anticipate emerging governance trends so their team will be prepared for the regulatory requirements of the future.

Financial Crimes AML

Anti-money laundering professionals are of paramount importance for organizations across the financial sector. Whether we’re recruiting for a permanent or temporary role, we thoroughly screen and vet candidates to ensure you’re getting the right AML professional for your business needs.

We have expertise placing AML candidates in roles such as:

  • Risk Assessments
  • AML Policies
  • KYC (Know Your Customer)
  • Sanctions

Broker Dealer Compliance

There is a high demand for compliance professionals in the broker-dealer industry, and the competition for top talent can be intense. The shortage of skilled talent in this area makes our extensive network and recruiting expertise particularly valuable for companies with challenging compliance roles to fill.

The broker-dealer compliance positions we recruit for include:

  • Capital Markets Advisory
  • Trade Surveillance
  • Advisory Compliance (Swaps, FX, Fixed Income, Equities, Commodities, Futures)
  • Central / Core Compliance
  • Regulatory Relations
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Testing
  • Control Room
  • Examinations
  • Supervisory Controls

Investment Banking

There is a high demand for compliance professionals in the broker-dealer industry, and the competition for top talent can be intense. The shortage of skilled talent in this area makes our extensive network and recruiting expertise particularly valuable for companies with challenging compliance roles to fill.

The Investment Banking/Capital Markets compliance positions we recruit for include:

  • Capital Markets Advisory
  • Trade Surveillance
  • Advisory Compliance (Swaps, FX, Fixed Income, Equities, Commodities, Futures)
  • Central / Core Compliance
  • Regulatory Relations
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Testing
  • Control Room
  • Examinations
  • Supervisory Controls

Fund Compliance

The laws, regulatory requirements, and internal policies governing the investment activities, disclosure, and record-keeping of hedge funds, private equity firms and asset management companies can be complex, and failure to comply can have serious consequences. This makes effective fund compliance critical, and the professionals who can ensure it equally so.

Madison-Davis recruits experienced professionals in the following fund compliance roles:

  • Regulatory Reporting
  • Guideline Monitoring
  • Compliance Generalist
  • Marketing & Advertising Compliance

Bank Compliance

Effective bank compliance is essential to protect financial institutions and their customers from fraud and abuse. Ensuring your operations comply with banking regulations requires a breadth of expertise in corporate finance business unit compliance, bank regulations, fair lending, regulatory change management or regulatory relations/regulatory inquiries. Our recruiters understand these complexities and how to identify the right professionals who will keep your business in compliance and your customers protected.

Our team has expertise placing talent in roles such as:

  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Regulatory Reporting
  • Business Unit Compliance
  • Compliance Testing
  • Risk Assessments
  • Compliance Project Management
  • Regulatory Change
  • Conduct Risk

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