Compliance Recruitment
The modern company must navigate a maze of regulations, paperwork, permissions, inquiries and opportunities.
We can help you find the compliance professionals who can keep your growing house in order.
Clean paperwork is a strategic advantage
The compliance officer or counsel is the lynchpin of a progressive organisation’s risk function.
The new-age compliance professional is no longer a mere ‘keeper of the files’, ensuring that the i’s are dotted and t’s are crossed. They are strategic players in their own right, able to see the costs and benefits of compliance from far away.
While the compliance function is statutorily mandated in industries like banking and social media intermediaries, it has grown to become a key role in any organisation with scaling ambitions.
Compliance is no longer only an internal-facing function; it often involves liaison with governments, investigating authorities and consumers. It also encompasses broader ethical responsibilities, including conducting training and fostering an ethical culture.
Often functioning as the bridge between Legal and Policy, the compliance professional is able to read between the regulatory lines, distinguish between must-haves and nice-to-haves and support Risk and other functions as a trusted partner.
It’s not easy to find a person who fits this bill. The skill-set is niche, the talent pool is limited and the position is often confused for a pure Legal or Policy role.
That’s where we come in, to bring together the right people and organisations to help both prosper.
Our Impact
- 10000+ Positions closed
- 1200+ Clients
- 50+ Sectors
At Vahura, we can connect you to compliance professionals across all levels, from associates to senior leadership. Here are some indicative roles we can help you hire for:
- Chief Compliance Officer
- Chief Ethics Officer
- Head of Ethics & Compliance
- Vice President of Compliance
- Senior Compliance Counsel
- Junior Compliance Counsel
- Compliance Analyst
Our candidate pool includes professionals with the kind of granular expertise and experience you need.
Whether you’re a pharma company looking for someone familiar with drug regulation or a Big Tech player on the hunt for a professional with government liaison experience, we will have you covered.
Whether you’re listed or unlisted, regulated or unregulated (or about to be regulated!), we are likely to connect you with just the kind of profile and person you need.
The Vahura advantage
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Our USP is the research team, which is constantly at the wheel when it comes to talent mapping
Quick turnarounds
We move quickly, sending comprehensive candidate snapshots within 48 hours of receiving a brief
Extensive network
We have an unrivalled and painstakingly built database of 40,000+ high-quality professionals
Consultative approach
We are collaborative partners, comfortable with granular and customised requests
Industry specialists
We are staffed by lawyers, compliance, finance & HR professionals, who understand the Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) industry
Complete Discretion
We hold ourselves to the highest levels of confidentiality, ensuring no conflict of interest
Shweta Sheth
Shweta Vora Sheth is a Partner at Vahura, specialising in Executive Search, Compliance Recruitment, and Legal Recruitment. She leads the Compliance Recruitment Practice at Vahura. She is actively engaged in senior leadership searches, helping enterprises and high-growth companies hire senior legal and compliance leaders for their In-house departments.
Karl Fernandes
Karl is a Senior Partner at Vahura and heads Executive Search and Legal Recruitment for corporate legal departments of enterprises and high-growth companies.
Duiti Ramchandani
As the Vice President and Head of Client Solutions and Vahura's internal legal team, Duiti plays a key role in business development for Vahura's legal recruitment practices as well maintaining key client relationships.
How can we help?
For over a decade enterprises and growth organizations have routinely turned to Vahura for our deep expertise in building and strengthening compliance teams. Get in touch with us to find out how our expertise could assist in shaping the hiring strategy that builds a strategic compliance team for your organisation.