Head of Compliance and Onboarding

Overview

Head of Compliance and Onboarding - permanent - onsite / hybrid - Berkhamsted

QCS Staffing is a successful international staffing consultancy, established in 1992.

With over 33 years of proven success, QCS Staffing stands as one of the largest privately owned specialist recruitment consultancies, delivering expert talent solutions across three of the world's fastest-growing sectors.

The company provides specialist Contract and Permanent staffing services to clients within very specific industry sectors across the EMEA, Americas, and APAC regions. We employ staff across 6 offices:

• Headquarters based in Berkhamsted, UK
• North Carolina, USA
• Boston, USA
• Dublin, Ireland
• Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• San Juan, Puerto Rico

The role of Head of Compliance & Onboarding within QCS Staffing can be described as challenging, exciting, stressful, satisfying, varied and complex. The three fundamental purposes of this integral role are for the business unit:

1. To ensure all contractors are onboarded efficiently and in full compliance with all relevant international laws, regulations, and industry standards.
2. To create compliant solutions that enables the business to increase profitability and gain a competitive advantage.
3. To manage, coach and guide their business unit and team members; and create an environment where open and honest communication is encouraged.

Why work for QCS Staffing:

Some of our amazing benefits include:

• Award-winning training and development programmes (we invest in YOU)
• Huge growth across the business
• We specialise in working in three of the fastest growing sectors
• Clear promotional criteria set from day one
• Hybrid working
• Early finish and cash prize incentives (we reward your hard work!)
• Healthcare cash plan, Private Healthcare & Pension plan
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Paid parking
• Early finish Fridays
• Socials galore: BBQs, team meals, multiple charity events, Directors lunches

Key Tasks and responsibilities

• Team Management & Development: Lead a team, helping and supporting with their day-to-day roles, set up & responsibilities, mentoring and supporting their growth and development
• Route to Market Compliance: Responsible for developing and maintaining the commercial route-to-market frameworks as well as responding to legal and technical route-to-market decisions
• Candidate Queries and Onboarding: Issue contracts and manager candidate communications throughout the onboarding process and respond to general candidate queries.
• Client role & profile setup
• Client Statements of work & Purchase Orders
• Candidate Compliance Checks
• Professional References
• Issuing Candidate Contracts

Skills

• Ideally have previous experience in onboarding contractors in the UK, USA and 1-3 European jurisdictions.
• Experience of using a technology-based on-boarding system and proficient in use of Bullhorn.
• Ability to review contractor contracts from a legal perspective
• Strong commercial acumen and a pragmatic approach to legal problem-solving.
• Knowledge of legislation impacting the recruitment sector such as IR35; labour leasing; cross border working; worker's misclassification; A1 certificates etc
• Proven experience of managing a team of at least 3 people
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment and thrive in a constantly evolving landscape.

The candidate must have the rights to work in the location stated in the job advert.

Make the leap into a progressive and rewarding career today - and apply now!