Primary engagement model
Retained Executive Search
Exclusive, milestone-paid search with market mapping, structured screening, and a replacement guarantee.
Learn more →Compliance executive search · New York, NY
Compliance leadership,
sourced with rigor.
Retained executive search and modular sourcing for compliance, legal, and regulatory leadership across banking, asset management, brokerage, and fintech. Twenty years in the seat. Built for the searches where the wrong hire costs more than a thorough one.
Industry pillars
Compliance leadership, sourced where the regulators live.
Four pillars, each with its own regulatory map, its own talent pool, and its own salary curve. Pick the one that matches your firm and we'll show you the work.
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Traditional Banking
Community banks · Regional banks · Credit unions · …
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Investment & Asset Management
Registered Investment Advisers · Hedge funds · Private equity · …
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Brokerage & Investment Banking
Broker-dealers · Investment banks · Swap dealers · …
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Payments, Fintech & Emerging Assets
Payments platforms · Money services businesses · Fintech / neobanks · …
Explore →How we engage
Three ways to bring us in. One discipline behind all of them.
Retained when the cost of the wrong hire matters more than the engagement fee. Modular when your team has the bandwidth but not the technical screen. Interim when the gap can't wait for a full search.
For internal teams with capacity gaps
Modular
Buy only the parts of the search your team can't run internally. Sourcing, screening, offer strategy, references, or any combination.
Learn more →Coverage for exams, remediation, and gaps
Interim Compliance Leadership
Interim CCOs, BSA Officers, and senior compliance professionals on a day-rate basis. EOR-managed, no W-2 commitment from the client.
Learn more →Also offering executive coaching for senior compliance and legal professionals exploring their next move.
Proof
Trusted by compliance leaders at firms across the financial services spectrum.
Anonymized per industry convention. Specific engagement references available on request under NDA.
Asset Management
$30B European private wealth manager
Banking
Top-50 US regional bank
Asset Management
Multi-strategy hedge fund
Asset Management
Mid-market private credit firm
Brokerage
NYSE-listed broker-dealer
Brokerage
Boutique investment bank
Fintech
NYSE-listed payments platform
Fintech
Cross-border money transmission MSB
20
Years in financial services
4
Industry pillars
25,000+
Network connections
9,000+
Compliance pros in database
Featured case study
Senior Compliance Officer placed at a $30B European private wealth manager after an internal search had stalled.
A US-based RIA, the US arm of a European private wealth manager with $30B in AUM, needed to fill a senior compliance hire that had been open since early autumn. By mid-winter the search had stalled. Ophelos delivered seven qualified candidates against a fixed rubric over approximately four weeks. Six advanced to client interviews. Two received offers. One accepted.
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Candidates submitted
88/100
Average submission score
6/7
Advanced to interview
1
Hire placed
Hiring for a compliance leader? Let's talk.
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