Compliance & Onboarding Specialist

Are you looking to develop your career within an exciting and growing international recruitment business and consultancy? We are seeking a proactive, organised and detail-oriented Compliance & Onboarding Specialist to join STR Group's Legal & Compliance Team.

You will play an important role in ensuring that candidates, contractors and suppliers are onboarded compliantly and efficiently across our UK and international operations.

Working closely with our Senior Specialists, the Legal & Compliance Team and colleagues across the wider business, you will help ensure that STR operates in line with its internal processes, client requirements and all relevant statutory and regulatory obligations.

Working at STR

STR Group is a multi-award-winning international recruitment company, operating across life sciences, leading-edge capex projects, automation, maritime and engineering & manufacturing.

We are proud to be an approved Corporate Member of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC).

This certification reflects our commitment to ethical, professional and transparent recruitment practices, giving candidates and clients confidence in our approach.

As a Compliance & Onboarding Specialist at STR, your role will include:

• Ensuring candidates and contractors in the UK and internationally are compliantly onboarded, with the correct contracts and documentation in place.


• Conducting right-to-work and identity checks and obtaining required qualifications, accreditations, references and role-specific documents.


• Monitoring contractor documentation throughout assignments and ensuring renewals are completed promptly.


• Conducting due diligence and onboarding suppliers, umbrella companies and international payroll providers.


• Ensuring limited company contractors have the required company information, insurance and IR35 Status Determination Statement or in-country equivalent.


• Managing international background checks, drug screening and DBS applications through STR's third-party providers.


• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date client, candidate, contractor and compliance records across STR's CRM and shared systems.


• Preparing documentation for internal, client and accreditation audits and conducting regular compliance checks on placements.


• Supporting clients, consultants, candidates and contractors with legal, compliance and onboarding enquiries.

What we are looking for?

Whilst we offer training and ongoing support within a close knit and collaborative team, we are ideally looking for someone with:

• Experience within recruitment, compliance, onboarding, administration or a similar environment.


• Excellent attention to detail and a methodical approach to documentation and record-keeping.


• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.


• Confidence working with candidates, contractors, clients and internal stakeholders.


• A proactive, responsible and solutions-focused approach, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.

What are we offering you?

• Modern, slick, state of the art offices with breakout areas and dedicated kitchen (including Pool & Football tables).


• Early finish Fridays at 3pm every week


• Breakfast club - enjoy cereal, breakfast bars, and fresh fruit available every day


• Employee of the Quarter


• Quarterly Directors Lunches at 5
  
  * restaurants


• Annual awards, Summer & Christmas parties celebrating with the whole company


• Special work anniversaries, including chocolate or sweet bouquet, voucher, champagne, bonus & additional holiday depending on length of service!


• 23 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising by one day each year of service capped at 28 days)


• You can purchase up to 5 days extra holiday


• Health care cash plan and optional private health care from Day 1!


• Company Pension scheme


• Enhanced Maternity/paternity leave


• Birthday off


• Drinks fridge


• Free onsite parking


• Cycle to work scheme


• Employee Referral Programme

STR commit to offer disabled people an interview if they meet the minimum criteria for the job vacancy.

If this sounds like you, then get in touch and apply today!

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