A super opportunity has arisen to join a firm and team that prides itself on its innovation and having a great working culture that makes the firm a real go to employer and support its ability to practice by ensuring new business is viable!
As a top 20 law firm in the UK the firm has a great reputation across all its practice areas and also on an international basis!
As compliance Analyst you will be joining a highly regarded team in the firm who dvises the firm on all aspects of its legal and regulatory duties, including financial crime compliance,
SRA STaRS, risk management, client engagement terms, complaints and claims, internal investigations, insurance, governance, external vendor contracts and data privacy!
Ideally you will be educated to degree level and have a real interest in anti money laundering and counter-terrorist financing work.
Your duties will include:
• Carrying out CDD on a full range of clients including individuals, companies and trusts analysing CDD material provided by clients and advising whether further information is needed to complete the CDD process;
• Carrying out risk assessments at client inception and also when CDD records are updated to see whether the client presents a higher than usual risk of money laundering;
• Using a wide range of databases such as World Check, Companies House, Orbis and Experian to obtain CDD information;
• Carrying out research to establish whether there is any adverse press about a prospective client and assessing its relevance;
• Carrying out searches to identify whether a client is a politically exposed person (PEP) and preparing emails for Senior Management approval;
• Carrying out searches against the HM Treasury consolidated sanctions list (sanctions screening).
Ideally you will have had exposure to compliance from either a law firm or professional services and love research but also have strong communication skills.