Compliance Analyst – FTC 9 Months Full Time NEW

The Compliance and Risk (C&R) Team is based in London and led by the firm’s General Counsel. The C&R Team advises 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. The legal team currently comprises 9 lawyers and 2 paralegals.

This role is on a 9 Month FTC basis.

Roles and Responsibilities
New Business Intake

• Answering queries from clients, partners, fee earners and other support staff about CDD requirement
• Carrying out searches against the HM Treasury consolidated sanctions list (sanctions screening);
• Carrying out searches to identify whether a client is a politically exposed person (PEP) and preparing emails
  for Senior Management approval.
• Carrying out research to establish whether there is any adverse press about a prospective client and assessing
  its relevance.
• Using a wide range of databases such as World Check, Companies House, Orbis and Experian to obtain CDD
  information.
• 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.
• 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;

Ad Hoc

• Comply with all relevant legal and regulatory obligations including the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)
• Standards and Regulations, and Principles.
• Ongoing PEP monitoring and sanctions screening for payments using Worldcheck;
• Assisting with file audits;
• The role also involves assisting with certain administrative tasks such as keeping the team’s filing up to date,
  archiving and data entry.
• Where appropriate, carrying out conflicts searches using data submitted by partners and other fee earners &
  reporting back to the partner/ fee earner on the results of the search.

Skills and Experinace

• Previous experience with Elite and AML databases would be an advantage.
• The successful candidate will ideally be degree qualified;
• A particular interest in anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing work;
• Good IT skills including proficient use of Excel, Word and Outlook.

Competencies

• Working together
• Inclusive
• Driving high standards
• Client – centric
• Integrity and respect
• Personal impact and growth
• Commercial mindset
• Responsible Business

Hybrid working – We adopt a hybrid and flexible working approach, dependent on the requirements of the role and subject to manager approval.

For a detailed specification please download the job description in the documents section of this page.

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