Job Description

Key responsibilities
- Undertaking conflicts checks with a high degree of accuracy and escalating issues as necessary to the Head of Risk & Compliance
- Assessing the identity requirements for clients
- Liaising with internal and external clients on client due diligence issues
- Legal on-boarding application:
- Sending engage requests to clients, directors and beneficial owners
- Supporting the clients with issues in providing identity documents
- Running company searches, sanction screening, PEPs and adverse media searches
- Dealing with escalation of false positive results from sanction, adverse media and PEP searches
- Preparation of client due diligence reports for fee earners
- Liaising with the Head of Risk and Compliance for the completion of third-party vendor questionnaires
- Assisting members of the Risk & Compliance team with research projects and day-to-day compliance with AML regulatory matters as they arise
Skills, experience and attributes
Experience:
Will have worked in a professional services environment or financial services
Must have dealt with end to end on-boarding of different types of entities (individuals, corporate, trustees and regulated entities)
Knowledge and understanding of the UK Money Laundering Regulations
Knowledge and understanding of conflicts of interest
Previous knowledge of AML systems desirable
Previous knowledge of unravelling corporate structures
Ability to analyse, research and make informed decisions
A process driven approach with the ability to escalate issues to the Head of Risk & Compliance where necessary
Skills:
Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
Good time management skills to prioritise workloads, and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
Excellent verbal and written skills
Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise
Enthusiastic, positive and committed team member
Sound working knowledge of Microsoft Office