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 risk profile of new and existing clients
- Liaising with internal and external clients on client due diligence issues
- Legal on-boarding application:
- Running company searches, sanction screening and adverse media searches
- Reviewing on-going monitoring alerts and clearing false positives
- Dealing with escalation of false positive results from sanction, adverse media and PEP searches
- Documenting the client life cycle and regulatory compliance.
- Undertaking quality assurance of reports prepared by analysts.
- Providing conflicts and client due diligence reports to fee earners and escalating issues to the Head of Risk & Compliance as necessary
- 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
Knowledge and understanding of the UK Money Laundering Regulations
Knowledge of the Solicitors Accounts Rules a benefit
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, written and face-to-face communication skills
Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise
Enthusiastic, positive and committed team member
Sound working knowledge of Microsoft Office