Compliance Assistant

A leading Law firm is seeking a Compliance Assistant to take responsibility for the following:
1) Customer due diligence (“CDD”)
2) Conflicts of interest
3) Administrative tasks

Key Responsibilities:

1) Customer due diligence
• carrying out CDD on a full range of clients including individuals, companies and trusts
• answering queries from clients, partners, fee earners and other support staff about CDD requirements
• analysing CDD material provided by clients and advising whether further information is needed to complete the CDD process
• using a wide range of databases such as World Check, MINT, Companies House and Experian to obtain CDD information
• carrying out searches against the HM Treasury consolidated sanctions list

2) Conflicts of interest
• 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
• escalating potential conflicts issues to more senior members of the team

3) Administrative tasks
• Keeping the team’s filing up to date
• Archiving
• Data entry

Essential Criteria:

• the successful candidate will be a law graduate
• a particular interest in anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing work
• strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to deal with clients, partners, fee earners and support staff
• conscientious and methodical with excellent attention to detail
• highly organised and capable of managing conflicting priorities & deadlines
• pro-active and demonstrable experience of using initiative
• good IT skills including proficient use of Excel, Word and Outlook
• previous experience with Aderant/ CMS and AML databases would be an advantage