Compliance Officer

A prestigious international law firm in London is seeking a Compliance Officer to join its Legal, Risk & Compliance department. This role offers the opportunity to work within a highly respected team that advises on a wide range of regulatory and legal matters, playing a pivotal part in risk and reputation management.

Role responsibilities:

• Conduct conflict searches according to established procedures and communicate results efficiently to fee earners for review, ensuring compliance with firm policy.
• Monitor updates to sanctions lists, run relevant searches against client and matter records, analyse findings, and escalate pertinent issues to Compliance lawyers as needed.
• Review and approve new client and matter requests while maintaining strict adherence to data governance standards and formatting guidelines.
• Respond promptly to queries regarding client and matter opening, matter security, and ongoing record maintenance, providing clear guidance throughout.
• Assist with ethical wall requests and matter security queries by collaborating with colleagues across departments.
• Send Terms and Conditions of Business to new clients, assist with mailshots, categorise Outside Counsel Guidelines in Intapp Terms, follow up for engagement letters, and upload them into the system.
• Monitor shared team mailboxes daily to ensure emails, notifications, and requests are allocated efficiently; proactively contribute ideas for improving procedures or intake workflows.

Person requirements:

• At least 1-2 years’ experience working within a professional services environment is essential for this role.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required so you can present complex procedures clearly at all levels within the organisation.
• Ability to make sound judgements and recommendations when analysing large volumes of information is vital.
• Proven online research skills are necessary for conducting conflict searches efficiently.
• Experience using Microsoft Word and Excel is mandatory; familiarity with Intapp Intake (Open), Intapp Conflicts or Intapp Terms would be beneficial but not essential.
• Strong attention to detail is crucial both in your own work and when reviewing others’ contributions.

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