Our client is a Top 100 Manchester Law firm, and they have a fantastic opportunity for a Compliance Analyst to join their Risk and Compliance Department in Manchester, with occasional travel to offices in Liverpool and London.
Desirable Skills and Knowledge
- Law degree or equivalent legal training.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Strong organisational skills
- Ability to work independently
Responsibilities and Duties
- Complete procedural file reviews for all areas of the firm.
- Monitoring and actioning SmartSearch alerts and reporting back to fee earners.
- Handling risk & compliance queries from staff which come through to the central mailbox or via telephone.
- Maintain the firm's SRA records through mySRA, as well as practising certificates for solicitors and other lawyers.
- Completing the firm's bulking practising certificate renewal exercise.
- Managing the new starter process for the team which involves collating regulatory questionnaires, liaising with other central teams, speaking with heads of departments regarding any file or client transfers.
- Liaising with new starters to ensure their details are updated with the relevant regulatory board, and ensuring any relevant checks are carried out and training is completed.
- Delivering risk & compliance induction sessions for all new starters, as well as other ad-hoc training for staff on risk issues.
- Updating central registers, including the JMW staff list and those registers relating to logging internal breaches.
- Dealing with data protection for the firm, such as data breaches and subject access requests.
- Assisting in preparation for external assessments, such as Lexcel and CQS.
- Research regarding legal and regulatory changes affecting the firm.
- Liaising with our Client Services Team and reviewing referral agreements.
- Supporting the risk & compliance team in a variety of day-to-day tasks.