Compliance Assistant

This large UK law firm based in Manchester are recruiting for a Compliance Assistant to assist their busy Risk & Compliance Department.

The department are responsible for monitoring of compliance of new business in take,  this involves carrying out anti-money laundering and conflicts checking procedures.  Duties for this role will include:           

• Filing of case registrations and client identification forms
• Data entry of all pending/warning/reject/service of process and sub-files
• Manual entry of new and any additional case information for all offices
• Occasional assistance verifying client identity where required (database/internet searching).
• Occasionally dealing with queries raised on case and client details.
• Entry of all new and any additional client information for all offices.
• Taking proactive steps to update and maintain all case and client information as necessary
• Assisting the team in taking telephone queries
• Assisting the Compliance Administration Team Leader when required
• Participating in a data cleansing exercises
• Other ad-hoc duties as required.

The ideal candidate for this role will be educated to degree level, ideally with previous experience working a legal administrative, compliance or data assistant position. You will also possess;  

• Strong MS Office skills particularly Excel
• Strong communication and customer service focus
• Experience using Elite Enterprise (Desirable)
• Adaptable and flexible team player approach