Compliance Paralegal - Next Generation Law Firm - London City

The Firm

My client is a cloud-based, next generation law firm – a ‘Super Boutique’ with full service offices in Central London. An exciting, disrupter law firm which combines the best characteristics of both conventional (full service, smart-working offices and a real team collaborating and working alongside each other) and virtual (very high remuneration, use of clever and efficient technology and total flexibility) law firms; but without the downsides of either one. The firm is currently growing at over 35% per annum.

At this crucial stage on its journey, the firm has an opportunity for a diligent and confident compliance paralegal to join its friendly compliance team, to work with the firm’s Head Of Compliance. The firm is a limited company ABS.

This firm is very positively run. It values fresh thinking which challenges the norm and it works fast and deliberately in order to achieve targeted, strategic growth and high performance for its clients.

The Role

You will work with the Head Of Compliance, who is a qualified solicitor and who spent time at the SRA, in a close-knit and supportive small team. The firm acts for a number of fast-growing and entrepreneurial business clients and HNW clients and their business interests and investments. The team has a great depth of knowledge and an outstanding reputation in compliance issues. As the assistant in this energetic team you will provide a level of support to the two senior people as well as taking responsibility for:

New client matter opening procedures.

Client verification and due diligence.

Global sanctions.

Conflict of interest checks.

Regular firm-wide bulletins on scam/fraud alerts and other relevant information.

Managing the firm’s CQS quality accreditation.

Assisting with SRA licence applications.

Ad-hoc research and keeping the firm’s risk and compliance database up to date.

File closing and archiving.

Dealing with complaints.

The firm and this team are expected to continue on their remarkable growth trajectory and your ideas and guiding hand will help to shape how the firm and the team do so continuously, profitably and efficiently.

You

You will have at least one year of experience in risk and compliance work within the legal sector, preferably within City or a medium to large sized law practice. You will have good knowledge of Anti Money Laundering legislation and GDPR/Data Protection Act 2018.

It is likely that you will have benefited already from good training, be keen to develop your knowledge and to progress and be at ease dealing with clients. You will be a confident and friendly person with good communication skills. You will also be someone who creates a calm, assured and well-executed, detail-conscious outcome in a complex legal environment. Your attention to detail is essential as is your ability to prioritise a busy workload and to meet deadlines.

You will look to work closely as part of a tight-knit and transparent team, but be a self-starter; always looking to challenge the norm and take responsibility to improve things towards better outcomes for your clients.

You will also love working with, inspiring and motivating the people around you to get the most out of them and to enable them to get the most out of themselves. As a valued member of this firm, you will have a direct effect on its culture and values, so it is imperative that you possess those positive qualities yourself.