Senior Risk Counsel, Financial Crime Compliance - Top City Firm

The Role
Our client is seeking a senior lawyer, seeking to broaden their skills and experience to join the firms Risk & Compliance Team, based in London reporting into the Head of Compliance.

Key Responsibilities
This is a dynamic and varied role in a supportive and friendly team. It involves engaging directly with the Practice, as a senior trusted advisor, and to provide technical leadership on financial crime compliance issues and undertaking the following (non-exhaustive) tasks:
* Liaise with and advise fee-earners (including at Partner level) on their financial crime compliance obligations.
* Leading sound and compliant decision making by exercising effective oversight and management to ensure that the firm's policies and procedures (in all of the jurisdictions where the firm has a presence) are adhered to.
* Be the main point of contact for the New Business Intake team for any escalated queries relating to AML and sanctions compliance.
* Advising on source of wealth and funds due diligence.
* Ensuring that thorough sanctions screening are conducted.
* Assist the Head of Compliance in devising the firm's anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist (CTF) and sanctions policies and procedures, revision and providing implementation and training of the same.
* Dealing with queries from regulators and auditors.
* Drafting suspicious activity reports for submission to the National Crime Agency (UK) and other equivalent organisations.
* Advising on broader financial crime matters, such as ABC, anti-tax evasion and anti-fraud,.
* Demonstrate leadership in respect of risk management awareness, conduct and behaviours and assist the Head of Compliance with embedding a positive culture of compliance across the business.

Skills and Experience
You will have:
* 6 years post-qualification experience with extensive experience in CDD and relevant AML/ CTF and sanctions legislation and its application in a law firm environment.
* If non-legally qualified, you will be able to demonstrate equivalent deep technical knowledge of and experience advising at a senior level on financial crime compliance issues, supported by appropriate professional qualifications and certifications
* Relevant experience may have been gained either in a fee-earning or in-house role, but candidates must have the knowledge and experience to advise on the practical implementation of relevant legal and regulatory requirements in a law firm environment.
Experience of training and developing other people is desirable, as is experience in anti-bribery and corruption; anti-tax evasion; fraud prevention; or other regulatory compliance matters relating to solicitors.

This role offers flexible working initiatives, a great benefits package and an attractive salary.

*Where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.

Chadwick Nott Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.