CDD
Supervising CDD checks carried out by other members of the NBI team and providing advice to the wider firm (in relation to both new clients and refresher checks performed on existing clients) Ensuring your team is delivering a quality and timely service and dealing with any escalations Being a key decision maker for your team in relation to appropriateness of CDD and compliance with applicable regulations When necessary, carrying out CDD checks on a wide range of clients (for all CRS offices) Escalating high-profile or high risk matters to senior members of the team Liaising with clients directly about a wide range of CDD issues Assisting with relevant training for the NBI team and other business support staff such as Finance or Client Services Overseeing the NBI process and ensure that it runs efficiently Ensuring that all necessary adverse media and sanctions screening is performed properly and that potential matches are escalated where necessary Assisting with audit, ongoing monitoring and quality control measures. Conflicts and Other Tasks
Identifying and escalating potential conflicts issues Supervising the conflict checking process to ensure the checks are performed accurately Assisting with developing new Compliance policies/strategies Keeping up-to-date with publications about law firm risk management issues and highlighting changes in the law to the team Participating in other projects within the Compliance & Risk team as and when they arise. Team Management
Role model, and actively manage your team to ensure they demonstrate our firm’s values and behaviours Accountable for day-to-day line management of a mixture of Senior Analysts and Analysts including training, managing performance and conducting regular 1 2 1s and appraisals Acting as a first port of call for any CDD or conflicts queries raised by the team Acting as a mentor to your team and others to assist with continuous development Ensuring that effective systems are in place for distributing and prioritising work Promote knowledge sharing within the team Comply with all relevant legal and regulatory obligations including the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Standards and Regulations, and Principles. Skills and Experience
The successful candidate will have strong technical knowledge of applicable AML legislation with at least 3+ years’ relevant law firm experience and a passion for financial crime compliance An experienced people manager who is able to adapt their management style to different individuals with at least 2 years’ demonstrable experience of driving successful performance Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills A confident and assertive communicator, with the ability to build good relationships with clients, partners, fee earners and business support staff Ability to train and develop others Be able to work under pressure and manage conflicting priorities and deadlines in a high-pressure environment Conscientious and methodical with excellent attention to detail. Must be willing to work in an agile manner, including working from our UK regional offices when required Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to deal with clients, partners, fee earners and support staff Highly organised and capable of managing conflicting priorities & deadlines
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