Compliance Analyst

Legal firm based in the centre of Manchester has an opportunity for a Compliance Analyst to join their risk team and be responsible supporting the firm’s risk management framework with some travel required to other offices.

Skills and experience required

• Law degree or equivalent legal training.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Strong organisational skills
• Ability to work independently.

Role details

• Complete procedural file reviews for all areas of the firm.
• Monitoring and actioning alerts and reporting back to fee earners.
• Handling risk & compliance queries from staff.
• 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.
• Delivering risk & compliance induction sessions for all new starters.
• Updating central registers, including the 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.
• Monitoring logs through the dashboard and maintaining the watchlist; investigating any flagged alerts.
• Assisting in preparation for external assessments, such as Lexcel and CQS.
• Research regarding legal and regulatory changes affecting the firm.
• Liaising with CST and reviewing referral agreements.
• Supporting the risk & compliance team in a variety of day-to-day tasks.

On offer

• Negotiable salary depending on experience.
• A minimum of 25 days' annual leave (increasing with length of service) plus office closure between Christmas and New Year.
• A one hour early finish, one Friday a month.
• Two days a year to do charitable work.
• The opportunity to get involved in sports teams, hobby clubs, and social events.
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders.
• Annual promotions process open to all staff.

If you are currently a Compliance Analyst with a legal background and are interested in finding out more details then apply online for immediate consideration.