Compliance Officer

7 months ago

Leeds, United Kingdom DAC Beachcroft Full time

Job Introduction

The individual will provide support and assistance to colleagues in our international offices - working on a wide range of international topics, including but not limited to: (i) financial crime, (ii) anti-money laundering, (iii) new client acceptance, (iv) horizon scanning, (v) data protection, (vi) information security, (vii) supplier on-boarding, and (viii) risk management.

Training, supervision and guidance will be provided by our multinational team.

Main Responsibilities
- Carrying out due diligence enquiries before accepting clients (and on an ongoing basis), including the investigation of Financial Sanctions.
- Assisting our international offices with new client acceptance in accordance with our Anti-Money Laundering / Financial Crime policies.
- Drafting, organising, distributing and (where applicable) completing due diligence questionnaires (which our clients have requested from our international offices (or which we have requested from our suppliers).
- Assisting all Money Laundering Reporting Officers, and Data Protection Officers as required.
- Assisting the international offices' Company Secretaries with filing or regulatory obligations as required from time to time.
- Assisting with various aspects of DACB’s ongoing projects to expand its international offering.
- Assisting with the preparation of reports for the General Counsel and wider DACB management.
- Horizon scanning for legislative and regulatory changes that may affect our international business, and putting forward ideas and potential solutions to address them.
- Assisting with the development and upkeep of the international framework of policies.
- Proactive auditing of various internal processes and controls to ensure they remain appropriate and robust.
- Developing auditing frameworks to collect and analyse data to identify trends to help the team improve their operational practices.
- Researching a wide variety of topics in relation to the above listed topics as applicable in various jurisdictions.
- Essential_
- Will have experience in a similar role (auditor / paralegal / legal assistant) or an interest to develop their risk and compliance expertise in the above.
- Enjoy dynamic and fast-paced work.
- Confident and proactive, with excellent organisational and communication skills.
- Able to work under pressure, and efficiently manage time to meet evolving business needs.
- Enjoy research, critical analysis, administrative support and new challenges
- Able to analyse complex information, and present findings in a concise way.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Good team player who is supportive of others and easily adapts to different cultures.
- Interested in developing risk and compliance expertise.
- Respond positively to change
- Good IT skills.
- Desirable_
- Qualified to degree level education in any country (preferably in Law).
- The ability to communicate effectively in a second language (European languages are of particular interest).
- Advantageous_
- Previous experience of working in a regulated industry, such as Legal or Financial Services in an international environment.
- Familiar with Microsoft Office packages (further training will be given, if required).

About The Company
We are a leading international legal business with over 2,900 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Milan, Rome, Singapore, Argentina Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Central America, the USA, Australia and Germany.

We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for all of the UK’s top-ten insurers, we are market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-12 housebuilders.

We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 142 Chambers UK 2021 practice area and individual lawyer rankings. In Legal 500 UK 2021, the firm received a top tier ranking for 37 of its practice areas, and 58 DACB lawyers were singled out in the ‘Leading Individual' rankings.

Our successes have been recognised by the legal industry and the markets in which we operate. These accolades include two top prizes in the ‘Excellence in Business Development’ and ‘Excellence in Technology & Innovation’ categories of the 2020 Law Society Excellence Awards - the highest accolade for law firms in England & Wales. Our health sector team won the ‘Crisis Management Team of the Year’ award at the 2020 British Legal Awards for its support to the NHS at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our Cyber & Data Risk team received the ‘B

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