Compliance Officer

6 days ago


Leeds, United Kingdom DAC Beachcroft Full time

Job Introduction
DACB’s Practice Governance & Risk (‘PG&R’) team is currently recruiting for a Compliance Officer. The role is to provide support, assistance and advice to colleagues across our business (both UK and supporting our International offices) in respect of a range of work relating to regulatory, compliance and risk, with particular focus on anti-money laundering, sanctions, modern slavery, tax evasion and anti-bribery compliance.

Supervision and guidance will be provided by colleagues within PG&R.

Working hours: 35 hours a week.

Main Responsibilities
Duties will include (but not limited to) assisting with the following:

- Ensuring that anti-money laundering, sanctions, modern slavery and anti-bribery compliance is implemented into all new systems, policies and procedures;
- Raising anti-money laundering, sanctions, modern slavery, tax evasion and anti-bribery awareness across the business;
- Horizon scanning for legislative and regulatory changes that may affect our business and actively putting forward potential solutions to address them;
- Taking an active part in the implementation and monitoring of compliance with training requirements;
- Monitoring & auditing of internal business groups, processes and controls to ensure they remain appropriate and robust;
- Advising on internal queries i.e. matters affecting DACB;
- Responding to client and supplier due diligence questionnaires;
- Monitoring and advising the business on the impact of financial sanctions designations;
- Assisting with the preparation of management information to report on compliance across all areas of financial crime; and
- Assisting the MLRO/deputy MLROs as required.
- Will have an understanding of the legislation relating to anti-money laundering and financial sanctions.
- Will have experience in a similar role or an interest to develop their risk and compliance expertise in the above.
- Previous experience of working in a regulated industry, such as Legal or Financial Services is desirable.
- Ability to analyse information and provide potential solutions in a concise way.
- Good attention to detail and strong administration is essential.
- The ability to work under pressure and efficient time management to meet business priorities.
- The ability to work on own initiative and manage own workload.
- A good team player who is supportive of other colleagues.
- Responds positively to change and adapts easily to new processes.
- Good IT skills with a knowledge of Microsoft Office packages although further training can be given if required.
- Flexibility to occasionally travel is required. This could involve staying away from home.

About The Company
We are a leading international legal business with over 2,500 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, 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 ‘Business Development Innovation Award’ at the 2020 Legal Innovation Awards, as well as ‘Cyber Law Firm of the Year’ at the prestigious Insurance Insider Cyber Rankings Awards, for its market-leading suite of digital tools to help our clients prepare for and respond to cyber and data risk crises.

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