Risk & Compliance Auditor

5 days ago


Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Kennedys Full time
About the Role

Kennedys is seeking a highly skilled Risk & Compliance Auditor to join our Risk & Compliance department. As a key member of our team, you will provide expert information, advice, and guidance to the Firm on professional responsibility, risk, and compliance issues.

Key Responsibilities
  • Assist in the delivery of the annual lawyer file audit program, ensuring timely and high-quality results.
  • Contribute to the development and implementation of internal audit processes, including monitoring and completion of corrective actions.
  • Discuss audit requirements and findings with fee earners, team leaders, and Partners throughout the business.
  • Assist in the delivery of an effective audit process relevant to the ISO 9001 Quality Management accreditation for all UK and overseas offices.
  • Participate in due diligence processes where it relates to internal or external audit activity.
Requirements
  • Minimum 2 years' experience of legal file management.
  • Current or previous supervisory, peer review experience or completion of file audit would be ideal.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Proven organizational skills with a proactive attitude.
  • Proven ability to deal with confidential matters with discretion.
  • A good working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.
  • Excellent attention to detail.
About Kennedys

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 2,500 people worldwide across 45 offices in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific, and America, we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field.

We're a fresh-thinking firm, and we're not afraid to bring challenging new perspectives to the table way beyond the traditional realm of legal services. We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools, and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.

We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates, and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you'll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference.

Our culture and values form a big part of who we are and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable, straightforward, supportive, and distinctive. Our values are at the core of who we are and what make us a great firm to work with and for.

The Firm recognizes the value of investing in our people's development and believes our culture and values contribute to the quality of our work and of our client relationships. With a culture of on-the-job and experiential learning, peer-to-peer learning, mentoring, resources, and tools that enable you to drive your career, we can support your development in your current and future roles.

We strive to celebrate, empower our people, and ensure everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. We've created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work, and trust, where diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority. We recognize that many of our people want to work for an employer that is aligned to their values, which is why we are building an inclusive culture, decarbonizing our operations, and supporting our people to thrive at work.

Kennedys is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. We expect all employees to be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures within their jurisdiction, including those relating to Information Security, Data Protection, and Quality Management, refer any breach promptly to Risk & Compliance, and to complete all mandatory training when requested.


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