Aml Officer

Contract Type
- Permanent
Working Pattern
- Full time
Working Hours
- 35 hours per week
Salary
- £38,416.19 Per Annum
Location Options
- Birmingham
Function Type
- Investigations

We are looking to recruit an AML Officer to join our AML proactive supervision team. This is a hybrid role and will be based in our Birmingham office one to two days a week, and from home the rest of the week.

**The team**

At the SRA, keeping money launderers out of legal services has long been a priority. Anti-money laundering (AML) in the legal sector is seeing rapid change and our AML Proactive Supervision Team helps respond to these emerging trends through ongoing engagement with law firms to improve compliance and share knowledge.

**The role**

As an AML Officer, you will play a key role in the delivery of our proactive supervisory work. You will support a range of activities that address the risk of financial crime and engage with regulated firms, individuals, and other stakeholders to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing risk in the legal services market.

You will primarily carry out desk-based reviews to assess firms’ processes and procedures, compliance with anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regulations, financial sanctions and our standards and regulations. Using your analytical skills, you will gather and analyse information to help increase our understanding of firms and their ability to manage money laundering risks.

You will bring to this role excellent analytical skills and be able to write clear and concise communications on complex matters. In this role, you will deliver excellent levels of service and establish credibility with firms, as well as with internal and other external stakeholders.

**What is in it for you?**
- Build relationships and engage with a range of stakeholders, firms, and individuals.
- Showcase your ability to analyse complex and technical information to identify anti-money laundering and financial sanctions risks.
- Work in a friendly collaborative team and develop your specialist AML and financial sanctions knowledge.

**What we are looking for**
- Relevant regulatory, legal or AML experience.
- A knowledge and understanding of anti-money laundering requirements.
- An ability to analyse large amounts of complex quantitative and qualitative information.
- Resilience and experience of working in an environment where priorities may change at short notice.
- A credible and confident communicator (verbal and written) who can explain complex issues succinctly and with clarity. Previous drafting experience is essential.
- Willingness to learn and develop, taking on new responsibilities and adopting a flexible, pragmatic approach to work.

**Useful and additional information**

There is a Role Profile attached at the bottom of the advert on our website.

This role will be based in our Birmingham office 1-2 days a week, and from home the rest of the week.

**To apply**

**Previous applicants to this role within the last six months will not be considered.**
- The SRA is the independent regulator of solicitors and law firms in England and Wales, protecting consumers and supporting the rule of law and the administration of justice. We do this by overseeing all education and training requirements necessary to practise as a solicitor, licensing individuals and firms to practise, setting the standards of the profession and regulating and enforcing compliance against these standards.
We offer an inclusive, supportive and friendly working environment and the chance to develop your career within a professional organisation. We are committed to the health and wellbeing of staff, helping everyone to strike a good balance between personal and professional life.

Additionally, we provide a generous flexible benefits package, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation.

**Vacancy closing date: 18/07/2025, 09:00**

**The Solicitors Regulation Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer.**

**Diversity and inclusion is central to everything we do. We are actively committed to promoting and participating in good practice in the way that we attract, recruit and retain staff.**

**Everyone is encouraged to bring their whole self to work because we appreciate the value that a truly diverse workforce brings to an organisation. We celebrate difference, recognising the benefits this brings to our inclusive culture, including age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation and socio economic background.