Quality & Risk Compliance Assistant

Bath or Bristol

Up to £30k p.a

Our client, a leading law firm, has an exciting opportunity for a Quality & Risk Compliance Assistant to join their firm!

The role:

You will be working closely with the Q&R Team, Firm management, Legal Teams and Business Services Teams and assist them by providing a legal service quality, compliance and risk management service.

· Review and process Work Acceptance requests - raising any queries with legal teams

· Manage core data in Lawman and assist with data cleansing when issues are identified

· Assist with the Team’s auditing, monitoring and reporting activity

· Assist legal teams with general queries about AML, Work Acceptance process or My Client & My Matters Reports

· Assist legal teams with obtain AML documentation in line with our centralised process

· Assist in providing data and information for panel applications, CQS renewals, pitches etc

· Run conflict checks, Process Accuity and other searches as required

· Assist the Facilities Team with tracing unidentified post identifying relevant clients/matters/fee earners and recording findings

· Assist with the annual insurance renewals

· Provide ad hoc advice to Legal and Business Services Teams where required, escalating queries to other members of the team when appropriate

Key skills/experience:

· Ideally some previous experience providing a risk support service of file opening and seeking identification.

· Basic understanding of relevant legislative and regulatory regimes including:

The SRA Codes of Conduct, Anti-Money Laundering legislation, Bribery and Data Protection legislation

· Good written and verbal communication skills

· Excellent organisational skills and the ability to pay close attention to detail.

· Good IT skills and experience of working with IT systems and applications including Lawman, Excel, Word.

· Takes a commercial, professional & client focused approach to risk management.