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Paralegal / Compliance Analyst

Job Type : Permanent, Full Time

Salary : £20000 – £23500/annum Excellent

Job Introduction
We are recruiting for 3 Legal Assistants to join our clients ‘Can I Act’ team in Bristol. This is a great opportunity to join a thriving team, who undertake volume compliance tasks on behalf of the firm. The goal is for CIA to broaden their scope of services and become a complete client intake team, dealing with all tasks associated with taking on new clients and matters such as KYC, AML CDD as well as Risk and Compliance including conflict checking and matter inception.
You will develop your technical and commercial skills through bespoke knowhow and development programmes ensuring you exceed all expectations.
Main Responsibilities
As a Legal Assistant your day to day remit includes:
• To conduct and analyse potential conflicts of interest by using conflicts database searches.
• To liaise with fee earners and others within the firm to mitigate any risks that are identified in conflict search results.
• To be able to make decisions on conflicts of interest, taking into account both the regulatory obligations and the business needs of the firm.
• To escalate potential conflicts of interest to risk and compliance where appropriate.
• To be alert to potential commercial conflicts and ensure these are handled appropriately.
• To gain a good understanding of the SRA Code of Conduct rules relating to conflicts of interest and the duties of confidentiality and disclosure.
• To have an awareness of anti-money laundering regulations affecting law firms in relation to client due diligence (CDD).
• To review and analyse CDD documents from fee earning teams to ensure compliance with anti-money laundering regulations, identifying what is missing, and referring where necessary to Risk & Compliance.
• To specify CDD requirements and assisting fee earners with any CDD related queries they have, seeking enhanced information when necessary.
• To review company information databases, research organisations, and conduct electronic verification searches on clients and third parties using bespoke software.
• To help ensure that the teams service level agreements are met.
• To assist with any other daily tasks related to the resolution of conflicts of interest and CDD compliance as required.
The Ideal Candidate
• Legal qualification desired but not essential.
• Previous experience of working in compliance for a law firm in the areas of conflict checking and CDD/KYC.
* banking / insurance or legal background with some compliance / conflict checking and /or AML experience
• Good research and analytical skills.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to deal with people of all levels.
• Ability to work well under pressure and to deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Accurate data inputting, attention to detail and accuracy

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