Legal and Compliance Senior Professional in London

At AlixPartners, you will:

• Do work that truly matters—impacting companies, clients, and communities during pivotal moments.
• Be part of a high-performing team of experts who value collaboration, integrity, and excellence.
• Grow your career in an environment that prioritises challenging, high-value and impactful work, inclusion, and authenticity.
• Enjoy a hybrid work model designed to support flexibility, well-being, and teamwork.

Location: London, England or Southfield, MI (U.S.A.); Hybrid (3 days in the office)

About the role

The Legal and Compliance Senior Professional will play an important role in maintaining the firm’s compliance framework by supporting a range of workstreams associated with regulatory requirements, internal policies, and established industry best practices. The successful candidate will join a well‑established, diverse, and multijurisdictional compliance team, contributing to the continued enhancement of the firm’s governance structure and its ongoing commitment to rigorous regulatory compliance. The Legal and Compliance Professional position is in London, England or Southfield, Michigan (U.S.A.), reporting to the Global Compliance Managing Counsel. Paid relocation is not available.

What you’ll do

• Owns and maintains key compliance policies, procedures, and governance frameworks, ensuring they remain current, effective, and aligned with applicable regulatory requirements.
• Oversees compliance monitoring activities within assigned regulatory domains (e.g., AML, CTF, sanctions), identifying risks, trends, and areas requiring remediation.
• Partners cross‑functionally to reinforce a culture of integrity and accountability, ensuring that compliance expectations are clearly communicated, understood, and consistently applied.
• Assist with translating complex regulatory and compliance requirements into clear, practical guidance that is easily understood by non‑specialist teams.
• Conduct due‑diligence to identify potential fraud, sanctions risks, or other compliance concerns and assist in investigating potential irregularities, non‑compliant behaviours, or process deviations, contributing to fact‑finding and remediation activities.
• Manages regulatory registers and controls, including insider lists, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and ongoing compliance with regulatory obligations.
• Maintain accurate and complete documentation of compliance activities to support audit readiness and regulatory inquiries.
• Provide concise, well‑structured summaries of compliance risks, trends, and emerging issues to senior management to support informed decision-making.
• Support the rollout and implementation of updated compliance requirements by collaborating with relevant teams to ensure consistent understanding and application across the organization.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of training programs, awareness campaigns, and learning materials.
• Monitors legal, regulatory, and industry developments, assessing impact and integrating changes into policies, controls, and operating practices.
• Additional responsibilities as identified.

What you’ll need

• Bachelor’s degree highly preferred. Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Extensive hands‑on experience in a compliance, regulatory, or risk‑management function, with a solid track record of supporting or executing core compliance activities.
• Professional certifications (i.e. ICA, ACAMS, SCCE, or equivalent) are desirable.
• Robust understanding of regulatory frameworks, including anti‑fraud measures, anti‑market‑abuse controls, AML/CTF obligations, sanctions requirements, and related compliance standards.
• Exceptional analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving abilities, with the capability to interpret complex information and identify risks or control gaps.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to convey detailed or technical compliance concepts clearly, concisely, and appropriately for different audiences.
• Demonstrated integrity, sound judgment, and professionalism, with a commitment to maintaining the highest ethical standards in all aspects of the role.
• Highly detail‑oriented with a commitment to accuracy and precision in all aspects of work.
• Proactive and resourceful, demonstrating the ability to anticipate needs, identify potential issues before they escalate, and manage multiple tasks or priorities effectively in a fast‑paced environment.
• Collaborative and confident working cross‑functionally, building strong relationships with colleagues across different functions.
• Core working hours are generally 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM, Monday - Friday; willingness to work outside of normal U.S. business hours, and as unique projects/needs arise.
• Ability to work full time in an office and remote environment; physically able to sit/stand at a computer and work in front of a computer screen for significant portions of the workday.
• Must become familiar with, and promote and abide by, our Core Values as defined by the AlixPartners’ Code of Conduct and foster an inclusive environment with people at all levels of an organization.

AlixPartners has embraced a hybrid work model to provide flexibility and support our employees’ work-life integration. Our hybrid model combines a mix of in-person at an AlixPartners office (Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday) and remote working options for Monday and Friday. The firm offers market-leading benefits that provide flexible options to support our employee’s needs including health benefits to help prioritise their physical and emotional well-being, time-off policies to help to recharge and financial/ retirement benefits that offer income protection and support long-term planning. The benefit type and level differ per location. AlixPartners is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other characteristics, race, religion, gender, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status or status as an individual with disability.