AML Analyst

Overview

Job Title: AML Analyst

Location: Birmingham or Glasgow

Type: 12 month fixed term contract (Two vacancies)

About the Business

Here at Pinsent Masons we bring together the best people to get the job done. We’re naturally curious, constantly learning, listening, and growing. We’ll truly value your ideas. You’ll be joining an award-winning, hardworking and commercially minded team, where you’ll have the opportunity to work with leading experts and form meaningful relationships, while making a difference. You’ll get the opportunity to be involved in varied and challenging work. Working in an open and supportive environment, to deliver outstanding results.

Purpose of the role

The purpose of the General Counsel’s Office (GCO) is to “enable safely”, meaning that we provide risk, regulatory and legal advice and assistance to the firm so that it can achieve its economic, operational and strategic objectives in compliance with applicable law and within its established levels of risk appetite.

This role is part of the Regulatory Team within the GCO and supports its purpose by helping to ensure that the firm complies with its legal and regulatory obligations in respect of AML/KYC, sanctions and conflicts of interests.

The Regulatory Team operates on a regional basis and this role will primarily focus on team members local region however, support and assistance is to be provided in all of the jurisdictions in which we operate, where required.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

To include but are not limited to the following:

• Onboarding new clients and matters, specifically:
  • Carrying out money laundering checks and risk assessments to ensure that the firm complies with its obligations under anti- money laundering legislation and the firm\’s anti-money laundering policy;
  • Carrying out business intelligence searches in respect of clients and matters, including public profiles/websites, electronic screening and other appropriate databases;
  • Checking and verifying information provided by the requesting teams;
• Build and foster good relationships with regional teams and the wider business
• Dealing with general onboarding enquiries from different teams.
• Understanding of the firm\’s client base.
• Actively sharing knowledge/best practice within the team, contributing to team meetings and assisting with the continual improvement of processes

Candidate Overview

You are expected to provide excellent customer service at all times, making positive contributions to the success of the team and building the business of the firm. You will be expected to demonstrate your administrative, IT, organisational and interpersonal skills. You will need to manage your workload proactively and flexibly and perform tasks in a timely manner.

In addition, we are looking for candidates who ideally hold the following skills and experience:

• Good analytical skills and ability to research, extract and compile information from various sources.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Professional, calm manner, robust and strong prioritisation skills.
• Demonstrates intellectual curiosity and problem-solving skills.
• Committed to high standards and excellence.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Enjoys engaging with people and building relationships and excellent stakeholder management.
• Exhibits approach and behaviours consistent with the firm\’s core values of \’approachable\’, \’bold\’ and \’connected\’.
• Able to deal with different cultures and perspectives.
• Good sense of perspective and humour.
• Desirable:
  • Previous compliance experience in a law firm or other professional services organisation.
  • Graduate degree or equivalent.

What can we offer you?

• Agile working (the opportunity to work from home, subject to commitments)
• Carers’ leave (up to five paid days’ leave towards caring responsibilities)
• 25 days’ annual leave entitlement and the opportunity to purchase or roll over 5 days.
• Contributory pension of up to 5%.
• Private healthcare policy
• Death in service cover (4 x base salary).
• Eligibility to apply for an interest free season ticket loan, an interest free gym membership loan and/or an interest free rental deposit loan.
• Cycle to work scheme.

What happens next?

Once your application has been submitted and reviewed, our Recruitment team will share the outcome with you by email.

We typically hold two interview stages per vacancy providing the opportunity to meet two members of the hiring team at each stage. The first stage is typically conducted virtually and the second stage typically in person at the office in which the role would be based. However, we strive to remain flexible depending on the requirements of the role or the candidate.

Our strength lies in our differences.

We are a Disability Confident and top Stonewall employer, a Valuable 500 member, a founding member of the Mindful Business Charter, signatory of the Race at Work Charter and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking. It’s with different perspectives that we’ll find solutions to our clients’ most complex challenges. It’s how we’ll deliver outstanding results today, and tomorrow.We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents.