Anti- Laundering Analyst

Our Risk and Best Practice department in Bristol are currently recruiting for an AML Analyst to join their busy team. The role is required to support and enhance our current resource in this area and provide an efficient service of the highest quality to the firm's management and lawyers, to enable the business to deliver a first-rate, service to its clients.

On joining the team, the successful candidate will work with the current AML Assistants and AML Analysts, and the role will include the following activities:

• Undertaking client due diligence, including identification of beneficial owners and performing adverse media, sanction and PEP checks.
• Working with the lawyers to create an AML risk assessment for each client
• Carrying out ongoing monitoring of clients using online and other resources
• Dealing with lawyer questions in relation to CDD, AML matter risk assessments, and source of funds checks
• Working with the finance team on AML issues and assisting with questions on invoicing and third party payments
• Drafting updates to AML policies, procedures and guidance
• Assisting with and delivering wider firm AML training
  
  Preparing and publishing intranet news items
• Assisting with making suspicious activity reports to the MLRO and, where needed, the National Crime Agency
• Leading on and assisting with AML project deliverables as required
• Leading on and assisting with AML audit scheduling and implementation of any changes required arising from audit findings
• Carrying out of AML mini audits as needed, including in relation to AML matter risk assessments and source of funds checks
• Providing support to the rest of the team in case of absence as needed and dealing with miscellaneous risk-related queries

The successful candidate will be self-motivated, have excellent attention to detail, and strong organisational and time management skills. This role is an exciting opportunity for a team player with good interpersonal skills to work with the current team and to develop our client inception process further.

Additionally, the candidate will possess the following:

• Experience of carrying out customer due diligence checks
• Familiarity with UK Anti-Money laundering regime and good knowledge on client identification
• Experience of working with (or within) a Risk/Compliance function
• Experience of client/matter onboarding software systems desirable
• Experience working in the legal sector desirable
• Excellent communication and team working skills
• Strong analytical skills