Senior Compliance Analyst

Overview

You will support the New Business Intake function in a London-based C&R team, ensuring compliant and efficient onboarding of new clients and ongoing monitoring. You’ll handle complex CDD issues, assess risk at inception, and advise on cross-border regulatory differences, while collaborating with senior stakeholders. You will contribute to high‑risk due diligence, sanctions considerations, and source-of-wealth assessments, shaping robust client onboarding practices. This role offers exposure to multi‑jurisdictional regulation and the chance to impact how the firm maintains legal and regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Handle complex CDD issues for companies and trusts and determine information needs
• Advise on CDD requirements for overseas offices
• Conduct client risk assessments at inception and after CDD updates
• Research adverse press and assess relevance for prospective clients
• Research source of wealth/funds and advise the partners/fee earners
• Screen for PEPs and prepare approval emails for Senior Management
• Perform EDD for High Risk Third Country clients with approvals
• Support the NBI inbox and compliance queries
• Assist with ad-hoc sanctions screening and due diligence for third parties
• Manage compliance projects and assist senior colleagues on research tasks
• Ensure compliance with SRA Standards and Regulations and firm policies

Key requirements

• Previous compliance experience is essential
• Experience with international regulations (Dubai, Bahrain, Qatar) is preferred
• Strong IT skills (Excel, Word, Outlook)
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
• Conscientious, methodical, and highly detail-oriented
• Highly organized with ability to manage conflicting priorities and deadlines
• Proactive with initiative to resolve issues
• Experience in a law firm Compliance Team is advantageous

• strong written and verbal communication
• attention to detail
• organization and time management
• Excel
• Word
• Outlook

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