Legal Compliance Assistant

We are looking for a Compliance Assistant in our Salisbury office.

The ideal candidate will have a strong Property background, who can bring those transferrable skills into the Compliance role.  Therefore, the candidate may not necessarily have experience in other areas of Compliance, as follows, however, a role in Property would support the foundations of this role.

Full training and mentoring will be given to develop into this role.

The role will consist of the following duties;

• Regulatory monitoring;
• Risk Assessments;
• Compliance mapping;
• Workflows;
• Know your client (KYC);
• Client Due Diligence (CDD);
• Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD);
• Use of KYC platforms;
• Ongoing monitoring;
• Business structures to include limited companies and trusts;
• Politically Exposed Persons (PEP);
• Sanctions screening;
• Source of Funds and Source of Wealth; and
• Regulation applicable to Anti-Money Laundering (AML).

The candidate will have the following skills;

• Have a good Property knowledge background;
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team with high volume transactions;
• Effective communication skills in sensitive scenarios;
• High degree of confidentiality;
• Experience of case management systems, Microsoft Word and Excel;
• A background in law and specifically property transactions is an advantage; and
• Good interpretation of policy and regulatory guidance.

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