Legal Administrator - Compliance Team

GWR Legal Recruitment Ltd; Northampton; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

GWR Legal Recruitment Ltd in Northampton is seeking a Legal Administrator to join the Compliance Team. The role supports the firm's legal teams by handling new client matters within the centralised new business process.

Responsibilities include reviewing new client forms, ensuring ID checks, and completing AML, sanctions and conflict searches. Strong IT skills and Microsoft Office proficiency are essential to maintain accurate client information across IT systems.

Qualifications

• Experience in an administration role within a law firm with awareness around compliance for new file openings and client onboarding.
• Strong attention to detail and IT skills, particularly Microsoft Office programs.
• Knowledge of AML, sanctions and conflict searches and the ability to flag/escalate potential issues to management.
• Ability to provide guidance or updates to fee earners and departmental support teams regarding onboarding and AML/compliance.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing new client forms before opening new client matters on the firm’s IT systems.
• Ensuring ID checks are completed.
• Complete AML, sanctions and conflict searches and flagging/escalating any potential issues to management.
• Collecting and maintaining accurate compliance related information and documentation.
• Ensuring all client information is accurately inputted across IT systems.
• Providing advice, guidance or updates to fee earners and departmental support teams regarding onboarding of new clients and AML/compliance enquiries.

Skills

Attention to detail

IT skills

Microsoft Office

Communication skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Legal Administrator - Compliance Team - Northampton

A commercial law firm with a first rate reputation are looking to recruit an administrator to their new business/compliance team.

This role will entail providing support to all the firms legal teams who request for new client matters to be opened as part of the centralised new business team.

Duties in the role will entail things such as:

• Reviewing new client forms before opening new client matters on the firms IT systems.
• Ensuring ID checks are completed
• Complete AML, sanctions and conflict searches and flagging/escalating any potential issues to management.
• Collecting and maintaining accurate compliance related information and documentation
• Ensuring all client information is accurately inputted recorded across all IT systems
• Providing advice, guidance or updates to fee earners and departmental support teams regarding the onboarding of new clients and the status of AML and compliance enquiries.

Ideally you will be able to demonstrate experience in an administration role within a law firm with an awareness around compliance when it comes to new file openings and client onboarding including AML, sanctions and conflict searches. You must have strong attention to detail and IT skills, particularly Microsoft office programs.

The firm will offer a fantastic benefits package including:

• A good salary, dependent on experienc#
• Profit share scheme
• Up to 30 days’ holiday plus bank holiday
• Private healthcare
• A range -of additional wellbeing benefits

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with experience in file opening and the related compliance requirements to progress their career as part of one of the regions leading firms.