Legal Compliance Officer

Stowe Family Law LLP; England; Hybrid; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent family law firm in the UK is seeking a Compliance Officer to ensure regulatory compliance and support firm growth. The role involves managing compliance queries, supervising AML, and leading compliance projects. Ideal candidates will have experience in a law firm, strong knowledge of compliance regulations, and excellent organisational skills. This full-time position offers a salary of £45,000 per annum and various benefits including flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Mental Well-being days

Counselling sessions

Diversity public holidays

26 days holiday

Enhanced family leave

Medicash health insurance

Life Assurance

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Experience in a risk and compliance role within a law firm.
• Strong knowledge of AML, GDPR, and SRA Standards.
• Experience in maintaining compliance frameworks and delivering training.

Responsibilities

• Act as the first point of contact for compliance queries.
• Manage regulatory matters including complaints and audits.
• Oversee AML, sanctions checks, and client due diligence.
• Review and refine compliance policies and lead projects.

Skills

Risk management

Regulatory compliance

AML knowledge

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Job description

Ready to play a key role in keeping the UK’s largest & fastest-growing family law firm safe, compliant, and running smoothly, where your decisions are seen, felt, and valued?

At Stowe Family Law, you’ll provide clear compliance guidance across the firm, manage regulatory matters, oversee AML and client due diligence, and lead projects that embed best practice. You’ll work closely with the COLP and Head of Risk & Compliance, ensuring your work directly shapes how the firm operates and grows every day.

This isn't just compliance. It's compliance that matters, compliance that makes an impact, compliance with a purpose.

About Us

We’re proud to be experts in family law, with over 200 lawyers across 90+ offices. With growth of over 150% in recent years, we’re expanding fast, and as our Compliance Officer, you’ll play a central role in supporting that growth by keeping the firm compliant, helping drive our success, and contributing to an outstanding workplace.

Learn more about us:

• About Stowe Family Law
• Our Culture & Community

What you’ll do

• Act as the first point of contact for compliance queries, providing clear and timely advice across the firm, and collaborating closely with the COLP and Head of Risk & Compliance.
• Manage regulatory matters including complaints, breaches, investigations, data subject access requests, audits, and file reviews, reporting findings and gap analyses to relevant stakeholders.
• Oversee AML, sanctions checks, client due diligence, and maintain accurate compliance records and registers.
• Review and refine policies and procedures, lead compliance projects, and deliver training to embed best practice across the firm.
• Identify, assess, and manage compliance, operational, and reputational risks while staying ahead of regulatory and industry developments.

What’s Our Approach to Work?

You’ll have the flexibility to work from home or any of our offices that suit your location. Some travel will be required for team meetings and lawyer training sessions around compliance.

Ideally, you’ll have

• Experience in a risk and compliance role within a law firm.
• Strong knowledge of AML, GDPR, sanctions, and SRA Standards and Regulations.
• Experience in maintaining compliance frameworks, supporting policy updates, and delivering training.
• Excellent organisational, communication, and analytical skills.
• Ability to manage changing priorities and meet deadlines with flexibility.
• Desirable: Experience working in an international law firm or family law environment.

Benefits

Read about our full benefits package here - https://careers.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/employee-bene...

• £45,000 per annum
• Full-time position (35 Hours)
• Bonus
• A well-being culture, including Mental Well-being days, and access to counselling sessions
• Volunteering leave
• Diversity public holidays
• 26 days holiday
• Enhanced adoption, maternity and paternity pay
• Paid leave for fertility treatment
• Emergency dependants leave
• Bereavement leave
• Medicash health insurance - 24/7 GP’s, dental, counselling, gym discounts
• Training grants
• Life Assurance
• Contributory pension
• Flexible working