Vice President Lawyer- Financial Crime

Thomson LRC; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services organization is seeking a Vice President lawyer to provide focused legal and regulatory advice on financial crime laws, including AML, CTF, and ABC. This hybrid-roles allows for work from Glasgow or London, and offers a competitive VP level salary with benefits. The ideal candidate will be a qualified lawyer with experience in financial crime compliance, understanding legal risk management, and previous in-house experience in the financial services industry.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus

Pension

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with a background in financial crime.
• Experience in AML, ABC, CTF, or Sanctions.
• Understanding of legal risk management requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal and regulatory advice on financial crime.
• Implement legal strategies for risk management and compliance.
• Conduct legal research to remain updated on law changes.
• Deliver training on financial crime legal requirements.

Skills

Legal risk management

Anti-money laundering (AML)

Counter-terrorist financing (CTF)

Sanctions compliance

Anti-bribery and corruption (ABC)

Education

Qualified lawyer

Job description

Vice President lawyer level role for a Financial Crime lawyer to join a global financial services organisation- this role can be based in Glasgow or London with hybrid-working on offer.

Role Profile:

Your will provide focused legal and regulatory advice on complex anti-money laundering (AML), counter‑terrorist financing (CTF), sanctions, and anti‑bribery and corruption (ABC) matters. You will also provide expertise and leadership for significant investigations involving AML/CTF, sanctions and ABC alongside leading policy efforts for AML/CTF, sanctions and ABC issues. You will ensure compliance with applicable financial crime laws and regulations, and manage legal and reputational risks associated with its activities.

• Development and implementation of best practice legal strategies for risk management and compliance.
• Legal advice and support to the business on financial crime laws, regulations, and rules, including anti‑money laundering (AML), sanctions, and anti‑bribery and corruption (ABC) laws and regulations.
• Advising on financial crime compliance policies and procedures including to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Legal research and analysis to stay up to date on changes in laws.
• To support Compliance, contributing to and delivering training to educate employees on legal and regulatory requirements related to financial crime.
• Pro‑active identification, communication, and provision of legal advice on applicable laws, rules and regulations (LRRs). Keeping up to date with regards to changes to LRRs in the relevant coverage area. Ensuring that LRRs are effectively allocated to, and adequately reflected within, the relevant policies, standards and controls.

Candidate Requirements:

• Qualified lawyer with a background in financial crime.
• Experience in AML, ABC, CTF, or Sanctions.
• Understanding of the requirements of legal risk management in a financial institution.
• Previous experience working in‑house within the financial services industry, or in a banking/financial services team within a law firm environment.

On Offer:

Competitive VP level salary + benefits including bonus and pension.

To Apply:

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