Compliance Assistant - 12 month FTC

Overview of role

Office: London (hybrid : 50% required)

Walkers is looking to hire a Compliance Assistant to join their London based Compliance function on a permanent basis.  The role will sit within Walkers Professional Services' Business Acceptance team, providing organisational and administrative support with a focus on data integrity and cleansing.  

This role will provide someone with a great opportunity to either enter the compliance industry, or build on some existing compliance experience within a supportive and friendly culture.  

Full training and support will be provided, and the intention is for the role to grow in line with the individual's development.

Duties, Responsibilities & Person Specification

• Responsible for monitoring and managing the team's shared inbox, including filing the emails to shared team workspaces
• Managing the expectations of internal clients when required
• Working with the team leads in allocating work from Intapp (a key compliance tool) and the inbox depending on team members' capacity and workload
• Completing the various team MI spreadsheets and trackers used for reporting purposes
• Responsible for ensuring the team and firm training logs are kept up-to-date, and sending reminders when required
• Ensuring data stored in Intapp is complete, which will require migrating data from other sources into Intapp
• Spotting errors in data and suggesting more efficient ways of upholding data integrity
• Assisting on various compliance based projects from an organisational and administrative perspective
• Organising team meetings, including minute taking and collating and circulating agenda items
• Providing support to team members on an ad hoc basis
• Undertaking the more straightforward entity approvals under supervision

Education, Skills & Experience

• Graduate with a basic understanding, knowledge or interest in compliance with a focus on AML, sanctions and other financial crime.
• Previous work experience gained in a law firm environment or alternatively in the financial services sector beneficial but not essential.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to communicate with partners, employees and (where appropriate) with the firm's clients.
• Strong research and analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Proactive and takes initiative.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Client- focused and commercial aptitude.
• Ability to work under pressure and responsive to the expectations of partners and clients.
• Able to prioritise competing demands; excellent time management and organisational skills.

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