AML Officer

Osborne Clarke; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Role profile

We have an exciting opportunity for an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) professional to join the Client & Matter Inception function in our growing Risk & Compliance Team. This is an excellent role for someone with existing experience in AML interested in joining a growing and ambitious team in a hugely supportive environment.

This is a permanent position, based in either Bristol with some home working too.

The team

A positive and supportive team culture is a vital part of both the wider Risk & Compliance Team and the firm as a whole. Working together is at the heart of everything we do. It enables us to deliver a professional, high standard of service to the business within a happy and enjoyable environment. We believe in nurturing each person's strengths, supporting them when they need it and encouraging them to progress through personal development and training. We are a progressive and ever adapting team where opinions are always valued and input is always welcome.

What you'll do

An AML Officer would be expected to:

• Collect and / or review CDD evidence required to meet the appropriate standards, in line with OC policy and procedures.
• Prepare CDD Reports and risk assessments and liaise with and provide guidance to fee-earners to obtain further CDD where the existing documentation does not meet the requirements as set out by OC policy.
• Monitor the CDD evidence gathered for new clients and new matters for existing clients and manage the Ongoing Monitoring required by OC policy, including preparing CDD Reviews, in association with fee-earners as appropriate.
• Undertake PEPs and Sanctions checks as part of client & matter inception and escalate matters to the Senior AML Officers / Deputy AML Manager / Client & Matter Inception Manager as required.
• Develop and maintain 'internal client' relationships across the organisation to deliver on project goals, identify and pursue new strategic initiatives, collect and provide feedback, etc.
• Assist with projects undertaken by or impacting the Risk & Compliance Team as required.
• Provide relevant support to the wider Client & Matter Inception and Risk & Compliance Team, as required.

Your skills

We are looking for someone who has previous experience in an AML related role from a professional services background. More specifically we need someone who:

• Is fully conversant with the requirements of the UK Money Laundering Regulations and the EU Directives on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing.
• Is familiar with a broad range of international company structures.
• Has proven KYC / CDD experience in a regulated environment (law firm/banking or credit institution).
• Has prior exposure to high risk clients, sanctions screening and PEPs.
• Has experience obtaining CDD information direct from clients and from a wide variety of public sources.
• Has excellent attention to detail.
• Has strong interpersonal and customer service skills, able to interact with people at all levels, assertive and able to influence.
• Has excellent communication skills, able to give clear guidance on how to evidence potentially complicated fact patterns.
• Has a strong ability to multi-task, prioritise workloads and work effectively in a team.

Salary and benefits

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.

Our recruitment process

We welcome direct applications for our opportunities - if you would like any further information about this role or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Chloe Tidcombe on 0117 917 4162 or email [e-mail].

Please note that although we include closing dates for our roles as a guide, we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.

We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.

About Us

Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.

At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality.

*Services in India are provided by a relationship firm