About Herbert Smith Freehills

As one of the world’s leading law firms, we advise many of the largest and most ambitious organisations across all major regions of the globe. With over 5,000 people, including 3,100 lawyers and over 2,000 business services professionals, operating from our global network of offices across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North America, Herbert Smith Freehills is at the heart of the new global business landscape providing premium quality, full-service legal advice.

We recognise that the success of our business and our clients relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. Our environment is one in which high performance is expected, in return, we will provide you with rewards and opportunities tailored to your personal and professional goals.

The Opportunity

Key Internal Relationships:

• Project Team
• Director of New Business Intake, West
• Head of Financial Crime
• Financial Crime Manager
• Senior Financial Crime Advisers
• Financial Crime Advisers, Analysts & Junior Analysts

Key Responsibilities:

• Assisting the Firm in its compliance with its financial crime obligations, including:
• Undertaking AML/CDD checks and risk assessments for the firm’s existing Australian client base, including screening for sanctions, PEPs and other high-risk indicators.
• Assisting in the management of the firm’s new business workflow, including the prioritisation and delegation of new business requests.
• Advising stakeholders within the firm on routine financial crime and CDD queries.
• Ensuring the AML/CDD client identification checks are completed in a timely manner and liaising with the matter team where necessary to obtain additional CDD information & documentation.
• Carry out initial research on clients by using a variety of different research tools including analysis of structure charts and other materials to establish the true beneficial ownership of the client.
• Liaising with the other New Business Intake teams to ensure a joined up and efficient process for the fee earners and PA’s.

Qualifications, skills and experience:

• Candidates should have a degree (law degree advantageous but not required; 2:1 or above preferred).
• At least 6-12 months in a compliance role in a law firm or other regulated entity (financial crime experience desirable but not essential).
• Good understanding of the financial crime regulatory landscape and a desire to develop further in this area.
• Excellent research and analytical skills.
• Good commercial awareness.
• Ability to prioritise workload.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work autonomously and prioritise multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Excellent verbal, written and face to face communication skills.
• Ability to work well under pressure and to deadlines.

Team

General Counsel and Risk

Working Pattern

Full time

Location

London

Contract type

Permanent Contract

At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.

We understand that you have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to create a working environment based on mutual trust and respect, in which you can perform at your best whilst maintaining sustainable balance across your life.