Rr/hlr - London, United Kingdom - Career Legal

Career Legal

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Head of Legal Risk
Up to £125,000pa + Benefits
Permanent, London, Hybrid Working
Global Law Firm

My client, a global law firm, is seeking to recruit an England & Wales Qualified Associate who specialises in Risk and Compliance to join them on a permanent basis in their London office, working as their new Head of Legal Risk.

Working with in a vastly experienced Risk & Compliance team with the majority of the team also based in their London office, your main responsibility is the development and implementation of the firm's risk and compliance strategy and leading the process of ensuring compliance with relevant legislation.

As the successful Head of Legal Risk, you'll be responsible for (but not limited to) the following:

Responsible for formulating the strategy and values of the risk and compliance function
Managing the Legal Risk Team and overseeing the implementation of policies and procedures by the Risk & Compliance Officers
Acting as the lead counsel on all matters of risk, compliance and ethics
Assisting the Risk & Compliance Partner, COLP and PI Partners in investigating/dealing with complaints and conduct issues when they arise
Working with the teams Marketing and Business Development team in managing reputational risk
Resolving escalated conflict queries
Analysing risk and compliance data to support decision making
many more.

To be considered for this Head of Legal Risk vacancy, you'll need to have/be the following: