Legal and Compliance Administrator - London, United Kingdom - Bonhams

Bonhams

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About Bonhams
Bonhams is a global auction house with an 18th century heritage poised for transformative change.

Our global operations are based in London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong where we sell in over 60 categories, including motor cars, paintings, jewellery, and entertainment memorabilia.

Our employees are passionate about their work and we pride ourselves on a bespoke approach that aims to make every client feel important.

It is an exciting time for our business and our global leadership team of art world professionals are now ready to for a People focussed team to help them develop their talent strategy, strengthen our people brand globally, build organisational capability and drive process improvement.

Key Responsibilities
In your role as Compliance and Legal Administrator you will be required to carry out the following:
In addition to offering general support to the members of the Legal and Compliance team, the key tasks and responsibilities of the role are:

Responsible for the compliance monitoring of new and existing clients
using Worldcheck, our third-party screening provider and publicly available information, for example, company registries, press coverage and internet searches
Point of contact for all enquiries to Legal/Compliance, chasing down responses to queries, answering or referring on questions from Specialist Departments
Point of contact for Client Services re compliance/legal requirements
Review of certain sales to identify any potential issues and queries (e.g., new clients, companies, beneficial ownership, Trusts, Estates), Red flag jurisdictions, CITES, import/export, sensitive items, provenance concerns
Responsible for checking/updating the Bonhams client system re status of cleared clients
Identifying and developing changes to processes to streamline client onboarding
Develop responsibility for the continuing training of junior employees
Liaison with Finance regarding budgets/invoices

Key Skills and Experience

Ability to plan and organise workload to meet required targets and deadlines.
Fast, accurate computer skills including solid knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook.
High level of accuracy and attention to detail
Independent and selfmotivated
Genuine interest in Legal and Compliance matters within the context of an auction house
Good, clear and appropriate written and spoken communication
French and/or Mandarin an advantage but not essential

What We Offer:

28 days annual leave (including bank holidays) increasing to 33 with service.
Private Health Care
Life Assurance
Health & Wellbeing Assistance Program
Enhanced Family Friendly Policies
Learning and Training Assistance Program
Annual Travel Season Ticket Loan
Cycle to Work Scheme

If you wish to apply, please send your CV and cover letter by the 7th April 2023 at midnight.

Bonhams is an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to fight for equality, we work to ensure a fair and consistent interview process. We celebrate diversity and we are committed to an inclusive work environment.