Senior Engagement Manager - United Kingdom - Mills & Reeve LLP

Description

Based in Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds, Manchester, Norwich, or Oxford – full time permanent contract.

Supporting the firm to develop its CDD policies, controls and procedures including reviewing and developing onboarding processes that utilise best of breed compliance and CMI technology.

Supporting the firm to comply with its obligations under The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017, including supporting the firm to conduct financial crime risk assessments at firm, client and matter level as well as supporting the firm during the independent AML audit.

Supervising and training members of the firm's central inception team and acting as a point of escalation for the team for higher risk clients.

Managing escalations to the firm's MLCO, managing partner or senior partner to consider whether a particular client or matter is within the firm's appetite for risk.

Excellent people management skills
The ability to deliver strong process management procedures and controls
A good legal knowledge of a law firm's regulatory and legislative obligations in relation to financial crime, conflicts of interest and client engagement
An analytical approach and experience of managing and advising complex financial crime issues
We have a firm wide Business Services career structure and a published career progression framework. A full policy of the screening the firm undertakes is available on request.

The firm has a strong sector focus with expertise in agriculture, charities, education, food and beverage, health, insurance, private wealth, real estate investment, sport and technology.

Clients include businesses from PLCs to start-ups, high net worth individuals and landowners, more than 120 universities, colleges and education bodies and over 100 healthcare organisations.

This is an ideal opportunity to build your skills and experience with a major UK law firm, listed as one of the "Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For" for the last 20 years - the only law firm to achieve this.

We are happy to consider flexible working arrangements and endeavour to achieve the right balance for both our people and the business.

This attitude to flexible working ensures we continue to provide outstanding service to our clients, whilst allowing our people to develop their careers in the knowledge that personal priorities will remain just that.

Mills & Reeve is committed to promoting equality, diversity and to providing an inclusive and supportive environment. Please click the link below to find further information regarding our diversity policy.

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