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About the Role
This role provides critical support in financial crime and sanctions advisory, policy development, risk assessment, and regulatory compliance within a global law firm.
Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day financial crime advisory support on AML/CTF and sanctions compliance.
- Act as an escalation point for sanctions-related matters, conducting legal analysis.
- Advise on the application of UK, US, EU, and Australian sanctions regimes.
- Analyze and manage financial crime risks associated with new business and client onboarding.
- Act as escalation point for unusual activity reports and complex referrals.
- Drive and contribute to key projects and strategic initiatives related to AML/CTF reforms.
- Support the development and implementation of AML/CTF policies, controls, and procedures.
- Coordinate stakeholder consultation and deliver timely policy refreshes aligned to regulatory change.
- Maintain audit-ready records of decisions, approvals, overrides, incidents, and remediation.
- Support the identification, assessment, and resolution of sanctions-related incidents.
- Liaise with senior stakeholders and coordinate appropriate risk mitigation and remedial actions.
- Conduct risk assessments and gap analyses to identify potential financial crime risks.
- Develop remediation plans and controls to manage identified risks.
- Support investigation and resolution of financial crime incidents, including post-incident policy reviews.
- Support responses to regulatory enquiries, audits, and surveys.
- Prepare evidence and briefing materials for internal and external audits.
- Complete industry or regulator surveys.
Requirements
- Hold a degree.
- Minimum 4 years’ experience in a regulated financial crime environment.
- Technical expertise on applicable financial crime and AML/CTF regulations and legislation.
- In-depth knowledge of international sanctions regimes, including OFSI, OFAC, EU, and DFAT requirements and regulatory expectations.
- Ability to handle complex and confidential matters with total discretion.
- Excellent research and analytical skills.
- Good commercial awareness.
- Ability to prioritize workload.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to work autonomously and prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Excellent verbal, written, and face-to-face communication skills.
- Ability to work well under pressure and to deadlines.
Skills
- AML/CTF
- Sanctions Compliance
- Legal Analysis
- Risk Assessment
- Policy Development
- Stakeholder Management
- Regulatory Compliance
- Research
- Analytical Skills
- Commercial Awareness
- Prioritization
- Attention to Detail
- Autonomy
- Communication Skills
Location
- London
Work Type
- Full time
- Fixed Term Contract
Experience Level
- Minimum 4 years’ experience
Education Level
- Degree
About the Company
- Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm.
- We are a fully integrated transatlantic and transpacific firm with an extensive footprint across the world’s largest markets, key financial centres, and major growth hubs.
- We excel at tackling complexity and navigating change, working alongside clients on demanding litigation, exacting regulatory work, and complex public and private market transactions.
- We are recognized leaders in energy, infrastructure, and resources, and focus on areas of growth affecting businesses globally.
- Our success is achieved by supporting the growth of our people.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives.
- We see this as essential to our success, including our ability to innovate and achieve sustained high performance.
- This is a key part of our Values—Human, Bold, and Outstanding.