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Legal Compliance Officer - £35k - £50k, can be based in Taunton, Bridgewater or Yeovil. Possibility of Hybrid working (after probationary period)
Great Benefits Package
31 Days Holidays
Pension Auto-enrolment, 3% employer, 5% employee
Death in service – 2 x Salary
Sick Pay 20 days in any rolling 12m
Buy and sell annual leave is available to all colleagues
Buy and sell annual leave Available to all colleagues
Birthday day off
Social Happy Hour, Summer Party, Christmas Party and lots of other charitable and social events
Clear career development opportunities
Exciting opportunity for a Compliance Officer to support the Compliance Officer for Legal Practice (COLP). Prior Legal experience is essential with a clear understanding of regulatory requirements.
This is a business critical function and requires someone who is confident working on their own initiative and comfortable communicating effectively with people at all levels.
Responsibilites of the Role
To support/assist the COLP with all aspects of Risk and Compliance.
To play a key role in the compliance of the Company
To assist with complaints and claims.
Organise Monthly Risk and Compliance meetings and prepare agenda
Take notes at meetings and circulate
Produce monthly and Annual Compliance reports and collate any other relevant information
To support/assist the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO).
To update and monitor the Company’s Office Manual including all compliance policies and procedures.
To act as first point of call for staff compliance queries.
To administer, update and train staff on the Company’s compliance platform
Skills & Experience
Legal experience.
Confident understanding of Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) rules
Ability to deal with Issue Resolution
Engaging Personality that can communicate at levels
Have a Pro-active approach
Happy to work as part of a Team as well as Independently
As you could be working in different offices it is essential that you have a valid driving license and own your own vehicle
To earn the higher level of salary you will need to demonstrate skills and experience at interview
To find out more about this role, call Jackie Carson on (phone number removed) or email your CV to (url removed)
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