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Job Title
Conflicts and AML Paralegal
Location
London
Description
The Department
Risk and Compliance work in collaboration with the business to ensure
best practice across the Firm, effectively managing all aspects of the
regulation surrounding the efficient running of our Firm. We are
looking for someone with high attention to detail who prides
themselves on providing an excellent service.
The role will involve working with key internal stakeholders in a
fast-paced environment, so managing your time and the expectations of
others is paramount. You will be joining a hardworking and fun team,
who work together to provide a high level of service to the Firm and
its clients.
This role will predominately support the AML & Conflicts
team as well as the General Counsel, Partner & COLP and the Senior
Risk & Compliance Managers more generally.
Duties and Responsibilities
Managing the queries that come into the compliance analyst inbox.
Assisting in managing the compliance analyst inbox and the MLRO
Team in undertaking various tasks.
Carrying out simple conflicts and AML check requests.
Providing administrative support including maintaining records, spreadsheets.
Attending meetings and training sessions and taking minute meetings.
To support the team in producing reports, drafting PowerPoint
presentations and drafting other documentation as and when required.
To support the Risk Administrator in ensuring the intranet pages
remain up-to-date.
Liaising with the wider firm in a timely, professional and
courteous manner.
Assisting with ad hoc projects.
Supporting as required to other members of the R&C management
team when requested.
Skills/Experience
Bright, intelligent individual with strong academics.
Previous experience as a Paralegal or experience working in an
R&C function is essential.
Dynamic and driven with an ability to work independently with
initiative, discretion and confidentiality.
Must have strong organisational skills with a flexible approach
and a 'can-do', willing attitude.
Should be responsive to the changing needs and priorities of the Department.
Must demonstrate an ability to establish priorities and react
quickly and professionally.
Proficiency in MS Packages including Microsoft Word, Excel,
Outlook and Internet Explorer. Experience with Document Management
Systems is an advantage.
Effective oral and written communication.
Good team-working and problem solving skills.
Strong analytical skills.
Excellent attention to detail.
Ability to effectively manage own workload.
Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Personable and confident, able to build relationships with
partners/ key stakeholders.
Resilient and calm under pressure.
Adaptable and flexible with a can-do attitude.
Pro-active and takes initiative.
Able to perform under pressure.
Please note that this job
profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline
of the key components of the role. You may be required by your
line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.
About The Mishcon de Reya Group
The Mishcon
de Reya Group is an independent international professional
service business with law at its heart, employing over 1450 people
with close to 670 lawyers. It includes the law firm Mishcon de Reya
LLP and a collection of leading consultancy businesses that complement
the firm's legal services. We have grown rapidly in recent years,
showing more than 40% revenue growth in the past five years alone.
Based in London, Cambridge, Oxford, and
Singapore, with an association with Karas So LLP in Hong
Kong, the firm services an international community of clients and
provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography
often do not apply. The work we undertake is cross-border,
multi-jurisdictional and complex, spanning six core practice areas:
Corporate;
Dispute
Resolution; Employment;
Innovation;
Private;
and Real Estate.
As of 1 January 2023, Mishcon de
Reya and Taylor
Vinters merged. The merger delivers on both firms' strategies
to support the innovation economy and accelerate our growing share
of the technology, media and life-sciences legal and consultancy
services market in the UK and in key international innovation hubs globally.
In times of such far-reaching and
profound change we want to be the law firm that enables our clients
- and our own people - to shape the world's possibilities. We are
here to help our clients benefit from new economies, new geographic
centres of wealth, the new global movement of people and capital,
and the impact of new technologies and new knowledge.
Our purpose remains rooted in our
founding values. We take pride in the diverse range of people who
make up the firm and are proactive in driving change and continuous
improvement across the spectrum of equality, diversity and
inclusion.
Mishcon Academy, our in-house place of learning, development
and new thinking for our people, clients and contacts and our
innovative impact strategy, including acommitment
to be a net zero carbon business, also play a central
strategic role in the direction of the firm. In 2020 we launched Mishcon
Purpose, a first-of-its-kind sustainability practice providing
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) advice and purpose-driven
insight to clients.
The Mishcon
de Reya Group comprises standalone businesses MDR
Brand Management, MDR
Cyber, MDR
Discover, MDR
Mayfair(in London, Singapore and Dubai) and
MDRx. Complementary to Mishcon de Reya's core areas of work,
each is led by best in class professionals recruited from a variety
of non-legal industries and sectors.
We strive to create a fully diverse and inclusive workplace where all
our people are empowered to fulfil their potential. We are proud of
our agile working culture and are always happy to talk flexible working.