AML Administrator

As an AML Administrator you’ll be instrumental in ensuring our adherence to AML regulations and safeguarding our operations against financial crime. Your responsibilities will include monitoring client transactions, conducting thorough investigations, and maintaining comprehensive records.

We are an innovative law firm committed to maintaining the highest standards of integrity and compliance. This role is crucial in supporting our commitment to robust AML processes and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.

It’s a friendly and supportive team where you’ll be encouraged to develop your career at the firm with opportunities for both personal and professional development.

We offer hybrid working at Walker Morris, so you’ll be able to split your time between home and the office, with 3 days in the office per week.

As an AML Administrator, you will be responsible for:

• Administering the AML workflow within the case management system, processing new client file opening requests, and re-verifying existing clients.
• Providing guidance and advice to the business on money laundering queries, ensuring appropriate checks are conducted.
• Conducting identity verification and screening checks on clients, beneficial owners/related parties, and counterparties.
• Regularly reviewing sanctions, PEP, and watch-list matches and escalating as appropriate.
• Supporting the ongoing monitoring of clients and matters, including periodic reviews and reporting any concerns/suspicious activity to the AML Manager.
• Liaising with relevant stakeholders on potential AML issues, addressing technical and general queries.

What we are looking for:

• Experience within a similar Business Administration or Risk & Compliance role dealing with B2B checks.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to simplify complex legislation and guidance.
• Good academic ability to interpret rules and regulations, coupled with a practical common-sense approach.
• A team player with highly developed influencing skills and resilience.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel.

Why join Walker Morris:

When you’re looking for a job, we know it’s about more than just the role. That’s why we provide the support you need to develop and grow your career. We’ve hybrid and flexible working, so you can make work and life work together for you. Walker Morris is a top 100 commercial law firm where you don’t have to fit a mould, so you can bring your full self to work and our commitment to a meaningful work life balance means you can take your full-self home again too!

What we offer:

• Hybrid working – split your time between home and our office, with a minimum of 3 days in the office per week.
• Annual Leave – minimum of 25 days per year, increasing to 31 days with length of service. Also – buy/sell holidays up to 5 days per year.
• Bonus Scheme – our annual bonus scheme recognises outstanding contributions to the firm and our ambitions. All colleagues are eligible subject to meeting the criteria of the scheme.
• Pension – saving for retirement? Let us do the hard work for you. We auto-enrol all eligible colleagues into a workplace pension and we contribute a minimum of 5% of annual salary.
• Life Assurance – 4x your annual salary in the event of a death in service.

At Walker Morris we are working to be an inclusive employer, and we encourage people from all backgrounds, ways of thinking and working to apply as individual brings their own unique capabilities, experiences and characteristics to their work.