CMI Analyst
Ampa - Legal & Professional Services
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Birmingham • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Liaising with the legal teams to obtain information and documentation as required.
- Conducting research on clients using the firm’s systems and public sources to meet strict regulatory requirements.
- Carrying out searches to identify whether a client is politically exposed or subject to sanctions.
- Prioritising and processing all work requests in line with expectations and agreed SLAs.
- Providing expert assistance to the firm in relation to resolving client on-boarding challenges when required.
- Collecting and analysing essential client information for new business intake, following a prescribed process.
- Conducting conflict of interest checks.
- Assessing and effectively escalating any Red Flags, matches or gaps following the agreed escalations procedures
- Conducting thorough client due diligence at inception, providing robust and constructive feedback directly to the client partner/fee earner as required
- Documenting and retaining accurate documentation of all relevant client interactions, decisions and key information to meet compliance standards.
- Taking responsibility to ensure each piece of work is correctly saved and accessible in a timely manner.
- Proactively clarifying instructions with legal departments and requestors where instructions or deadlines are unclear.
- Showing initiative when responding to queries and actively seeking solutions to problems.
- Sharing knowledge and providing guidance to internal clients regarding the best approach to take to achieve the desired outcome.
- Being flexible in meeting the needs of the team and the business e.g. occasional shift changes (with reasonable notice) to accommodate team meetings, training sessions and client requirements etc.
- Stay up to date with changes in onboarding policy and compliance regulations.
- Any other duties commensurate with the post.
Requirements
- Experience of working in a similar role within the legal sector.
- Knowledge of AML rules and KYC (know your client) requirements for law firms.
- Experience of on-boarding international clients, both companies and individuals is desirable.
- Experience in complex company structures and interpretation of this is desirable.
- Efficient and accurate typing skills.
- Excellent attention to detail with a keen eye for presentation.
- Good IT skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
- Experience of using document, case and practice management systems.
- Effective communicator, able to build and maintain professional relationships with colleagues.
Benefits
- We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work.****We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.****We have the following hubs across the UK: Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Sheffield, Solihull, Stratford upon Avon and in the South East; Brighton, Chichester, Crawley, East Grinstead, Eastbourne, Lewes, Peacehaven, Seaford, Storrington, Southampton & Tunbridge Wells.**** **Additional information******Want to find more about our amazing benefits?**-------------------------------------------------------------------Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications we may need to bring the close date forward.**Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found here.******Equal opportunities******Ampa Group is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
AML rulesKYC requirementsclient due diligenceconflict of interest checksdocument managementcase management systemspractice management systemsdata analysisregulatory complianceonboarding processes
Soft skills
attention to detaileffective communicationproblem-solvinginitiativeflexibilityteam collaborationclient relationship managementorganizational skillstime managementadaptability