My Client a leading Real Estate Investment Group Company based in the heart of the City are recruiting for a Compliance Assistant.

An ideal candidate will have recently graduated in with a relevant Law degree and would ideally have 6 months experience

The Role

The purpose of this role is to provide in-house compliance support. There is plenty of scope to develop this role and work towards your professional qualifications.

Key Duties to include

• Updating compliance policies and procedures
• Assisting with the development of the firms AML processes and procedures
• Dealing with general internal and external client queries
• Assisting with responding to regulatory, compliance and AML queries from the business
• Ensuring new joiners have completed all compliance onboarding documents
• Assisting with the completion of customer due diligence and KYC process for clients
• Assisting with designing and delivering regulatory eLearning training, and ensuring that all staff members complete the training
• Analysing compliance training data, providing feedback and creating reports
• Maintaining the breaches, complaints and conflicts register
• Ensuring that all gifts, entertainment and personal account trades are logged appropriately
• Providing general administrative support to the compliance department
• Assisting with ensuring GDPR compliance
• Supporting the Compliance Officer on day-to-day tasks and projects

Candidates Skills/Qualities

• Recent graduate with some knowledge of UK regulatory requirements and previous compliance experience would be beneficial
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong communication skills with the ability to liaise with stakeholders and counterparties of M7
• Willingness to learn and take ownership of developing the role
• Ability to prioritise and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Good working knowledge of current and future policies, practices, trends, technology and information affecting the business
• Strong analytical, research and reporting skills
• Ability to handle a varied workload
• Proficiency in MS Word and Excel