The Role
Leads legal risk and compliance services across a specialist law firm. Provides advice on SRA regulations, AML, conflicts, data protection, and other regulatory requirements; manages audits, investigations, risk reviews, professional indemnity claims, complaints, and regulatory reporting. Advises and challenges partners and senior stakeholders, delivers training, and leads projects addressing regulatory change and emerging compliance risks.
Summary Generated by Built In
Ready to take the lead on complex legal risk and compliance matters in a firm that advises organisations and individuals, making a positive difference to society?
You will support the Head of Risk, Compliance & Knowledge in delivering a specialist risk and compliance service across the firm. Working closely with partners, legal teams and business services colleagues, you will provide expert guidance on complex regulatory matters and help ensure compliance across the sectors we serve, including housing, property, social business and charities.
You will support the Head of Risk, Compliance & Knowledge in delivering a specialist risk and compliance service across the firm. Working closely with partners, legal teams and business services colleagues, you will provide expert guidance on complex regulatory matters and help ensure compliance across the sectors we serve, including housing, property, social business and charities.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical advice on SRA Standards & Regulations, AML, conflicts, data protection and wider regulatory requirements.
- Lead compliance audits, investigations and risk reviews, identifying improvements and driving best practice.
- Manage professional indemnity claims and support complaints handling and regulatory reporting.
- Deliver training, guidance and challenge to partners and senior stakeholders on risk and compliance matters.
- Lead projects responding to regulatory change and emerging compliance risks across the firm.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Significant legal sector risk and compliance experience with strong knowledge of SRA regulation, AML, conflicts and data protection.
- Proven ability to interpret complex legislation and apply regulatory requirements within a commercial legal practice.
- Confidence to influence, challenge and support partners and senior stakeholders on compliance issues.
- Experience of claims management, compliance audits and regulatory investigations.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to deliver clear advice, training and written guidance.
Benefits
- Birmingham, located roles, we have a newly refurbished office in the City centre with an on-site café and free use of Gym facilities
- For Manchester vacancies, we have a City Central site, with newly refurbished facilities
- Hybrid working
- 25 days holiday, 2 gift days at Christmas.
- The opportunity to give back and have 3 days available for social purpose volunteering.
- All IT equipment and support for effective home working
- An excellent development training programme and opportunities to grow sector expertise
About
Anthony Collins Solicitors is a specialist law firm with a clear purpose – to “improve lives, communities and society". For over 50 years, we’ve been successfully combining market-leading legal expertise with a commitment to excellence and long-term relationships underpinned by a strong set of values. What makes Anthony Collins Solicitors distinctive, beyond simply being a sector-specialist law firm, is our people and the values we share. We’re extremely proud of the calibre of people that we attract; people who are inspired by our values, motivated by our vision and work with our clients to positively influence the society and communities we are building together.
Skills Required
- Significant legal sector risk and compliance experience
- Strong knowledge of SRA Standards and Regulations
- Strong knowledge of anti-money laundering requirements
- Strong knowledge of conflicts requirements
- Strong knowledge of data protection requirements
- Ability to interpret complex legislation and apply regulatory requirements in a commercial legal practice
- Experience influencing, challenging, and supporting partners and senior stakeholders
- Experience managing claims
- Experience conducting compliance audits
- Experience handling regulatory investigations
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to deliver clear advice, training, and written guidance
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The Company
What We Do
Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP is a national sector-specialist law firm with a clear purpose to improve lives, communities, and society. They deliver accessible and pragmatic legal advice across various sectors including health and social care, education, housing, charities, local government, social business, and legal services for individuals.
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