Compliance Officer

Sewell Wallis is working with a well-established, professional services business based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, which is currently looking for an experienced Compliance Officer to join the business and make a significant impact in a crucial area of the business.

In this Compliance Officer role, you will be required to review client files under the supervision and direction of the Team Leader and ensuring that the business is compliant at all times with the provisions of relevant financial services legislation.

What will you be doing?

The Compliance Officer will:

• Establish strong communication lines with lawyers and relevant staff to ensure that Know Your Customer ("KYC") requests are dealt with efficiently and professionally
• Ensure that Enhanced Due Diligence procedures are followed wherever high-risk triggers are identified, escalating the matter in line with policies and procedures as required
• Ensure that applicants for business, clients and related compliance parties are entered into relevant databases as required and that KYC approvals are accurately applied

What skills are we looking for?

• A minimum of 3 years of experience within legal services.
• An advanced understanding of KYC and AML regulatory obligations
• Proficiency with different software.

What's on offer?

• Modern office located near good transport links.
• Hybrid working (3 days in the office, 2 from home).
• Health cover.

Send us your CV below or contact Becky Gibson for more information.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.