Job Description

Group / Team

General Counsel & Risk

Working pattern

Full Time

The opportunity

The Opportunity:

Key Internal Relationships:

• Project Team
• Director of New Business Intake, West
• Head of Financial Crime
• Financial Crime Manager
• Senior Financial Crime Advisers
• Financial Crime Advisers, Analysts & Junior Analysts

Key Responsibilities:

• Assisting the Firm in its compliance with its financial crime obligations, including:
• Oversight and training of a team of Junior Financial Crime Analyst FTCs.
• Undertaking AML/CDD checks and risk assessments for the firm\'s existing Australian client base, including screening for sanctions, PEPs and other high-risk indicators.
• Assisting in the management of the firm\'s new business workflow, including the prioritisation and delegation of new business requests.
• Advising stakeholders within the firm on complex financial crime and CDD queries, while building a strong understanding of the firm and the types of matters/transactions it undertakes.
• Ensuring the AML/CDD client identification checks are completed in a timely manner and liaising with the matter team where necessary to obtain additional CDD information & documentation.
• Preparing and presenting training to the internal NBI teams.
• Carry out initial research on clients by using a variety of different research tools including analysis of structure charts and other materials to establish the true beneficial ownership of the client.
• Liaising with the other New Business Intake teams to ensure a joined up and efficient process for the fee earners and PA\'s.

Skills, experience and qualifications

Skills, experience and qualifications:

• Candidates should have a degree (law degree advantageous but not required; 2:1 or above preferred) and have worked in a Financial Crime environment in the regulated sector, or with a regulatory body or law enforcement for at least 3 years.
• Good understanding of the financial crime regulatory landscape and a desire to develop further in this area.
• Excellent research and analytical skills.
• Good commercial awareness.
• Ability to prioritise workload.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work autonomously and prioritise multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Excellent verbal, written and face to face communication skills.
• Ability to work well under pressure and to deadlines.

Group / Team description

Group / Team description:

The Global New Business Intake (NBI) team seeks to ensure that acceptance of a new client/matter by the firm will not give rise to unacceptable risk to the firm as a whole while seeking to maximise the business that can be accepted. All new clients and matters across the global network are reviewed by the NBI team prior to acceptance. NBI has overall responsibility for ensuring all of the processes involved in taking on a new client/matter are adhered to and in accordance with the firms risk management procedures. These include carrying out conflict checks for the Herbert Smith Freehills offices, client approval, matter inception, anti-money laundering checks, tracking of client terms and retainers, monitoring information barriers and recording of referrals.

The Financial Crime Team (FCT) support the firm in taking on the right clients and matters. FCT assists Partners and lawyers in complying with applicable financial crime regulations. This includes undertaking AML checks such as client due diligence (CDD) and identifying any potential reputational risks to the firm.

Role type

Business Services

Contract type

Fixed Term Contract

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Herbert Smith Freehills

Herbert Smith Freehills