We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented individual to join our team as an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Administrator.

As an AML Administrator you'll be instrumental in ensuring our adherence to AML regulations and safeguarding our operations against financial crime. Your responsibilities will include monitoring client transactions, conducting thorough investigations, and maintaining comprehensive records.

We are an innovative law firm committed to maintaining the highest standards of integrity and compliance. This role is crucial in supporting our commitment to robust AML processes and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.

It's a friendly and supportive team where you'll be encouraged to develop your career at the firm with opportunities for both personal and professional development.

We offer hybrid working at Walker Morris, so you’ll be able to split your time between home and the office, with 3 days in the office per week.

As the AML Administrator, you will be responsible for:

• Administering the AML workflow within the case management system, including processing new client file opening requests and re-verifying existing clients
• Providing clear, risk based-guidance and advice to the business on money laundering, sanctions and broader financial crime queries, ensuring appropriate checks are conducted.
• Conducting identity verification and screening checks on clients, beneficial owners, related parties, and counterparties.
• Regularly reviewing and managing sanctions, PEP, and watch-list matches and escalating as appropriate.
• Supporting the ongoing monitoring of clients and matters, including periodic reviews and reporting any concerns/suspicious activity to the AML Manager.

Liaising with relevant stakeholders to address technical and general AML, queries  and ensuring alignment with firm-wide financial crime policies and procedures.

We are looking for:

• Experience within a similar Business Administration or Risk & Compliance role dealing with B2B checks.
• Experience within a Law Firm or similar professional services team.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to simplify complex legislation and guidance.
• Good academic ability to interpret rules and regulations, coupled with a practical common-sense approach.
• A team player with highly developed influencing skills and resilience.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel.

Some of our benefits include:

• Salary reflective of your experience.
• Earn up to 10% of your salary with our annual bonus scheme.
• Minimum of 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays per year increasing to 31 days with length of service, with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday per year.
• Auto enrolled into the workplace pension scheme, and we'll contribute a minimum of 6% of your salary. 
• 4x your annual salary in the event of a death in service.
• Hybrid and flexible working with a minimum of 3 days in the office per week.

Find out more about working at Walker Morris here.

Company Values

Our shared values represent our culture and the things that are important to us.  They define who we are as a Firm, as an employer and what we expect of our people.  They provide direction and purpose by influencing the decisions that we make and the actions that we take.  It’s really important that all candidates and employees demonstrate these values in their day-to-day activities:

• Embrace the fact everyone is different and unique.
• You can be serious without wearing a suit.
• Never lose sight of the bigger picture.
• Two heads are better than one.
• Take the bull by the horns.
• We win & lose together.

Walker Morris is committed to being an inclusive employer.  Our aim is to ensure our workforce represents our diverse society.  We recognise that everyone brings their own unique capabilities and experiences to their work.  We welcome applications regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, neuro diversity or disability status, family or parental status, race, religion or ethnicity.

We take great pride in being a Disability Confident Employer.  If you need any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to ask.

Click here to find out more about our diversity and inclusion work.