Risk & Compliance Officer

Our Risk & Compliance department have an opportunity for someone to join them as a Risk & Compliance Officer. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop their experience of a broad range of compliance and risk related issues impacting a UK regulated law firm.

This is a full-time position, based out of our Bristol office.

About us

Osborne Clarke (OC) is a future-focused international legal practice with over 1400 colleagues in the UK and 26 offices around the world*. Our three-dimensional approach to client service combines legal expertise, in-depth understanding of our clients and the sectors they operate in, together with insight into the global issues that are transforming the landscape of how we live, work and do business: Decarbonisation, Digitalisation and Urban Dynamics. Looking around corners to help our clients solve legal and business challenges, big and small, and harness the opportunities of change - together we'll be ready for what's next.

We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.

What you'll do

The main purpose of this role is to support the Risk & Compliance Manager to monitor, manage, review, advise and report on compliance and / or risk related issues across the business - both on a day to day basis and in relation to specific Risk & Compliance and firmwide projects.

Key responsibilities

As part of the wider Risk & Compliance team, assist with all aspects of legal service quality, regulatory compliance and risk management, in particular:

• Administering the team's core processes, including Joiners, Movers & Leavers, firm-wide Practising Certificate renewals, Foreign Lawyer Register, Annual Declarations and fee earner file reviews;
• Helping to implement, maintain and operate effective policies and processes for managing OC's exposure to risk and regulatory compliance;
• Participating in Risk & Compliance and other firm-wide projects and initiatives as required;
• Internal audit and on-going administration of the firm-wide Quality Management System to satisfy our ISO 9001 accreditation to include root cause analysis and maintenance of the audit tracker;
• Assisting with the maintenance and development of the firm's risk registers;
• Ensuring compliance by the firm and senior management with the SRA Authorisation Rules;
• Advising the firm on and maintaining the Security Clearance and Baseline Personnel Security Standard register, to include assistance with the firm's ongoing staff vetting programme;
• Reviewing and ensuring the firm complies with the SRA Transparency Rules;
• Reporting on all key regulatory and compliance outcomes as required;
• Keeping up to date with professional, legal and best practice developments in legal service provision, regulatory compliance and risk management;
• Helping to identify risk and compliance issues that require follow-up or investigation;
• Assisting with the administration and completion of client and supplier DDQs;
• Helping to manage the firm's programme of legal supply chain management;
• Helping to manage the compliance learning management system and monitor firm-wide completion of compliance training; and
• Receive, record and manage regulatory breaches across OC, providing advice to fee earners and escalating where appropriate.

What we're looking for

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate a keen interest in compliance and regulatory work, with a proven ability to operate within a constantly evolving and challenging environment.

You'll also need to have:

• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written at all levels
• Exceptional attention to detail, appreciation of the importance of accuracy
• The ability to work discreetly with confidential information
• Confidence working under pressure with conflicting deadlines
• The ability to organise multiple tasks and prioritise accordingly
• The ability to act on your own initiative and take ownership of projects or issues, plus ability to work as part of a team
• Proficiency in utilising MS office tools, in particular Excel

Salary and benefits

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits

For more information or to apply

We would very much welcome your application using the link provided. Should you have any questions about the role, or would like to find out more about the firm, please contact Patrick Fermin Ryan at patrick.ferminryan@osborneclarke.com

At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities, and sexual or romantic orientations. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and where you belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality.

Being an inclusive employer is important to us and we are committed to ensuring every applicant's recruitment experience is free from unnecessary barriers. We have made a number of external commitments such as the Race Fairness Commitment and Women in Law Pledge, and are working with organisations like Stonewall to become a more inclusive employer. We want you to be able to show us your best during the recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application, interview process or when working with us, please let us know.

We support working families via a range of family and caring friendly policies and will accommodate flexible working where we can. We value the health and wellbeing of our people: for example, we're signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, have an active network of mental health champions and offer free initiatives and flexible benefits to all our people.

Osborne Clarke is a Living Wage Employer, so we're committed to paying everybody in our business enough to live on and to enable them to save for the future.

Please note we are not currently accepting agency CVs for this position. If you would like to make an application please do so directly.

Although we include closing dates for our roles as a guide, we review and progress applications on a rolling basis.

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