Governance & Risk Team Leader

• Managing and organising the G&R coordinator team
• Providing supervision, guidance and monitoring to junior team members
• Managing key compliance processes such as information barriers, bogus firm checks, emails sent to personal addresses, data subject access requests and declarations of personal interests
• Acting as a trusted point of contact for colleagues across the firm on compliance matters
• Providing clear, pragmatic and high quality advice on all compliance and regulatory queries and Capsticks’ policies and processes
• Interpreting regulations and policies to make informed, risk-based decisions and escalating complex issues where appropriate
• Researching and keeping up to date with regulatory changes and embedding updates across the firm
• Building strong internal relationships to champion a positive compliance culture and risk management
• Attend legal divisional meetings to report on governance and risk issues
• Organising and delivering training to new joiners and on an ad hoc basis
• Maintain and deliver our quality management and information security management systems
• Contributing to wider compliance and firm wide projects and supporting initiatives across the firm
• Preparing and supervising compliance reports and committee papers
• Creating and managing a planned program of compliance communications to the firm
• Assisting with annual insurance renewal

• Educated to degree standard or equivalent work experience
• Strong, proven experience of working in a compliance team in a law firm and knowledge of the requirements of the SRA Code of Conduct, AML Regulations and GDPR
• Previous experience of handling complex compliance queries, such as professional conduct, AML and conflicts queries
• The ability to work calmly under pressure, juggle deadlines and manage the expectations of internal clients
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel (including use of formulae and pivot tables) and data manipulation
• Proven communication skills, tailoring messages to different audiences
• Commitment to meeting consistently high standards whilst ensuring attention to detail
• Strong organisation and prioritisation skills
• A self-motivated proactive approach and the ability to manage your own and others’ workloads

• Previous experience of data protection
• Previous experience of supervision and management

Competitive Salary & Benefits