Junior AML Analyst

Dentons Business Services EMEA is the operational backbone of Dentons, supporting the world's largest law firm in delivering exceptional service to clients across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. As a crucial component of Dentons' global network, our EMEA business services team plays a key role in driving efficiency, innovation, and collaboration.

At Dentons Business Services EMEA, we are committed to excellence in supporting legal professionals with cutting-edge solutions. Our dynamic and diverse team collaborates seamlessly to provide a wide range of services, including finance, IT, human resources, marketing, and more. We pride ourselves on fostering a culture of continuous improvement and adaptability.

About the role:

Role is to support the AML Team in ensuring effective client and matter risk controls are in place and operate across the full range of practice areas within the firm globally. To contribute to ensuring that the firm complies with its regulatory obligations and appropriately manages and mitigates risk issues.

Junior AML Analyst will be responsible for the following core compliance processes:

• Client Due Diligence (CDD) Process, including managing high risk clients, PEPs and Business Acceptance Committee Processes.
• Client Care and Engagement Terms.
• Sanctions monitoring, including sanction updates.
• Assessment of AML risks depending on the client's jurisdiction, legal, regulatory position and commercial activities.
• Client Pre-Approval processes.
• Matter management, including matter opening and assessing compliance with applicable regulations, rules and policies, including the SRA and Law Society of Scotland's Code of Conduct.
• Compliance auditing and non-compliance reporting.

Requirements

• First AML, legal or compliance experience working in a law firm or a professional services environment.
• Highly effective research skills using all relevant information sources, including IT resources and ability to use them to their full potential.
• A good knowledge of relevant compliance rules and regulations, including (but not limited to) client care, conflicts of interest, confidentiality, anti-bribery and corruption, money laundering, sanctions.
• Able to assemble research and produce clear, accurate findings.
• PC literate with a good working knowledge of MS Office, e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills; can clearly explain and present problems and issues to others.
• Advanced level of English.