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Are you a recent law graduate? Looking to start your legal career? Or have legal and compliance background? Look no further!
Our client is seeking support in their Central File Opening Team responsible for assisting each department with opening their files, including anti-money laundering and Client Due Diligence checking.
The Role
As a member of the Central File Opening team, you will:
- Open matter files within our case management system (Peppermint)
- Upload client ID to our case management including scanning and photocopying
- Follow up on any client calls/emails and assist them with their ID documentation, explaining the process where necessary
- Advise our legal teams of any issues arising from the file opening process
- Assist with risk assessments and associated risk relevant work, liaising with our Risk and Compliance team when necessary
- Carry out general administrative tasks in relation to file opening
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Required
Ideally, you will have worked within a legal practice previously or a recent law graduate. We would like you to have experience of inputting data and working to tight timescales.
You could have legal secretarial, administration, or any other type of office-based experience and now be looking for a new challenge.
Ideally, you will:
- Demonstrate an ability to work efficiently in a volume processing environment
- Have good analytical skills and a keen eye for detail and problem-solving
- Be able to deal with competing deadlines/workload
- Have the ability to see a task through to completion in a timely manner
- Be capable of using your own initiative
- Have excellent interpersonal skills and organizational skills
- Be a good communicator (both written and verbal) and have the confidence to discuss ID requirements with our clients, as well as with members of the firm
- Be adaptable and flexible
- Have the ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Have strong Microsoft Office skills – such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Email
This can be a fully remote role travelling one day a week to Bury St Edmunds.
Interested?
Please call Michelle Topley on or email your CV to . Alternatively apply online.
