About Acuity Law
We are a leading UK law firm renowned for our commitment to excellence, client service, and delivering innovative legal solutions. Our firm is recognised for its collaborative and dynamic working environment, offering high-quality legal advice to a diverse range of clients, from multinational corporations and financial institutions to SMEs, start-ups and high-net-worth individuals. We pride ourselves on fostering professional growth, encouraging innovation, and maintaining an inclusive and supportive culture.
About The Role
We are looking for a Compliance Executive to join our growing Compliance Team, reporting to the Compliance Manager.
This is a hands-on role supporting the day-to-day delivery of the firm’s compliance and regulatory processes. You will undertake routine compliance activities across areas including client onboarding, AML, sanctions and source of funds, maintain key compliance records and registers, support monitoring and file review activity, and assist with the firm’s wider regulatory requirements.
The role involves working closely with lawyers, consultants and business services colleagues across Acuity. You will manage routine compliance activities within established processes, follow matters through to completion and identify issues that require escalation to the Compliance Manager or other members of the Compliance Team.
This role would suit someone with experience in a comparable compliance position within a law firm or other regulated professional services business who is looking to broaden their experience within a growing legal business.
About The Team
Compliance is an integral and growing function within Acuity Law, supporting the firm in meeting its legal, regulatory and professional obligations while enabling the business to grow responsibly.
The team comprises our COLP/COFA, Compliance Manager, Compliance Consultant and Compliance Executive, working together across regulatory compliance, risk management, client onboarding, AML, monitoring and the continued development of the firm’s compliance framework.
The Compliance Executive will work particularly closely with the Compliance Manager while also having exposure to senior colleagues and stakeholders across the firm.
Key Responsibilities
- Undertake client onboarding and ongoing compliance processes, including AML, sanctions and source of funds checks.
- Provide day-to-day administrative and operational support to the Compliance Manager across the firm’s compliance, risk and regulatory activities.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date compliance records, registers, trackers and documentation.
- Monitor compliance deadlines and follow up outstanding actions to ensure they are completed within required timescales.
- Assist with the implementation and monitoring of the firm’s compliance policies, procedures and processes.
- Support routine compliance checks and reviews, escalating any issues or anomalies to the Compliance Manager.
- Support the administration and record keeping of compliance breaches, incidents, complaints, claims and other risk matters.
- Assist with the preparation of information and documentation for SRA audits, regulatory reviews and other compliance requirements.
- Support internal compliance audits and file reviews, maintaining records of findings and monitoring outstanding actions.
- Maintain compliance and regulatory training records and assist with the coordination of training where required.
- Monitor relevant regulatory updates and bring significant changes to the attention of the Compliance Manager.
- Assist with the preparation of compliance communications, reports and management information.
- Liaise with colleagues across the firm to obtain information required for compliance processes and reviews, and support compliance projects and process improvements as required.
About You
You will have experience in a comparable compliance role within a law firm, or other regulated professional services business and a working understanding of the processes and controls required within a regulated environment. You will be comfortable working with compliance procedures, records and deadlines, communicating with colleagues across the business and handling sensitive and confidential information appropriately.
Personal Specification
Essential
- Previous experience in a comparable compliance role within a law firm or other regulated professional services business.
- Practical experience of working with compliance processes, controls and record keeping.
- Experience of AML, client due diligence or other regulated client onboarding processes.
- Ability to maintain accurate records and work effectively to required deadlines.
- Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with colleagues at different levels of an organisation.
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information appropriately.
- Ability to identify issues that fall outside established procedures and escalate them.
Desirable
- Experience of compliance within an SRA-regulated law firm.
- Working knowledge of SRA requirements and the regulatory environment applicable to law firms.
- Experience of sanctions, source of funds/source of wealth checks and ongoing client monitoring.
- Experience supporting compliance audits, file reviews or other monitoring activity.
- Experience using compliance, case-management or client-onboarding systems.
Why Join Us?
You will be joining an established but growing Compliance Team at an exciting point in Acuity’s development. The role offers exposure to a broad range of compliance and regulatory work and the opportunity to work closely with experienced compliance professionals and colleagues across the firm.
You will have the opportunity to build on your existing compliance experience, broaden your knowledge of law firm regulation and contribute to the continued development of Acuity’s compliance systems and processes.
We offer a collaborative working environment, hybrid working and opportunities for continued professional development as the firm and Compliance Team grow.
Next Steps
If you’re interested in this role and looking to take the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your application detailing your experience and suitability for the role.
For a confidential discussion, please contact our recruitment team. We look forward to welcoming a talented professional to our growing team.