Risk and Compliance Executive
SchillingsAbout the role
Schillings handles high stakes opportunities and threats for an international clientele: successful individuals, businesses and high-profile organisations across the world.
We support our clients to achieve their goals by developing winning strategies to protect their freedom to operate, and are the first port of call in a crisis, defending our clients from attacks on their reputations, privacy and security. Schillings’ offer is unique to the market, combining strategic communications with law, intelligence & investigations, digital resilience and security.
Schillings is a collaborative and welcoming place to work, with a positive culture, strong values and a developed service ethic. We require commitment, diligence, curiosity, agility and professionalism, and in return provide competitive packages, stimulating challenges and interesting work. We are committed to sharing learning and creating development opportunities so you can progress your career with us. Our people’s career trajectories and average longevity at Schillings underline this.
Join us and become part of our story.
Job Title: Risk & Compliance Executive
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Reporting to: Senior Risk & Compliance Manager
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000
Job Purpose:
The growth of our business both in the UK and internationally, as well as expanding the services we provide to our clients, necessitates an increasingly specialised and professional risk and compliance function. The Risk & Compliance team protects the interests of Schillings, while also ensuring the business can operate effectively and continue to pursue exciting opportunities within a regulated environment.
The Risk & Compliance Executive will serve as the first port of call for client and matter opening, and supplier onboarding, working collaboratively with all areas of the firm to onboard clients and third parties in a professional and timely manner. The Executive will have the unique opportunity to develop and lead on the firm's KYC/AML policies, processes and systems alongside the firm’s newly placed Onboarding Manager, providing in-house advisory support, giving commercial risk and compliance advice and training to internal stakeholders.
The Risk & Compliance Executive will be able to work quickly and efficiently within a team environment and will support the Risk & Compliance team in providing a high-quality service to our internal and external clients.
Role Accountabilities:
- Coordination of the client onboarding process, which includes:
- Daily coordination of the end-to-end client and matter opening process, including running due diligence and risk checks for all new work opportunities, conducting initial assessment of results and determining any next steps or actions required
- Contributing to ongoing improvements to the client and matter opening systems and processes
- Reviewing and updating the firm's AML risk assessment and source of funds checks
- Daily monitoring and reporting on OFSI / OFAC / EU sanctions lists
- Ensuring matter opening risk assessments are completed
- Co-ordinating file transfers – recalling files from archives and organising resourcing
- Adding client and matter risk flags to the client relationship management (CRM) system and monitoring deadlines
- Conducting matter risk reviews, including regular high-risk matter reviews, and file reviews, providing advice on key risks and mitigations to matter teams.
- Coordination of the supplier onboarding process, which includes:
- Liaising with internal stakeholders and with suppliers, advising on onboarding requirements
- Sending out due diligence questionnaires using the firm’s third-party due diligence software, reviewing due diligence information
- Reviewing contractual agreements, terms of business and confidentiality agreements, advising on risk areas and drafting amendments
- Assisting with the development of system and process improvements on the supplier onboarding platform
- Entering information into CRM, monitoring renewal deadlines and review dates
- Assisting with various Team administration tasks, which includes:
- Monitoring team inbox
- Taking enquiries and escalating to other team members as appropriate
- Scheduling meetings both externally and internally, circulating agendas and minute-taking
- Managing and updating the team intranet page as necessary
- Filing Risk & Compliance documents
- Ad hoc cover and overflow support for other members of the Risk & Compliance team.
- Ad hoc administrative tasks.
- Assisting with various business administration tasks, which includes:
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