Compliance Administrator

Watson Farley & Williams is an international law firm advising on complex disputes and transactions through local knowledge and an integrated international network.  We have a strong sector focus, combining our technical excellence with deep industry knowledge across Energy, Transport and associated Infrastructure.

The firm has achieved rapid expansion and year-on-year growth owed almost entirely to a focused strategy, strong leadership and the quality of its people.  The next stage in the firm’s growth plan is to achieve full-service strength within core sectors across the global platform.

We strive for excellence in all that we do and view investment in our people as key to achieving our business goals and values, which rest on developing deep and long-lasting relationships externally and internally through respect, sharing, communication and integrity.

Our global practice is integrated across our offices in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and North America delivering consistently high levels of service across borders and locally through a deep understanding of local business customs and culture.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace to attract and retain the most talented people from all backgrounds and cultures.  We believe in celebrating difference and that people from any background can rise to the top, ensuring opportunities to develop and progress are available for all.

The core Compliance Team at Watson Farley and Williams is based between London and Singapore and is comprised of: Director of Risk & Compliance, Compliance Manager, Assistant Compliance Manager, Senior Compliance Officers, Compliance Officers and a Compliance Administrator.  As part of our strategy to globalise the team, we also have a Senior Compliance Officer in Germany and Greece.

This role involves assisting the Compliance team, fee earners and support staff at all levels of the business on the client and matter opening process and ensuring that the necessary compliance checks are completed. This role will involve a wide variety of administrative tasks including reviewing, collating, and following up on outstanding documentation by liaising with lawyers and staff worldwide.

The key focus of the role will be to support the team with administrative tasks. This will involve working closely with the teams responsible for credit control, billing, and cashiering.

• Updating information in the finance system (CMS)
• Liaising with fee earners to ensure that outstanding information is requested from clients and/or third parties
• Maintaining registers including process agency matters, gifts and hospitality, data protection, PEPs and Enhanced risk matters.
• Dealing with ad hoc queries, including requests for reopening files and background/company checks
• Administrative tasks involved with office opening/closing
• Ad hoc research tasks
• Information barrier maintenance
• Assisting on Compliance projects
• Annual employee screening

• Strong organisational skills
• Ability to think, analyse and use initiative
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Excellent IT skills
• Good interpersonal skills

• Law degree

We offer a competitive benefits and wellbeing package for all employees.

The Firm promotes a culture of agility and flexibility and is fully supportive of flexible working arrangements where these can be accommodated.

Respect for different backgrounds and perspectives is at the heart of our firm’s core values and we recognise the importance of fostering an inclusive environment that allows everyone to reach their full potential. This is a key feature of our Global Code of Conduct, which places diversity and inclusion at the centre of our firm’s ways of working.

We believe that exceptional client service can only be delivered by exceptional people. For this reason, we aim to attract, retain and develop the best talent from a wide range of backgrounds. All decisions relating to employment will be objective and based on merit and ability.

We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment processes are as inclusive and barrier-free as possible. This includes making adjustments for candidates with a disability or long-term health condition.  If you require adjustments to be made at any stage of the recruitment process, we’d encourage you to get in touch with a member of our team who would be happy to discuss options with you.