Your new companyThis is an excellent opportunity to join a forward-thinking, innovative, and friendly team based in Reading. Reporting into the Managing Partner, you will work independently in an advisory role, ensuring best practice and compliance as required by the SRA. The firm is known for offering high-quality legal work and a supportive working environment that invests in people and their development. Your new role
1. Perform risk assessments to understand the level, significance and scope of risk in the firm's risk and compliance procedures and report on findings to the Managing Partner.
2. Keep under review and manage policies, systems and controls relating to risk and compliance, breaches and reporting material breaches to the SRA, Information.
3. Support the annual Lexcel accreditation process, the Law Society's legal practice quality mark for practice management and client care.
4. Advise the Managing Partner (as COLP) and the Partnership in implementing risk and compliance matters.
5. Be the first point of contact for the firm's data protection enquiries and Subject Access Requests.
6. Maintain up-to-date knowledge and understanding of appropriate regulations and internal policies and procedures, including money laundering regulations, General Data Protection Regulations, SRA Handbook, firm standards of client service, anti-bribery and corruption, conflicts of interest, client due dilige...