Compliance and Legal Administrative Assistant

Compliance and Legal Administrative Assistant

Location: Remote

Hours: 9am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday

Permanent role

Salary: £28k - £30k p/annum

Benefits: 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, pension

Job Description

Reed Legal are recruiting for a Legal Assistant to join our clients Legal and Compliance team. They work in the payment processing arena, and we are looking for a disciplined individual with a focus on customer service and attention to detail. This is a completely remote based position.

The responsibilities of the role will include all elements of but are not limited to the following:

Compliance

• Complete compliance reviews on new and existing stakeholders (individuals and entities)
• Bank account openings
• Update in-house files with changes to data

Legal

• Contract administration, both in house and external
• Contract drafting from existing templates (service agreements, joint ventures, consultancy agreements, etc.)
• Liaising with external service providers from different jurisdictions to incorporate new companies and/or deal with any modifications (change of Director, address, etc.)  
• ICO registration management

Required Skills and experience:

• Experience in a compliance role with knowledge of KYC and AML
• Excellent team spirit is key
• Excellent attention to detail and solid organisational skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Communication skills both oral and written, to communicate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders
• Ability and experience in prioritising and working well under pressure when required
• Monitoring progress: Take ownership for all assigned tasks, monitor progress and ensure all planned work is on schedule
• Drive forward ideas from the team to improve the existing operating process

Desirable experience:

• Legal/paralegal experience an advantage
• Understanding of the payment area a plus

Please apply online if you would like to be considered for this role.