Jobs in Thatcham

I'm supporting a leading Law firm who due to continued growth, are looking for an

experienced and commercially aware Risk & Compliance Manager to join their

expanding regional law firm.

This is a key role within the firm, responsible for managing the day-to-

day delivery of our risk and compliance framework. You will work closely with partners

and lawyers across all practice areas, ensuring that regulatory requirements are

understood, embedded and aligned with the firm’s commercial objectives.

This is an excellent opportunity for a confident compliance professional who enjoys

building strong working relationships, influencing at senior level, and driving continuous

improvement.

The Role

You will be responsible for overseeing and enhancing the firm’s core compliance

processes, providing guidance to legal teams, and ensuring effective monitoring,

reporting and risk mitigation across the business.

Key responsibilities include:

· Managing core compliance controls, including AML, conflicts, complaints and incident processes

· Responding to compliance queries and providing pragmatic, commercially sound

guidance

· Maintaining risk registers and logs to ensure accurate oversight of incidents, breaches and complaints

· Investigating regulatory issues and near misses, identifying root causes and

implementing preventative actions

· Managing and evolving the file review and audit programme to drive consistent quality

standards and early risk identification

· Analysing audit findings to identify trends and deliver targeted risk mitigation and

continuous improvement

· Supporting postaudit remediation with legal teams to ensure timely and sustainable

resolution

· Assisting with regulatory reporting and notifications

· Producing management information and trend analysis for senior leadership and

governance forums

· Delivering engaging compliance training and induction sessions

· Working collaboratively with onboarding, technology and client experience teams to

streamline compliant and client-centred processes

· Building strong, two way relationships with fee earning teams to ensure compliance

processes remain effective and aligned with business needs

· Supervising and developing junior team members

· Supporting insurer engagement and PII renewal activity

The ideal person, is someone who combines strong technical knowledge with sound

judgement and excellent communication skills.

You will have:

· Proven risk and compliance experience within a UK law firm or similar regulated

environment

· Strong working knowledge of AML requirements, complaints handling and regulatory

obligations

· Experience managing incidents and breaches in a proportionate and controlled

manner

· The confidence to influence partners and fee earners constructively

· Excellent organisational skills and a high level of attention to detail

· Experience supervising or mentoring junior colleagues

They are a growing regional firm with ambitious plans and a strong, collaborative

culture. The Risk & Compliance function plays a central role in supporting sustainable

growth, protecting clients, and maintaining high standards. If you are looking for a role

where you can make a genuine impact, shape processes, and work closely with senior

colleagues, please apply today