Job Specifications
Southport or Liverpool – Hybrid Working
Office Locations: Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Bolton, Southport, Newcastle, Reading, Birmingham, Northampton, and Cambridge
Hybrid working available – with the flexibility to work from home and collaborate in-office when needed. We believe we offer our colleagues the best hybrid and flexible working practices, balancing working from home with time collaborating and socialising with colleagues in our modern offices.
Fletchers Group have a fantastic opportunity to join our growing Team.
Are you detail-driven, organised and passionate about maintaining high standards in a fast-paced legal environment? We are looking for a motivated Compliance Executive to join our Compliance team and play a key role in ensuring our firm meets regulatory, ethical and operational obligations.
In this varied and rewarding role, you’ll support our Head of Compliance and wider legal teams, carrying out essential compliance tasks across areas such as AML, due diligence, reporting, complaints handling, policy reviews and audit support. You will be involved at the early stages of the business process, helping to ensure our systems, procedures and client onboarding activities meet regulatory requirements from the outset.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with legal knowledge, strong analytical skills and exceptional attention to detail who is looking to develop their career within risk and compliance. If you thrive in a collaborative team environment, enjoy problem-solving, and are keen to play an important part in supporting a high-performing legal business, we’d love to hear from you.
In Return Fletchers Offers
35 hours working week
Bonus scheme (subject to targets being met)
35 days holiday a year including bank holidays and Christmas Closure, you also have an option to purchase up to 3 extra days’ holiday per year, until you long service award the 3 days after your 5th, 7th, and 9th full year of employment
Pension scheme with tax-efficient salary sacrifice option
Life Assurance Policy
Medicash policy to cover some dental, optical and other medical expenses
Company sick pay
Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and IVF schemes
Flexible, agile working environment with a positive work-life balance
Varied calendar of funded company social events (check out Fletchers Group on LinkedIn)
Monthly voucher awards for winning nominees
A genuinely supportive and friendly culture
Ongoing training and professional development opportunities
Main Responsibilities
To support the first stages of the business from a compliance perspective
Provide support to the Head of Compliance for the business area, the Director of Compliance and COLP/COFA in performing their duties
Provide compliance support to the wider business
Review marketing documentation
Deal with complaints, concerns raised by clients of the business
Support in the completion of due diligence, know your client and AML checks
To support the annual review and updates required to all policies, procedures and standards across the business;
Collate data for compliance reports, risk assessments, data reviews across different business areas together with data required for external reports (SRA, LeO, ICO)
Provide administrative support to collaborative compliance projects across the group
Assist and support with other tasks and projects as and when required to meet business needs
Assist the Team in responding to the requirements of external auditors, companies or third parties, to include analysis of cases and such information as necessary to enable the firm to meet its requirements under any agreement.
To assist with the firms LEXCEL assessment or such other accreditations the firm applies for
Essential Skills And Experience
Relevant legal knowledge and experience
Experience and understanding of working with Proclaim or a similar case management system
Excellent analytical skills
Good IT skills
Ability to communicate effectively with others and work within a team
Excellent attention to detail
Desirable Skills And Experience
Experience working in a compliance environment
We reserve the right to close this role before the date specified depending on the calibre and volume of candidates.
About Fletchers Group
Fletchers is a fast-growing, dynamic law firm specialising in personal injury and clinical negligence law, with outstanding rankings in both The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. Following several strategic acquisitions, we’ve evolved into the Fletchers Group, with ambitious plans for continued growth and innovation.
We aspire to be the best place to work in the legal sector.
Our workplace culture is inclusive, informal, and supportive, with a strong focus on colleague wellbeing and happiness. We are proud to offer some of the best hybrid and flexible working arrangements in the industry — because we understand that balance drives performance.
At Fletchers, we also value connection and collaboration. We create exciting opportuniti
About the Company
If you've suffered through medical negligence or a serious, life-changing injury, chances are you'll be going through one of the most traumatic experiences of your life. That's why it's crucial to have an empathetic and knowledgeable law firm representing you. Here at Fletchers, we have one of the largest medical negligence and personal injury practices in the UK. We specialise in serious injury, medical negligence and motorbike accidents; and more recently, have expanded our legal expertise into data breach and diesel emiss...
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