Legal and regulatory compliance advisor designing and coordinating frameworks at Desjardins. Ensuring compliance with organizational standards and advising stakeholders.
About the role
- Head Legal Cashier leading the client money team at Lawhive, ensuring compliance and operational excellence. Focused on integrating financial processes within their AI platform.
Responsibilities
- Manage and grow a high-performing client money team, leading by example and setting clear standards and expectations
- Oversee team workload and task prioritisation, ensuring timely delivery of business needs with a strong sense of urgency
- Mentor team members and foster a culture of excellence and continuous improvement
- Ensure full compliance with SRA Accounts Rules, leveraging in-depth knowledge of SRA reconciliations and reporting requirements
- Develop, implement, and maintain robust financial policies, procedures, and controls
- Set the benchmark for legal cashiering excellence across Lawhive and roll this out business-wide
- Maintain oversight of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) policies and procedures
- Act as the key partner in integrating client money processes into the Lawhive platform
- Identify gaps and clearly communicate platform changes required to ensure compliance and operational efficiency
- Collaborate closely with product and operations teams to prioritise and implement system improvements
- Drive continuous enhancement of client money operations through technology and process optimisation
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in legal finance, client money, or legal cashiering, with demonstrated team leadership
- Experience serving as COFA (Compliance Officer for Finance and Administration)
- Deep knowledge of SRA Accounts Rules, with a proven track record in SRA reconciliations and reporting
- Strong experience creating and implementing policies and procedures, particularly around AML compliance
Benefits
- 💰 Meaningful early-stage equity at one of Europe’s fastest growing startups
- ✈️ 33 days’ annual leave (25 + bank holidays) plus your birthday off
- 💰 Pension contribution via Nest
- 💻 Top-spec Macbook
- ⛳️ Regular team building activities and socials!
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