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AML Manager
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Role - AML Manager
Location: Bristol (with regular travel to other offices)
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Type: Full-time
The Role
We are seeking an experienced AML Manager to join our Quality & Risk Team within a leading law firm. This is a key role responsible for overseeing the firm’s anti-money laundering framework, client onboarding processes, and the quality and accuracy of client and matter data within the firm’s Practice Management System.
Working closely with the MLRO, Deputy MLRO, legal teams, and business services functions, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring robust AML controls, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement across the firm’s client inception and work acceptance processes.
You will lead the centralised AML function, provide expert advice on complex client due diligence matters, and manage a team responsible for ensuring consistent, high-quality onboarding standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Take ownership of client and matter data quality within the firm’s Practice Management System (Lawman)
- Lead and improve client and matter inception processes across the firm
- Manage the firm’s centralised AML and client onboarding processes
- Develop, maintain, and continuously improve AML policies, procedures, and internal controls
- Provide expert guidance on AML queries, including:
- Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)
- Sanctions screening
- Adverse media checks
- Complex client structures including trusts and corporate entities
- Customer Due Diligence (CDD) requirements
- Manage relationships with third-party screening and electronic verification providers
- Oversee and support AML training across the business
- Supervise and develop the Work Acceptance Team, encouraging high performance and consistent service delivery
- Support audits, monitoring activity, and regulatory reviews, including remediation plans where required
- Analyse AML data and prepare reports, recommendations, and improvement plans
- Assist with maintaining team guidance, process manuals, and best practice documentation
- Support wider quality, risk, and business improvement initiatives
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About You
The successful candidate will have:
- Previous experience working as an AML Manager within a law firm
- Strong knowledge of AML, CDD, and financial crime compliance requirements within legal services
- Experience managing client onboarding processes and improving operational workflows
- Experience using and managing legal Practice Management Systems and client databases
- Experience with electronic identity verification and AML screening platforms
- Ability to analyse complex AML documentation and provide clear recommendations
- Experience managing and developing a team
- Strong understanding of regulatory requirements and risk management principles
- Excellent attention to detail, organisation, and analytical skills
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
- An AML qualification and degree-level education would be advantageous.
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