Live risk, compliance, conflicts and business acceptance roles across UK and international law firms
Risk and compliance has become one of the fastest-growing functions in UK law firms. Tightening SRA expectations, anti-money-laundering obligations and client due-diligence demands mean every regulated firm now runs a team that did not exist at this scale a decade ago — and the people who staff it are consistently in short supply.
That shortage is why the roles on this page move quickly. It is also why a generalist agency struggles here: the difference between a conflicts analyst and a business acceptance analyst is not obvious from a job title, and getting it wrong wastes everyone’s time. We work in this niche only, which means we can tell you which firms are genuinely hiring rather than simply advertising, and what a role is actually worth before you apply.
Roles are permanent, contract and interim, across London, the regions and international firms with UK-facing risk functions. Hybrid working is now standard in this function, which has widened the practical talent pool considerably.
From first-line analysts through to the people who sign the regulatory return. Each links to a full career guide with UK salary benchmarks and progression routes.
Source-of-funds review, sanctions and PEP screening, suspicious activity reporting.
Conflict searches, clearance, information barriers and engagement terms.
Client and matter onboarding, KYC and client due diligence at intake.
Firm-wide frameworks, SRA obligations, policy and operational risk.
Professional conduct, regulatory advice, support to the COLP and MLRO.
Heads of Risk, Directors of Risk & Compliance, MLRO and COLP mandates.
Before your details go anywhere, we talk about what you actually want — and tell you honestly if a role is not right for you.
Your CV goes to a firm only when you have agreed to that specific role. No scattergun applications, no surprises.
What the role pays against our own salary data, who you would report to, and what the team is really like.
You hear back — including when the answer is no, and why. That is rarer than it should be.
Applying without a salary benchmark is how good people end up underpaid for years. Our figures come from our own annual survey of the UK legal risk and compliance market — not scraped job adverts.
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New to the function, or thinking about moving into it? Our legal risk & compliance career pathways map every role, what it pays and where it leads.
Plenty of the mandates we work on never get advertised. Send us your CV and we will tell you what is coming up.
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£65,000 - £80,000 per year