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Are you ready for a new challenge? We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Manager to become a part of our thriving Global Compliance team, based in Guernsey or Jersey.
This is a key role in developing & updating our global R&C policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with each operating jurisdiction’s legal and regulatory requirements. As part of our Compliance Monitoring Programme, you’ll test the controls contained in the policies and identify areas where new or improved policies and procedures are required.
In return, we can offer you focused mentoring and professional development support to ensure you continue to grow as the business grows and achieve your full potential.
If you would like to join an ambitious and forward thinking firm whose inclusive culture and values recognise that its people are fundamental to its success, we would love to hear from you!

ABOUT MOURANT

We are proud to be a leading offshore law-firm led professional services business, advising many of the world’s leading financial institutions, corporations, public organisations, private equity houses and investment funds, as well as ultra-high net worth individuals and family offices.
We believe in inclusive workplaces where everyone feels seen, heard, valued and respected. We have a strong sense of common purpose, where all our people are clear about our goals and the role they can play in achieving them. We pride ourselves in providing accessible development opportunities to all our people in a team-spirited environment, where everyone feels like they belong and can thrive.
If you would like to join an award winning and forward thinking firm whose inclusive culture and values recognise that its people are fundamental to its success, we would love to hear from you.
We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. If you need this job description or the application form in an alternative format, or if you would like to discuss the recruitment process with our recruitment team, please email recruitment@mourant.com

• Develop & update global R&C policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with each operating jurisdiction’s legal and regulatory requirements—including financial crime, financial services, data protection, confidentiality, local Law Society Codes, and Mourant Group compliance standards—through independent research and collaboration with R&C and policy team.
• Work closely with R&C team members, General Counsel Team and Mourant Governance Services Business Controls Team and In-House Counsel, on analysing new legal and regulatory requirements to maintain our compliance culture and identify areas where new or improved policies and procedures are required.
• Work with our Business Services teams (such as Finance and HR) in connection with their policies and procedures, to ensure a joined-up approach to legal and regulatory compliance.
• Participate in testing the controls contained in the policies as part of the Compliance Monitoring Programme which is an annual schedule of reviews set on a risk basis by the Global Compliance Services Team, in conjunction with the regional Heads of Compliance and the business, across the different licenses held by Mourant.
• Assist with stakeholder inquiries and the periodic compliance and business reporting on policy updates or the Compliance Monitoring Programme.