183 Finance Law jobs in the United Kingdom
Legal Compliance Officer
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ROLE Legal Compliance Officer (Data Protection)
LOCATION: Essex
CONTRACT: 6 months, 22.5 hours per week (3 days)
RATE: 35ph umbrella / 31.45ph PAYE inc. holiday pay / 28.06ph PAYE exc. Holiday pay
Please note that this role would require on-side attendance.
About the Role - The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the council meets its statutory and regulatory responsibilities. You will manage information requests, support compliance processes, and uphold high standards of practice in line with Lexcel accreditation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Handle and coordinate Freedom of Information (FOI) and Environmental Information Regulation (EIR) requests, ensuring timely and accurate responses.
- Manage Subject Access Requests (SARs) under the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR.
- Advise and support colleagues on data sharing and disclosure requests, including complex cases.
- Contribute to maintaining Lexcel accreditation through compliance monitoring and reporting.
- Process and track invoices in line with internal procedures and deadlines.
The Person:
- Strong knowledge of Data Protection legislation (GDPR and DPA 2018) and related compliance requirements.
- Experience handling FOI, SARs, and third-party data requests .
- Familiarity with Lexcel standards or similar quality assurance frameworks.
- Ability to work effectively across departments, providing clear advice and guidance.
Should this be an opportunity of interest, please feel free to reach out toLloyd Stanleyon (phone number removed)or email (url removed). We welcome referrals which could be worth 250 each so please also bear this in mind.
Legal Compliance Officer
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Legal Compliance Officer (Data Protection) - Harlow
£33.00 ph
Hybrid – 40% home working 60% office based
Full time
Job Purpose:
To assist the Legal Services department in ensuring compliance with statutory obligations and internal policies by delivering a range of general and specialist functions across all areas of the Service.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) requests, and respond to all hybrid FOIA enquiries on behalf of the Council. Complex cases should be referred to the Legal Services Manager for guidance.
- Handle Subject Access Requests (SARs) under the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR, escalating complex issues to the Legal Services Manager when necessary.
- Lead the coordination and response to both internal and external personal data sharing requests in line with the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR, with support from the Legal Services Manager for complex matters.
- Oversee the processes required for maintaining compliance with the Legal Service’s LEXCEL accreditation, including managing reaccreditation activities.
To find out more information please contact Abbie at (url removed)
Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. We are an equal opportunity agency.
Legal Compliance Officer
Posted 4 days ago
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Berry Recruitment is seeking an experienced Legal Compliance Officer to join a well-established local authority team based in Harlow. This temporary assignment offers a unique opportunity to contribute to critical compliance and governance functions within a public sector legal environment.
The role requires on-site presence for three days per week, increasing to four days from January 2026.
This role is to work 22.5 hours per week.
Role Overview:
The successful candidate will support the legal services function by ensuring statutory and organisational compliance across data protection, information governance, and legal accreditation frameworks.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and respond to Freedom of Information (FOIA) and Environmental Information Regulation (EIR) requests, including hybrid cases involving multiple departments.
- Lead on Subject Access Requests (SARs) under the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR, ensuring timely and accurate responses.
- Handle internal and third-party personal data sharing requests, assessing legal bases and exemptions.
- Oversee compliance processes for LEXCEL reaccreditation, including file reviews and reporting.
- Process and track invoices using internal systems, ensuring prompt payment and accurate records.
Duties Include:
- Coordinating hybrid FOIA requests and ensuring statutory deadlines are met.
- Advising departmental FOI officers on exemptions and compliance procedures.
- Drafting SAR responses and liaising with departments to validate data sharing requests.
- Conducting LEXCEL-compliant file reviews and generating reports for the Legal Services Manager.
- Maintaining invoice records and liaising with Finance to ensure timely processing.
The idea candidate will:
- Demonstrable understanding of legal practice compliance and public sector governance.
- Proven experience handling FOIA, SARs, and third-party data requests.
- Strong working knowledge of the Data Protection Act 2018, GDPR, FOIA 2000, and EIR 2004.
- Comfortable with hybrid working arrangements, with flexibility for full-time office presence if preferred.
If you are a detail-oriented legal professional with a strong grasp of data protection and compliance, Berry Recruitment would welcome your application.
Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.
Legal Compliance Officer
Posted 4 days ago
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ROLE Legal Compliance Officer (Data Protection)
LOCATION: Essex
CONTRACT: 6 months, 22.5 hours per week (3 days)
RATE: 35ph umbrella / 31.45ph PAYE inc. holiday pay / 28.06ph PAYE exc. Holiday pay
Please note that this role would require on-side attendance.
About the Role - The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the council meets its statutory and regulatory responsibilities. You will manage information requests, support compliance processes, and uphold high standards of practice in line with Lexcel accreditation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Handle and coordinate Freedom of Information (FOI) and Environmental Information Regulation (EIR) requests, ensuring timely and accurate responses.
- Manage Subject Access Requests (SARs) under the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR.
- Advise and support colleagues on data sharing and disclosure requests, including complex cases.
- Contribute to maintaining Lexcel accreditation through compliance monitoring and reporting.
- Process and track invoices in line with internal procedures and deadlines.
The Person:
- Strong knowledge of Data Protection legislation (GDPR and DPA 2018) and related compliance requirements.
- Experience handling FOI, SARs, and third-party data requests .
- Familiarity with Lexcel standards or similar quality assurance frameworks.
- Ability to work effectively across departments, providing clear advice and guidance.
Should this be an opportunity of interest, please feel free to reach out toLloyd Stanleyon (phone number removed)or email (url removed). We welcome referrals which could be worth 250 each so please also bear this in mind.
Legal Compliance Officer
Posted 4 days ago
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Legal Compliance Officer (Data Protection) - Harlow
£33.00 ph
Hybrid – 40% home working 60% office based
Full time
Job Purpose:
To assist the Legal Services department in ensuring compliance with statutory obligations and internal policies by delivering a range of general and specialist functions across all areas of the Service.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) requests, and respond to all hybrid FOIA enquiries on behalf of the Council. Complex cases should be referred to the Legal Services Manager for guidance.
- Handle Subject Access Requests (SARs) under the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR, escalating complex issues to the Legal Services Manager when necessary.
- Lead the coordination and response to both internal and external personal data sharing requests in line with the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR, with support from the Legal Services Manager for complex matters.
- Oversee the processes required for maintaining compliance with the Legal Service’s LEXCEL accreditation, including managing reaccreditation activities.
To find out more information please contact Abbie at (url removed)
Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. We are an equal opportunity agency.
Legal Compliance Officer
Posted 4 days ago
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Job Description
Berry Recruitment is seeking an experienced Legal Compliance Officer to join a well-established local authority team based in Harlow. This temporary assignment offers a unique opportunity to contribute to critical compliance and governance functions within a public sector legal environment.
The role requires on-site presence for three days per week, increasing to four days from January 2026.
This role is to work 22.5 hours per week.
Role Overview:
The successful candidate will support the legal services function by ensuring statutory and organisational compliance across data protection, information governance, and legal accreditation frameworks.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and respond to Freedom of Information (FOIA) and Environmental Information Regulation (EIR) requests, including hybrid cases involving multiple departments.
- Lead on Subject Access Requests (SARs) under the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR, ensuring timely and accurate responses.
- Handle internal and third-party personal data sharing requests, assessing legal bases and exemptions.
- Oversee compliance processes for LEXCEL reaccreditation, including file reviews and reporting.
- Process and track invoices using internal systems, ensuring prompt payment and accurate records.
Duties Include:
- Coordinating hybrid FOIA requests and ensuring statutory deadlines are met.
- Advising departmental FOI officers on exemptions and compliance procedures.
- Drafting SAR responses and liaising with departments to validate data sharing requests.
- Conducting LEXCEL-compliant file reviews and generating reports for the Legal Services Manager.
- Maintaining invoice records and liaising with Finance to ensure timely processing.
The idea candidate will:
- Demonstrable understanding of legal practice compliance and public sector governance.
- Proven experience handling FOIA, SARs, and third-party data requests.
- Strong working knowledge of the Data Protection Act 2018, GDPR, FOIA 2000, and EIR 2004.
- Comfortable with hybrid working arrangements, with flexibility for full-time office presence if preferred.
If you are a detail-oriented legal professional with a strong grasp of data protection and compliance, Berry Recruitment would welcome your application.
Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.
Legal & Compliance Assistant
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Legal & Compliance Assistant
City of London
Hybrid
£32,000 - £35,000 + CISI study package
Our client, an established global City financial institution is seeking a Legal & Compliance Assistant. This is an amazing career opportunity to support the Head of Compliance and the corporate legal team in all aspects of legal administration and compliance procedures relating to the financial/commodities markets . This role is ideally suited to a Law Graduate with post study professional qualifications or Legal Assistant with experience of working in a legal or compliance team either from a Law Practice or Corporate/Company Secretariat (in-house) setting. A banking or financial services background preferable or genuine interest to move into this sector as our client will provide further professional development and study package for the CISI qualification.
Amongst the responsibilities of the Legal & Compliance Assistant will be:
- Preparing and proofreading documentation
- Communication with other global offices
- Filings to Companies House
- Undertaking Legal research
- Preparing Board packs, minuting board meetings, and circulating board resolutions
- Undertaking KYC checks
- Preparing Presentations
- Drafting and negotiation of contracts
Legal & Compliance Assistant – what we're looking for:
- A Minimum of 12 months experience working within a Legal/Compliance department within a Financial Services organisation
- A graduate in Law or a related subject or possessing similar level of qualification.
- Passion for legal and regulatory work
- Ability to manage a varied workload in a deadline driven environment.
- MS Office skills
- A Team player who can also work autonomously
Legal & Compliance Assistant – what's in it for you?
Unique career opportunity to work for a top City Commodities Finance House. Plus receive professional development to study for the CISI qualification.
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Legal & Compliance Assistant
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Legal & Compliance Assistant
City of London
Hybrid
£32,000 - £35,000 + CISI study package
Our client, an established global City financial institution is seeking a Legal & Compliance Assistant. This is an amazing career opportunity to support the Head of Compliance and the corporate legal team in all aspects of legal administration and compliance procedures relating to the financial/commodities markets . This role is ideally suited to a Law Graduate with post study professional qualifications or Legal Assistant with experience of working in a legal or compliance team either from a Law Practice or Corporate/Company Secretariat (in-house) setting. A banking or financial services background preferable or genuine interest to move into this sector as our client will provide further professional development and study package for the CISI qualification.
Amongst the responsibilities of the Legal & Compliance Assistant will be:
- Preparing and proofreading documentation
- Communication with other global offices
- Filings to Companies House
- Undertaking Legal research
- Preparing Board packs, minuting board meetings, and circulating board resolutions
- Undertaking KYC checks
- Preparing Presentations
- Drafting and negotiation of contracts
Legal & Compliance Assistant – what we're looking for:
- A Minimum of 12 months experience working within a Legal/Compliance department within a Financial Services organisation
- A graduate in Law or a related subject or possessing similar level of qualification.
- Passion for legal and regulatory work
- Ability to manage a varied workload in a deadline driven environment.
- MS Office skills
- A Team player who can also work autonomously
Legal & Compliance Assistant – what's in it for you?
Unique career opportunity to work for a top City Commodities Finance House. Plus receive professional development to study for the CISI qualification.
Director, Legal Compliance

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_Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential._
**Title and Summary**
Director, Legal Compliance
This role is open to candidates looking to conduct the role from either our London , Peterborough or Lisbon offices .
The Mastercard Prepaid Management Services (MPMS) Compliance Team is responsible for ensuring the MPMS business adheres to all regulatory requirements, including Anti-Money Laundering (AML) policies and legislation.
The Director, Legal Compliance, reports to the VP Compliance, Risk & Fraud and provides direction and support for the implementation and oversight of the business compliance program, including AML, Sanctions, Treating Customers Fairly and Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) globally.
Key Accountabilities
-Deputize for the VP Global Compliance, as required.
-Manage a team of Analysts within EMEAA region.
-Produce, implement and maintain compliance risk assessments, policies and procedures for the following, to ensure they align with relevant legislation, industry guidance and (where applicable) issuer requirements:
o Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
o Customer Due Diligence (CDD) / oversight and review of customer on-boarding processes
o Treating Customers Fairly (TCF)
o Identity theft
o Vulnerable customers
o Politically Exposed Persons (PEP) and Sanctions screening
o Distributor / agent oversight
o Program risk assessments
o Risk control matrix (Harvey Ball risk assessments).
-Understand issuer compliance and AML requirements and develop appropriate program frameworks, to include the identification of system development requirements, operational process changes and resource requirements.
-Manage ongoing compliance relationships with issuers, to include new product initiatives, AML monitoring, Subject Access Request (SAR) reporting, TCF policy review, monthly service calls and other such requests.
-Manage, maintain and develop AML monitoring programs, in line with relevant regulations, industry guidance and issuer requirements, to include the submission of compulsory transaction reports (where required) and suspicious activity reports.
-Ensure continuous oversight of AML transaction monitoring and PEP & Sanctions screening systems, including configuration and ongoing testing.
-Manage and overview Sanction screening programs for cardholders, in line with relevant regulations, industry guidance and issuer requirements.
-Overview Sanction screening for distributors and corporates in all regions, in line with relevant regulations, industry guidance and issuer requirements.
-Review and assess new business projects and the design of compliance controls, to ensure adherence to company policy and procedures, and deliver appropriate solutions, so that robust and appropriate compliance controls are implemented to satisfy regulatory and issuer needs.
-Sign-off new market / product launches (as applicable).
-Represent MPMS Compliance, in respect of technical change and delivery at PI Planning events.
-Review and sign off collaterals and marketing material (including financial promotions), in line with industry guidance and issuer requirements.
-Manage and overview appropriate training to relevant staff, in line with regulatory and issuer requirements covering:
o AML and Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF)
o Anti-Bribery & Corruption
o TCF
-Review and update training material, track training completion and escalate non-completion.
-Continually review departmental processes, procedures and systems, to ensure the most efficient use of resources and the elimination of unnecessary cost.
-Support internal business owners and stakeholders in process improvements related to KYC and compliance requirements.
-Act as escalation point for compliance queries from other business areas.
-Provide regular reporting and MI to VP Global Compliance and escalate issues, as appropriate.
-Manage internal and issuer audits and external independent reviews, to include the provision of documentation (as per agreed scope), responding to queries and implementing improvements.
-Assist with maintaining:
o HMRC Money Service Business (MSB) registration
-Remain up-to-date with industry and regulatory developments, maintain a close relationship with the Global Compliance Team, Regional Compliance Working Groups, MPMS Legal and issuers, and proactively scan the regulatory landscape to ensure an effective and timely response to regulatory changes.
-Assess the impact of regulatory changes and industry guidance on existing AML/CTF, Sanctions, anti-bribery and TCF policies and procedures, and design controls to ensure necessary changes are implemented within MPMS Compliance and across other business areas (as appropriate).
-Maintain necessary records, in compliance with applicable regulations and issuer requirements, thereby ensuring complete and accurate data is readily available to internal and external parties.
Core Skills
-Significant experience in a Senior Compliance role, within Financial Services.
-ACAMS/ICA Certified.
-Educated to Bachelor's Degree level (minimum)
-Subject matter expert in AML regulations, including Sanctions in all regions of operation
-Able to interpret regulations and guidance, in order to assess impact and develop practical operational procedures, to ensure ongoing compliance.
-Able to deal with sensitive and confidential information.
-Strong communication skills (verbal & written) with the ability to engage key stakeholders at all levels.
-Able to build internal and external relationships.
-Analytical and detail focused, with the ability to identify anomalies, trends and make necessary recommendations.
-Able to manage and prioritize multiple tasks to completion and on time.
-Knowledge and understanding of prepaid card / electronic money products.
**Corporate Security Responsibility**
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
+ Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
+ Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
+ Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
+ Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.
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