Legal Compliance Manager

The Opportunity

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Legal Compliance Manager to join the Global in-house Legal Team at William Grant and Sons on a fixed term contract. The role will involve supporting the Head of Legal Compliance and the wider Legal Team in all areas of compliance work, but with particular focus on the anti-bribery and corruption (ABC), gifts and hospitality (G&H), know your customer (KYC), fraud prevention and competition law compliance programmes.

What you’ll be doing

• Assisting the Head of Legal Compliance in developing and implementing effective legal compliance programs and initiatives globally.
• Planning and conducting comprehensive compliance training sessions.
• Drafting and maintaining current legal compliance policies.
• analyzing global compliance trends and drafting reports for Executive Board, Audit Committee and other stakeholders
• Conducting internal investigations, including review of evidence and preparing witness statements.
• Overseeing legal compliance portals and addressing related queries.
• Serving as the escalation point for KYC, ABC, and G&H inquiries.
• Continuously evaluating and refining compliance systems to ensure optimal performance

About You

You will have excellent attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure and to strict timeframes. You will have strong computer literacy (Excel, word, MS365, Sharepoint) and will be confident operating independently to find solutions to problems and to establish improved ways of working. Experience of compliance processes (e.g. KYC, ABC, G&H or other due diligence processes) is essential.

What can we offer you?

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
• Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
• Private Healthcare and (remote GP service).
• Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
• Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues.
• Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
• Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
• Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
• Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
• Learning resources to help you be your best self.

Are you that ‘Rare Character’ we are looking for?