Project Manager - Matter Onboarding
Posted Today by Jobserve
£425 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
London
Summary: The Project Manager - Matter Onboarding role at a leading international law firm involves overseeing a strategic transformation programme to enhance the firm's Matter Onboarding processes. The position requires collaboration with various teams, including Legal, Risk, Compliance, Finance, and Technology, to ensure efficient client and matter intake. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of the legal matter intake life cycle and proven project management experience within a legal environment. This is a hybrid role based in London, offering a competitive salary and a 12-month contract.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of Matter Onboarding projects.
- Manage initiatives to improve the client and matter intake process.
- Work closely with Legal, Risk, Compliance, Finance and Technology teams to gather requirements and deliver business change.
- Drive process improvements across:
- Conflicts Management
- Client & Matter Opening
- Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
- Know Your Customer (KYC)
- Client Due Diligence (CDD)
- Sanctions Screening
- Facilitate workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions.
- Manage project plans, RAID logs, governance, reporting and communications.
- Coordinate testing, implementation and business readiness activities.
- Support change management and user adoption across the programme.
Key Skills:
- Proven Project Management experience within a law firm or legal services environment.
- Strong experience delivering Matter Onboarding or Business Acceptance projects.
- Excellent understanding of:
- Conflicts Management
- AML
- KYC
- Client Due Diligence (CDD)
- Client & Matter Opening
- Sanctions Screening
- Experience working with Legal, Risk, Compliance, Finance and Technology stakeholders.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience delivering business and technology change initiatives within a regulated environment.
- Strong project governance, planning and reporting experience.
- A proactive, organised and delivery-focused approach.
- Experience delivering legal transformation programmes.
- Familiarity with Matter Onboarding or Business Acceptance platforms.
- Experience improving legal operational processes and governance.
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements relating to client and matter intake.
Salary (Rate): £425 daily
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Detailed Description From Employer:
Job Title: Project Manager - Matter Onboarding
Location: London, UK (Hybrid)
Salary/Rate: £400 - £425 (Outside IR35) or up to £70k FTC
Start Date: Immediate Start
Job Type: 12 Month Contract
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Project Manager to join a leading international law firm, delivering a strategic Matter Onboarding transformation programme.
This is a business-critical role focused on enhancing the firm's Matter Onboarding processes, ensuring a seamless, compliant and efficient client and matter intake experience. Working closely with Legal, Risk, Compliance, Finance and Technology teams, you'll lead projects that improve operational processes, strengthen governance and support regulatory compliance.
The Role
You'll take ownership of the delivery of Matter Onboarding initiatives, managing projects from inception through to implementation. The role requires someone with a strong understanding of the legal matter intake life cycle and the ability to work effectively with senior stakeholders across both business and technology functions.
Job Responsibilities/Objectives
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of Matter Onboarding projects.
- Manage initiatives to improve the client and matter intake process.
- Work closely with Legal, Risk, Compliance, Finance and Technology teams to gather requirements and deliver business change.
- Drive process improvements across:
- Conflicts Management
- Client & Matter Opening
- Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
- Know Your Customer (KYC)
- Client Due Diligence (CDD)
- Sanctions Screening
- Facilitate workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions.
- Manage project plans, RAID logs, governance, reporting and communications.
- Coordinate testing, implementation and business readiness activities.
- Support change management and user adoption across the programme.
Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:
- Proven Project Management experience within a law firm or legal services environment.
- Strong experience delivering Matter Onboarding or Business Acceptance projects.
- Excellent understanding of:
- Conflicts Management
- AML
- KYC
- Client Due Diligence (CDD)
- Client & Matter Opening
- Sanctions Screening
- Experience working with Legal, Risk, Compliance, Finance and Technology stakeholders.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience delivering business and technology change initiatives within a regulated environment.
- Strong project governance, planning and reporting experience.
- A proactive, organised and delivery-focused approach.
- Experience delivering legal transformation programmes.
- Familiarity with Matter Onboarding or Business Acceptance platforms.
- Experience improving legal operational processes and governance.
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements relating to client and matter intake.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.
Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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