Legal jobs in Financial Services

We are seeking a highly organized and proactive Legal Recruiting Assistant to support the Legal Recruiting team. This role is ideal for someone looking to gain hands-on experience in legal recruiting within a fast-paced, high-caliber law firm environment.

Top investment bank has an opening for an entrepreneurial Legal Counsel to provide business unit coverage to the Global Markets Prime Services business, with a focus on: equity derivatives, Master Confirmation Agreements and related documentation and synthetic prime brokerage matters.

This role supports the BD/Marketing team by handling tasks like proofreading, bio updates, Legal 500 drafting, and light pitch work, allowing senior team members to focus on higher-level initiatives. The ideal candidate is organized, an excellent writer and proofreader, works independently, and has prior legal marketing experience.

We're seeking an AML Investigator with experience in correspondent banking and cross-border transactions to support financial crime compliance efforts. The role involves transaction monitoring, SAR drafting, and collaborating with internal teams to ensure regulatory adherence-CAMS certification preferred.

Join a leading bank in New York City as an AML Analyst, where you'll investigate suspicious activity and support compliance with BSA/AML regulations. This role offers hands-on experience in transaction monitoring, due diligence, and financial crime prevention.

Top investment bank has an opening for an entrepreneurial Director, Managing Counsel to provide business unit coverage with a focus on M&A, financial advisory and capital markets matters. The Managing Counsel will partner with senior investment banking leaders and have a strong understanding of both public and private M&A transactions, financial advisory and capital markets transactions (ECM/DCM).

Top investment bank has an opening for an entrepreneurial M&A Advisory Counsel to provide business unit coverage with a focus on M&A and financial advisory matters.

The Director, Senior Counsel will join the Global Markets legal team of a growing investment bank and will be responsible for providing primary legal support across a variety of capital markets transactions, with a focus on funding-type transactions in the Global Markets business.

This role supports our client's implementation of ISO 20022 by testing and documenting system changes impacting sanctions screening and transaction monitoring, with a focus on FircoSoft list management and tuning. The ideal candidate will have 2-5 years of experience in compliance systems, strong analytical and testing skills, and a solid understanding of payment message flows and regulatory reporting requirements.

This consultant will be 5 days in Midtown NYC. Responsibilities include compiling evidence, drafting reports such as SARs, and maintaining accurate documentation and tracking logs related to anti-money laundering efforts.

The consultant will be based in the Midtown office five days a week. They will be responsible for conducting continuous monitoring and testing to ensure the New York Branch maintains effective and sustainable compliance with all regulatory requirements, excluding Financial Crimes Compliance. Any instances of non-compliance must be promptly escalated.

Our client is seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Compliance Consultant to join its New York-based Compliance team for a 4-month contract role. This consultant will support a range of tasks across the Financial Crimes Compliance program, with a focus on AML/KYC remediation, data clean-up, and sanctions screening. The ideal candidate brings a solid background in AML compliance & work on-site 5 days per week in New York City.

This hybrid compliance role focuses on ISO 20022 message testing, sanctions screening, and transaction monitoring system updates. The ideal candidate will have 2-5 years of experience, knowledge of compliance systems, basic programming/testing skills, and familiarity with ISO messaging and project documentation.

Our client is seeking a experienced Transaction Monitoring professional with retail banking alerts clearing experience.

Our client is seeking a experienced Transaction Monitoring/Correspondent Banking Consultant to join their team.

The Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) Analyst plays a key role in protecting the institution from financial crime by performing detailed assessments of high-risk clients and transactions. This position ensures compliance with anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorist financing (CTF), and sanctions regulations through comprehensive analysis and well-documented findings.

This Client Onboarding Consultant is responsible for managing end-to-end client onboarding processes including conducting KYC due diligence, OFAC and negative news screening, and preparing required documentation based on client risk levels. The position requires close coordination with internal teams and external clients, attention to regulatory compliance, and the ability to prioritize onboarding cases to meet deadlines efficiently.

This long term contract supports the Compliance Operations Director with the Branch's Compliance Department Operations training program, including training tracking and MIS. Along with this, the consultant will assist with composing compliance reports as needed for senior management.

This role involves ensuring compliance with all relevant laws and regulations, investigating alerts from transaction monitoring systems, and conducting research to assess potential suspicious activities. Additional responsibilities include compiling documentation, performing PEP and negative news searches, writing investigation narratives, and supporting the AML team with data analysis, reporting, and system testing.

We are seeking an experienced AML/FIU Analyst with 2-3 years in financial services, preferably with exposure to retail and consumer banking. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of efficiently handling and resolving approximately 20 alerts per day. Responsibilities include conducting thorough investigations, identifying suspicious activity, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

Join the 5th largest bank in the US as they look to continually build out and enhance their broker dealer compliance testing team.

A chance to join one of the fastest growing diversified global financial services platforms as a key member of their compliance advisory function.

Join a fast-growing, diversified global financial services platform as they look to bring on a new Director in the broker-dealer compliance advisory space

Join a dynamic governance team providing hands-on support to board operations, including drafting board minutes and participating directly in high-level meetings. This role offers a unique opportunity to advance your career by working closely with board members and contributing to strategic decision-making at the highest level.

This position involves overseeing the entire closing process for both single-lender and syndicated commercial loans, making sure everything is accurate, compliant, and completed on schedule. The chosen candidate will collaborate closely with internal departments, legal advisors, and external clients to review documents, coordinate funding, and assist with activities following the loan closing.

This role involves overseeing the full lifecycle of commercial loan closings, including documentation review, coordination with internal and external stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with credit approvals and legal requirements. The position requires strong experience with bilateral and syndicated loan structures, along with the ability to manage multiple transactions and post-closing activities efficiently.

A confidential and well-established organization is seeking a strategic Lateral Recruiter to join its team. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of experience in recruiting within professional services (e.g., consulting, finance, legal, or accounting). Up to $120K annually and in Manhattan.