Legal Compliance Specialist – Corporate Crime Prevention

Location: Madrid – Hybrid model

Working hours: Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week

Languages: Fluent in Spanish and English

Compensation:

The salary range for this position is €35,000–€40,000 gross per year, plus additional benefits. The final salary will depend on the candidate’s skills, experience, and scope of responsibilities, in line with our structured, gender-neutral compensation framework.

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are seeking a Mid-Level Compliance / Corporate Crime Prevention Specialist to support the development, implementation and ongoing monitoring of Corporate Crime Prevention Programmes across a portfolio of client companies.

The role combines legal analysis, criminal risk assessment, compliance monitoring and client management, with a particular focus on ensuring that compliance frameworks are effectively implemented, documented and maintained.

The successful candidate will be expected to manage the day-to-day delivery of assigned compliance engagements with a significant degree of autonomy, whilst identifying and escalating complex or material legal and compliance matters for review by the Senior Specialist.

Key Responsibilities

- Support the Senior Compliance / Crime Prevention Specialist in the development, implementation, review and updating of Corporate Crime Prevention Programmes.
- Prepare analyses, documentation and initial drafts in accordance with the methodologies, criteria and structures established by the Senior Specialist.
- Maintain up-to-date risk maps, risk and control matrices, and other related documentation.




- Gather and organise the information required to develop or review the programmes.
- Support the adaptation of standard documentation to reflect the characteristics and activities of each company.

2. Ongoing Compliance Monitoring

- Carry out the periodic monitoring activities established within the programmes.
- Request, gather and review evidence demonstrating the effective operation of controls.
- Follow up on controls, recommendations and action plans.
- Identify deviations, incidents or control weaknesses and escalated them to the Senior Compliance Specialist.
- Ensure that the evidence repository and audit trail for each entity are kept up to date.

3. Criminal Risk Assessment and Control Testing

- Support the performance and updating of criminal risk assessments in accordance with the established methodology.
- Carry out control testing and document the results.
- Analyse information obtained during reviews and identify potential gaps.
- Prepare preliminary recommendations for corrective measures for subsequent review by the Senior Specialist.
- Monitor the implementation of agreed corrective measures.

4. Legal and Regulatory Monitoring

- Conduct legal research and monitor regulatory developments relating to corporate criminal compliance,



corporate criminal liability, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT), and international sanctions.
- Prepare analytical notes and summaries of legislative and case law developments.
- Identify changes that may affect existing programmes or controls and raise them with the Senior Specialist for assessment.
- Support the updating of policies, procedures and documentation in response to regulatory changes.

5. Document Management and Process Improvement

- Ensure that company compliance documentation is maintained accurately, consistently and in an organised manner.
- Support the maintenance of templates, matrices, procedures and internal tools.
- Contribute to process standardisation and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support automation initiatives and improvements in operational efficiency.

Candidate Profile

Education and Experience

- Degree in Law.
- Relevant professional experience in corporate compliance, corporate crime prevention or a comparable legal or compliance environment.
- Previous experience in conducting risk assessments, designing or reviewing controls, and/or carrying out compliance monitoring.
- Experience in a law firm, professional services firm, corporate services provider or corporate compliance function will be particularly advantageous.
- Exposure to AML/CFT, international sanctions, corporate services, special purpose vehicles (SPVs) or the real estate sector will be an advantage.

Skills and Competencies

- Strong legal research and analytical skills.
- Ability to translate legal

📌 Legal Compliance Specialist (España)
🏢 CSC
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