Compliance and Risk Specialist

Compliance And Risk Specialist

Location: Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse, NY (hybrid remote opportunity)

Are you a dynamic self-starter? Do you have a strong willingness to learn? Are you excited about the opportunity to join an innovative, growing law firm that has been successful for more than 165 years?

Harris Beach Murtha's Information Governance and Risk Management team is in search of a Compliance and Risk Specialist. You will thrive in this role if you have:

• 3+ years of experience in risk management, insurance, law firm or closely related experience (required)
• 2+ years of Project Management experience (preferred)
• A bachelor's degree in business, Risk Management, Accounting, Finance or closely related major (preferred)
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office products
• Excellent organizational, time-management, and problem-solving skills
• Sound judgment, a sense of accountability for working independently and proactively, and determination to work efficiently with competing project deadlines

The Compliance and Risk Specialist is responsible for the administration of the firm's business insurance, central contract database, and the management of department policies and procedures. Do you have the drive and desire to:

• Administer all business insurance for Harris Beach Murtha including 3 ancillary businesses. Business insurance includes; General liability, Auto, Umbrella, Cyber, Employment Practices Liability, Management Liability, Personal Group Umbrella, Professional Liability and Crime
• Manage and advise on the renewal process for all lines of insurance coverage working with brokers to structure comprehensive and competitively priced insurance programs
• Coordinate efforts, in conjunction with the executive leadership team and Risk Management Committee, to manage insurance renewals including limits, retention levels, rates and premiums and develop insurance renewal strategies and identify and place appropriate business insurance products
• Recommend solutions to risk-related issues
• Oversee production and management of certificates of insurance
• Handle the administration of client contracts in accordance with company policies, procedures and legal requirements
• Participate in the advancement of the Contract Management System
• Manage, document and interpret contract information in the firm's central repository
• Manage the development and distribution of contract information to attorneys and administrators to assist in contract maintenance and renewals
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation related to the management of contracts
• Participate in the Incident Response Team and notify insurer of incident if necessary
• Audit all invoices for accuracy and timely payment
• Assist with Risk Management special projects

Harris Beach Murtha recognizes everyone has a right to be included. You will be successful in your career at the firm if you:

• Exhibit the ability to manage multiple projects independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrate consistent logic, rationale, and objectivity in decision making
• Believe in the firm's core values: collaboration, inclusion, ingenuity, respect, integrity, and commitment
• Enjoy working with diverse personalities within various levels of the firm
• Are comfortable working in the office on a hybrid schedule

Harris Beach Murtha is not accepting candidate submissions from recruiting agencies for this position during the first two weeks after posting. Following this period, agencies with an active fee agreement with the firm may reach out to our internal recruitment team at View email address on click.appcast.io to inquire about potential collaboration for this position.

Salary information will vary depending upon relevant experience for the position, geographic locations and weekly hours schedule. The anticipated weekly schedule for the Compliance and Risk Specialist is 40 hours per week.

Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse, NY: $65,000 - $75,000 annually

Harris Beach Murtha is committed to an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from diverse candidates with varied background and skills, including military experience. Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About Harris Beach Murtha:

Harris Beach Murtha formed in 2025 via the combination of Harris Beach PLLC and Murtha Cullina LLP. A forward-thinking and innovative partnership with the benefit of more than 250 years of combined history, Harris Beach Murtha's New York roots reach back to 1856 and the firm has had ties to New England since 1936. Harris Beach and Murtha Cullina were separately among the country's top law firms as ranked by The National Law Journal. Harris Beach Murtha and its subsidiaries have a strong Northeast presence, but a global reach. Clients include Fortune 100 corporations, privately held companies, emerging businesses, public sector entities, tax-exempt organizations and individuals. The firm's practice areas and industries served span appellate law, business litigation, commercial real estate, construction, corporate, environmental, energy, financial institutions, financial restructuring, government compliance and investigations, health care, immigration, intellectual property, labor and employment, mass torts, medical and life sciences, political law, product liability, public finance, tax, and trusts and estates. The firm's lawyers and consultants practice from offices throughout Connecticut in Bantam, Hartford, New Haven and Stamford; New York state in Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, New York City, Rochester, Saratoga Springs, Syracuse, Long Island and White Plains, as well as in Boston, Massachusetts and Newark, New Jersey.

The firm's policy prohibiting unlawful discrimination applies to all aspects of employment, including hiring, placement, assignment of duties, training, promotion, compensation & benefits and termination. It is the policy of Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC that all applicants and employees enjoy a positive, respectful and productive work environment, free from behavior, actions or language constituting unlawful harassment. Accordingly, harassment or discrimination of any kind based on an individual's race or color, sex, age, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, military status, genetic predisposition, carrier status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, creed, domestic violence victim status or any other legally protected status is strictly prohibited. Harris Beach Murtha complies with the provisions of the Human Rights Law, all other State and Federal statutory and constitutional non-discrimination provisions including non-discrimination on the basis of prior criminal conviction and prior arrest.