APAC Compliance Analyst – AML & Conflicts

Pinsent Masons LLP; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinsent Masons LLP in Melbourne is seeking a proactive compliance professional for a full-time Compliance Analyst role within the APAC General Counsel’s Office. You will support compliance and risk management across Australian and international offices, onboarding clients and matters, and ensuring regulatory requirements are met.

Responsibilities include conducting conflict checks, AML checks, BI research, information verification, and liaising with Risk to resolve issues.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong research and analytical skills, with the ability to gather, assess and present information from multiple sources.
• Experience using intake and compliance systems such as Intapp and World-Check (desirable).
• Mandarin language skills, both written and verbal (advantageous).

Responsibilities

• Conducting conflict checks and clearing basic conflicts of interest.
• Performing anti-money laundering (AML) checks in accordance with applicable legislation and firm policies.
• Undertaking business intelligence research using databases such as World-Check and publicly available sources.
• Verifying client and matter information provided by partners, lawyers and support teams.
• Implementing information barriers where required.
• Responding to compliance-related enquiries from internal stakeholders.
• Liaising with the Risk team to analyse and resolve potential conflicts issues.
• Participating in team meetings, training sessions and special projects.

Skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Attention to detail

Research & analysis

Stakeholder management

Mandarin (advantageous)

Tools

Intapp

World-Check

Job description

Pinsent Masons LLP in Melbourne is seeking a proactive compliance professional for a full-time Compliance Analyst role within the APAC General Counsel’s Office. You will support compliance and risk management across Australian and international offices, onboarding clients and matters, and ensuring regulatory requirements are met.

Responsibilities include conducting conflict checks, AML checks, BI research, information verification, and liaising with Risk to resolve issues.