Compliance Administrator

Ashurst Perkins Coie; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Health and wellbeing benefits

Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

Ashurst Perkins Coie in Glasgow is seeking a reliable, detail‑driven administrator/analyst to help safeguard client information and support confidential processes.

You will maintain access controls, support risk and compliance checks, and assist stakeholders with system questions. Full training provided in a hybrid Glasgow role.

If you have strong Excel skills, a discreet mindset, and a proactive problem‑solver attitude, this is for you.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in an administrative or analytical role.
• Confidentiality and discretion in handling sensitive information.
• Excellent analytical and Excel skills.
• Strong attention to detail and proactive problem-solving.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the firm's information barrier system to ensure confidentiality obligations.
• Grant access to confidential matters for legal and business users per client requirements.
• Remove user access in line with recertification.
• Maintain insider lists in compliance with market abuse regulations.
• Conduct routine checks and audits of Risk & Compliance systems.
• Advise internal stakeholders on procedural and system issues.

Skills

Analytical skills

Microsoft Excel

Attention to detail

Discretion

Strong communication skills

Quick learning

Tools

Information barrier system

Job description

Description

At Ashurst Perkins Coie, we're helping shape the future economy. With a global team of more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices, we partner with leading organisations to solve complex challenges across a diverse range of industries, with a distinct strength in technology, energy & infrastructure, and financial services. Our people work on market-leading matters that drive innovation, growth, and transformation around the world. For Ashurst Perkins Coie, innovation is our tradition.

Description

At Ashurst Perkins Coie, we're helping shape the future economy. With a global team of more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices, we partner with leading organisations to solve complex challenges across a diverse range of industries, with a distinct strength in technology, energy & infrastructure, and financial services. Our people work on market-leading matters that drive innovation, growth, and transformation around the world. For Ashurst Perkins Coie, innovation is our tradition.

What makes Ashurst Perkins Coie a great place to work?

• Flexible work options - part-time, working from home and additional leave
• Health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership, and discounted corporate health plans
• Career advancement - client secondment opportunities, global opportunities, and award-winning Learning & Development programs

The Opportunity:

This is fantastic opportunity to join a global team and play a key role in safeguarding our clients' information in line with client expectations and our professional obligations.

The ideal candidate would be a reliable, organised, software conversant individual with good eye for detail and analytical skills. Full training will be given to the successful candidate.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Maintaining the firm's information barrier system to ensure compliance with confidentiality obligations.
• Granting legal and business users access to confidential matters on a case-by-case basis in line with client requirements and conflict conditions, ensuring sensitive information is safeguarded from unauthorised access.
• Removing user access in line with client recertification requirements.
• Maintaining the firm's insider lists in compliance with market abuse regulations.
• Conducting routine checks and audits of Risk & Compliance systems regularly and as needed.
• Assisting internal stakeholders by advising on procedural and system issues and questions as they arise.

This is a full-time, permanent role based in our Glasgow office. This is a hybrid role where, once trained, office and remote working will both be utilised.

Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, working 8.5 hours a day including an hour for lunch, between the hours of 07:00 -17:30. Shift times may vary depending on the team rota, and a later finish may be required a few times per month in order to attend team meetings.

More information can be found in the job description attached to the role on our careers site: Careers | Ashurst Perkins Coie

About you:

• Previous experience in an administrative or an analytical role.
• Professional and discreet manner as confidential and sensitive information will be handled.
• Excellent analytical and Microsoft Excel skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Quick learning ability and conversant with technology/software.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.