Conflicts Analyst – Compliance & Onboarding

A&O Shearman; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A&O Shearman in Belfast seeks a Conflicts Analyst to join the Business Acceptance Unit. Based at our Belfast office, you will support conflict and new client onboarding checks, applying regulatory requirements and firm policies.

The role offers a collaborative environment within a leading magic circle law firm with strong ESG and pro-bono commitments. You will gain development opportunities in a fast-growing team and contribute to managing risk across varied matters, while liaising with partners

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills are essential.
• Experience of working in a law firm, risk and compliance or a financial services environment is preferred.
• Attention to detail, ability to work under pressure and manage conflicting deadlines at speed.
• Flexibility regarding working hours may be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Taking responsibility for conflict searches and individual matter inception requests submitted via the business acceptance system and monitoring progress to conclusion.
• Analysing information submitted by fee-earners in conflict searches and matter inception and new client requests.
• Applying relevant laws, professional rules, regulations and compliance policy to searches and new client requests.
• Performing relevant databases searches to satisfy regulatory requirements (e.g. sanctions, conflicts of interest and AML).
• Liaising with partners and other fee-earners and with support departments at appropriate stages of the process.
• Applying judgement and decision-making in relation to searches and inception requests and supporting strategic decisions about new business.
• Developing internal databases of information for use in regulatory checks and searches.
• Providing reports and updates of items on the work list as required.
• Assisting in monitoring service levels of the unit.

Skills

Analytical skills

Risk & compliance

Law firm experience

Attention to detail

Job description

A&O Shearman in Belfast seeks a Conflicts Analyst to join the Business Acceptance Unit. Based at our Belfast office, you will support conflict and new client onboarding checks, applying regulatory requirements and firm policies.

The role offers a collaborative environment within a leading magic circle law firm with strong ESG and pro-bono commitments. You will gain development opportunities in a fast-growing team and contribute to managing risk across varied matters, while liaising with partners