Conflicts & CDD Analyst

Howard Kennedy; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Howard Kennedy LLP is seeking a Conflicts & CDD Analyst to join its Risk & Compliance team in London. You will help ensure compliant file openings by reviewing conflicts, completing CDD procedures, and supporting various risk projects.

The role involves liaising with partners, implementing information barriers, and maintaining risk registers. A focus on attention to detail, regulatory understanding, and strong communication is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in Risk & Compliance within a law firm.
• Familiarity with conflict of interest processes and CDD.
• Understanding of regulatory requirements (SRA).
• Proficient in risk and client due diligence procedures.

Responsibilities

• Review and analyse conflict of interest requests and prepare reports.
• Liaise with partners to resolve conflicts and document clearances.
• Implement information barriers to ensure compliance.
• Analyse and approve or reject CDD, guiding lawyers accordingly.
• Create client profiles and maintain risk assessments and registers.
• Monitor high-risk clients and support ongoing risk management.
• Perform sanctions, PEP and adverse media checks using appropriate tools.
• Identify training needs from reporting trends and contribute to projects.
• Provide ad hoc administrative support to the Client onboarding Manager.

Skills

Risk & Compliance experience

InTapp Conflicts

Legal tech knowledge

Attention to detail

SRA regulations understanding

Communication skills

Deadline driven

Organizational skills

Team collaboration

AML screening tools

ICA AML qualification (desirable)

Tools

Elite

iManage

WorldCompliance

Job description

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We are looking for a Conflicts & CDD Analyst to join our Risk & Compliance team.

Our Risk and Compliance team deliver the firm’s objectives in reducing risk and achieving across the board compliance with our regulatory and statutory obligations.

As an Analyst you will assist the firm in achieving its objectives around compliant file opening by analysing and resolving legal, commercial or ethical conflicts and the completion of client due diligence (CDD) procedures, ensuring compliance with firm policies. You will also be actively involved in a variety of projects and will be given the opportunity and encouraged to develop your skills and knowledge in other areas.

Main responsibilities

• Reviewing and analysing conflict of interest requests, preparing detailed conflict reports
• Liaising with partners and fee earners to resolve conflicts and document clearances, escalating to senior team members as necessary
• Implementing information barriers to ensure regulatory compliance
• Analysing, approving or rejecting CDD and providing guidance to lawyers
• Creating client profiles where necessary
• Filing, completing and auditing risk assessments
• Assisting in the ongoing monitoring of high-risk clients and upkeep of the high risk register
• Conducting sanctions, PEP and adverse media checks for all clients and counter parties using WorldCompliance and conducting any other checks that are deemed necessary
• Reporting trends to identify ongoing training needs
• Getting involved in a variety of projects that the team undertake.
• Providing ad hoc administrative assistance to the team when required as requested by the Client on-boarding Manager

About you

You will be able to demonstrate;

• Previous experience working in a Risk & Compliance function within a law firm.
• Proficiency in the use of InTapp Conflicts (desirable)
• A good understanding of legal technology used by law firms, particularly in risk and compliance
• Excellent attention to detail.
• An understanding of the SRA Standards and Regulations, in particular the rules relating to conflicts of interest
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to develop relationships at all levels
• The ability to work well in a deadline driven environment, with a proactive and methodical approach to your work
• Strong organisational skills
• A collaborative and personal approach
• Previous experience working with Elite, iManage, AML screening tools (desirable but not essential)
• International Compliance Association qualification in Anti Money Laundering (desirable but not essential)

At Howard Kennedy we believe that everyone deserves the space to thrive. We’re committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience that reflects the diversity of both our people and our clients.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities, and we’re committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is fair, transparent, and accessible to all.

We understand that every candidate’s needs are different If there’s anything we can do to make your application journey more comfortable— whether for interviews, assessments, or onboarding—please let us know. We’ll work with you to remove any barriers and ensure our recruitment process is comfortable for you.

Please note that we are not accepting applications via agencies for this role at this time. Before sharing any named candidate CVs, please contact your recruitment representative. If any named CVs are sent from agencies without approval from our recruitment team, they will not be deemed valid introductions, and no agency fee will be paid.

About Us

With almost 200 lawyers in one location, we ensure our clients have the right team to help them get from where they are to where they want to be. We advise major corporates and institutions as well as entrepreneurial, ambitious enterprises which are often privately or family owned, or private equity backed. As well as our significant business law capability, we are one of only a few London-based law firms with a large private wealth offering. Our clients find our straightforward approach a compelling alternative to larger, less personal firms.

Whether you are an ambitious and talented individual wanting to hit the ground running from day one, or an established professional looking for a new opportunity, Howard Kennedy is the firm where you can really make it happen.

We have earned a strong reputation for our exceptional and uniquely talented people who between them deliver outstanding results for clients. In a firm of our size, our strong team dynamic creates a thriving culture of creativity and entrepreneurialism. Howard Kennedy is a pragmatic and non-hierarchical environment where success is shared, and you are proactively encouraged to thrive at your own pace.

Our distinctive culture is built on fairness and respect. Guided by the firm’s values of talk straight, think smart and be yourself, everyone in the firm holds equal value, and everyone plays their role in supporting, encouraging and inspiring colleagues to do their best work.

At the same time, we recognise and reward individualism, celebrating the diversity of our people and supporting them to grow their practice and drive their own career advancement.

As well as client work, there is opportunity to broaden your horizons at the firm with fulfilling pro bono and charity projects. We have a regular social calendar full of wellbeing activities, charitable and social events too.