Conflicts Officer

Irwin Mitchell; Manchester; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal services firm in Manchester is seeking a Conflicts Officer to ensure compliant and timely onboarding of clients. Your responsibilities will include conducting conflicts checks, providing expert advice to colleagues, and resolving complex interests. The ideal candidate will have experience in a similar role, possess strong communication and management skills, and demonstrate knowledge of regulatory requirements. The position offers generous benefits including flexible holidays and well-being initiatives.

Benefits

25 days holidays plus bank holidays

Flexible pension schemes

Volunteering days

Health membership programs

Well-being initiatives

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Conflicts Officer role within a law firm.
• Understanding of regulatory rules and case law relevant to conflicts.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Conduct intermediate to complex conflicts checks according to legal requirements.
• Resolve conflict of interest issues with accurate advice for colleagues.
• Communicate regulatory obligations to maintain compliance.
• Escalate complex matters to the Senior Officer with proposed solutions.
• Work with the General Counsel team to mitigate risks.

Skills

Experience within a Conflicts role

Knowledge of SRA regulatory and legal conflicts

Ability to stand up to challenge and be challenged

Good work management skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Job description

Your Role

and What You'll Be Doing

As a Conflicts Officer within the Client Onboarding team, you’ll play a pivotal role in welcoming clients to Irwin Mitchell by onboarding them compliantly and promptly and working with colleagues within your team and the wider Legal Service Teams.

You will be expected to :

• Complete intermediate to complex conflicts checks in line with regulatory and legal requirements.
• Interpret, analyse and resolve conflict of interest issues, providing clear, accurate and practical advice for fee earners
• Communicate regulatory obligations to colleagues, senior colleagues and clients to maintain compliance
• Escalate complex matters to the Senior Officer, expressing your own opinions and proposed solutions to then complete these matters
• Work with our General Counsel team to mitigate risks
• Maintain continuous professional development by keeping abreast of relevant evolving legislation and guidance.

About You

• Experience within a Conflicts role is essential
• Knowledge of SRA regulatory and legal conflicts
• Practical application of regulatory rules and case law on conflicts in a law firm.
• Ability to stand up to challenge and be challenged
• Good work management skills with an ability to work under pressure and to tight timescales
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024 responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands : Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.