Business Acceptance Senior Specialist

linklaters; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Free in-house fitness centre

Life insurance

Worldwide travel insurance for travel

Benefit Multisport club card or subsid

subsidised travel card

Wide range of training opportunities

Job summary

Linklaters is seeking a details-driven professional to join our global Legal & Risk team in Warsaw. You will manage conflicts checks, support resolution of legal and commercial conflicts, and advise on client terms and policies in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires 2–3 years in a legal or risk setting, strong analytical and communication skills, and fluent English. Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Office is expected, with a hybrid work model in Warsaw.

Qualifications

• Hold a degree or have relevant experience.
• Have two to three years of experience in a legal or risk environment.
• Demonstrate strong analytical, organisational and communication skills.
• Speak fluent English (min. B2+)
• Are proficient in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office tools
• Can learn new systems quickly and work with databases
• Show initiative, flexibility and strong problem-solving skills
• Work well under pressure and build strong relationships across teams

Responsibilities

• Managing and analysing conflicts checks in the firm's system
• Supporting resolution of legal and commercial conflicts with stakeholders
• Advising on client engagement terms, policies and procedures
• Reviewing information barrier and clash clearance queries
• Authorising information technology requests with data protection implications
• Handling audit letter responses and share dealing applications
• Supporting training, knowhow updates and process improvement projects

Skills

Analytical skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Fluent English

Microsoft Excel

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Education

Degree or relevant experience

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

About the team

Join our global Legal & Risk team responsible for managing business acceptance and supporting the firm's risk processes. Collaborating with conflicts lawyers, lawyers and business teams, our team covers conflicts checks, client terms, information barriers, privacy-related requests and audit letter responses.

You will be responsible for

• Managing and analysing conflicts checks in the firm's system
• Supporting resolution of legal and commercial conflicts with stakeholders
• Advising on client engagement terms, policies and procedures
• Reviewing information barrier and clash clearance queries
• Authorising information technology requests with data protection implications
• Handling audit letter responses and share dealing applications
• Supporting training, knowhow updates and process improvement projects

Apply if you

• Hold a degree or have relevant experience
• Have two to three years of experience in a legal or risk environment
• Demonstrate strong analytical, organisational and communication skills
• Speak fluent English (min. B2+)
• Are proficient in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office tools
• Can learn new systems quickly and work with databases
• Show initiative, flexibility and strong problem-solving skills
• Work well under pressure and build strong relationships across teams

Location

Warsaw (hybrid model - 2 days in the office per week)

Benefits

• Private medical care
• Free in-house fitness centre
• Life insurance
• Worldwide travel insurance for business and non-business travel
• Benefit Multisport club card or subsidised travel card
• Wide range of training opportunities

About Linklaters

Linklaters is a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.

We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.

Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair, and open atmosphere.

We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias, because we want everyone to feel that they belong. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common mind-set.

We recognise that one size does not fit all. Our goal is to embed flexibility across our firm by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.

What sets us apart

At Linklaters

• We offer a truly global work experience and the opportunity to be involved in strategic projects that drive innovation and shape the future of our business
• We belong to a firm that embodies its corporate social, environment and governance responsibility commitments
• We celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion so our people can bring themselves to work
• We advocate speak-up culture to empower our people in sharing their voices and an open-door policy to ensure they are listened to
• We invest in custom-fit career paths for our people in line with their talents and aspirations
• We provide agile working solutions to meet the changing needs of our people and our businessWe are committed to people first relationships based on mutual trust, respect and appreciation
• We support the health and wellbeing of our people, providing a safe space to talk about emotions and mental health with access to expert advice as needed
• We invest in developing leaders of the future who demonstrate emotional intelligence and a passion to discover, coach and develop the talents of others

Technical Skills:

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.