Conflicts & Compliance Analyst

CLYDE & CO CLASIS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal firm in Singapore is seeking a professional to assist in the new business inception process, ensuring compliance with legislation. The ideal candidate will conduct conflict checks, manage anti-money laundering processes, and maintain compliance with regulatory requirements. Essential qualifications include strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and relevant legal knowledge. Experience with management systems is a plus. This position plays a crucial role in managing risks associated with new clients.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of conflicts of interests and case law on conflicts is desirable.
• A law degree would be beneficial, although not a requirement.

Responsibilities

• Conduct conflict checks using the firm's conflict database.
• Research and verify new clients using online data providers.
• Analyse corporate structures and identify beneficial owners.
• Screen clients for sanctions and escalate findings.

Skills

Knowledge of SRA and local rules

Knowledge of anti-money laundering legislation

Strong MS Office

Meticulous attention to detail

Strong customer focus

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Experience using management systems like Intapp

Education

Degree or other relevant qualifications

Job description

About the role

You will be responsible for assisting partners and other members of Clyde & Co with the new business inception process in line with legislation and regulatory requirements.

This will include conflict of interest searches for legal and commercial conflicts, anti-money laundering processes for new and existing clients, on-going client monitoring, sanctions checks and other risk management procedures.

About the team

You will be part of the Global BAU Team, reporting to the Conflicts and Compliance Team Leaders and the Head of BAU. The BAU Team consists of three Team Leaders, five Senior Conflicts and Compliance Analysts, Conflicts and Compliance Analysts, Conflicts and Compliance Assistants and Administration Assistants.

Key responsibilities and objectives

Conflicts

• Reviewing new client and matter forms ensuring satisfactory details are provided by the Case Handlers and querying instances where information is either incomplete or unclear.
• Analysing the new client and/or new matter to determine the risks associated with the instruction.
• Conducting conflict checks using the firm's conflict database paying close attention to sensitive entries in the firm's Black Book database.
• Analysing conflict search results and liaising with Partner/ Case Handler on the matters that may present a legal or commercial conflict. Obtaining relevant information on the matter, if required, in order to make a judgement call on whether a conflict or potential conflict is present.
• Escalating conflict issues to the Team Leaders, Head of BAU, Risk Lawyers and General Counsel as appropriate with clear analysis of the conflict and the conclusions reached so far.
• Proactively following up when seeking information or conflict resolution from other stake holders around the firm.

Anti-Money Laundering

• Researching, identifying and verifying new clients by using online data providers and any other online resources.
• Analysing and establishing the corporate structure for clients where relevant and tracing up to the ultimate beneficial owners.
• Advising Case Handlers on further details that are required from the client in the event that information is not available in the public domain or documentation is required on identified individuals.
• Researching and identifying PEPs and high-risk clients by creating an online profile. Attributing a risk rating to the client and escalating the client to the Team Leader, Head of BAU where a decision needs to be made upon analysis of documentation and risk.

Compliance

• Maintaining technical knowledge, expertise and know how on the nature of the work each department undertakes in the Firm, conflicts, AML and sanctions.
• Screening all clients and matters for sanctions and escalating any adverse findings to the Risk Team and Sanctions Partners.
• Carrying out the conflict checking and client on-boarding process for lateral hires.

Essential skills and experience

• Knowledge of the SRA and/or local rules including conflicts of interests and knowledge of case law on conflicts of interest (Desirable).
• Knowledge of anti-money laundering legislation (Desirable).
• Strong MS Office.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Strong customer focus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Degree or other relevant qualifications (Desirable). A law degree would be a beneficial, although not a requirement.
• Experience using Intapp, Elite Enterprise or similar management systems (Desirable).