Conflicts & AML Analyst

Bristows LLP; United States; Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristows LLP's Risk & Compliance team leads AML, conflicts and regulatory matters, and provides training to practice groups. This role focuses on onboarding due diligence and ongoing client risk management in a fast-paced law firm environment.

You will conduct client due diligence, assess risk, monitor client relationships, perform sanctions/PEP checks, and support staff with queries. The team values collaboration, hands-on supervision, and clear escalation paths.

Qualifications

• Onboarding due diligence for new and existing clients.
• Assessing client and matter risk and commenting on risk scores.
• Ongoing monitoring of client relationships.
• Responding to high risk queries and escalating as needed.
• Training partners and fee earners on AML and compliance.
• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of AML regulations and best practices.
• Managing AML information within firm systems.
• Establishing information barriers and handling day-to-day queries.
• Research using online databases and national registries.
• Conducting sanctions, PEP, and adverse media searches.

Responsibilities

• Conduct client due diligence during onboarding and for ongoing client relationships.
• Compile risk assessments and comment on risk scores assigned by partners.
• Monitor new and existing clients for AML and regulatory compliance.
• Respond to high risk queries and escalate to management when required.
• Support training for partners and fee earners on AML and conflicts.
• Keep knowledge of AML regulations current and implement best practices.
• Manage AML information across the firm's systems and databases.
• Establish information barriers and address day-to-day queries.
• Conduct research using commercial databases and company registries.
• Carry out routine sanctions, PEP, and adverse media checks.
• Coordinate with partners to resolve conflicts of interest on onboarding.
• Perform conflict checks and interpret complex search results for reporting.
• Assist with file audits and uphold office policies on compliance.

Job description

The Risk & Compliance team are responsible for developing the firms' processes and approach to antimoneylaundering (AML), conflicts and other regulatory compliance matters. The team also provide adviceand training to the practice groups to ensure knowledge is up to date and best practices are developed.On occasion, the R&C team will be involved in client advice due to their expert knowledge on the topic.Key responsibilities

• To conduct the Client Due Diligence aspects of the onboarding process for new clients and existing
clients, where appropriate
• To compile client and matter risk assessments for all types of clients and comment on the risk scoring
assigned by the partner making the request
• Ongoing monitoring of new and existing clients
• Responding and supporting with high risk queries from the team and escalating to firm's management
where appropriate
• Help with partner and fee earning training
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current AML regulations, best practices, and procedures
• Managing and assessing AML information contained within the firm's systems
• Establishing information barriers and dealing with day to day queries
• To carry out research using online commercial databases and national company registries
• To complete routine Sanctions, PEP, and adverse media searches.
• Liaising with partners and other fee earners to resolve any conflicts of interest/on boarding issues
• Conducting conflict checks, analysing and interpreting complex search results for conflict analysis and
reporting
• Helping with file audits, We are based in modern offices at Blackfriars and very much value face to face collaboration and the social
element of working relationships. We have introduced a Remote Working Policy which enables staff to workin an agile way - we do not monitor attendance but ask that everyone spends more time in the office thanout of it, typically three days a week for full time staff.Our firm values, which we very much "live", are Ambition, Bravery, Curiosity and Friendliness. Theseunderpin all that we do across both our client work and our internal strategic decision making. None of ourlawyers have billing targets which