Senior Analyst, Business Acceptance

Overview

In this role, you will join the global Risk & Compliance function to assess new clients and matters for conflicts, AML/CTF compliance, and regulatory sanctions. You will contribute to protecting the firm from reputational and commercial risk and support partners and clients on complex deals. You’ll work with a cross-border, multidisciplinary team to produce risk assessments and verify client information. This is an opportunity to apply rigorous analysis in a dynamic, global law firm environment and influence risk decisions across practices.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible work options
• health and wellbeing benefits
• gym membership
• discounted corporate health plans
• career advancement opportunities
• global opportunities and client secondment opportunities

Responsibilities

• Research and verify client identities using relevant information sources and databases
• Assess sufficiency of identity documentation against AML laws and jurisdictional requirements
• Maintain data integrity in conflicts and risk databases
• Prepare detailed written risk assessments on ML, bribery, reputational, and sanctions risks
• Evaluate information in conflict management systems and liaise with lawyers to identify potential conflicts of interest
• Utilize research skills to verify clients, third parties, and assets for new business requests

Key requirements

• Experience in Risk & Compliance within professional services, ideally law firm or large corporation
• Degree qualified in Law, Risk Management, Business, Politics, Economics, or related discipline
• Strong research capabilities and ability to analyse complex information
• Interest in corporate multinational law firm work
• Excellent interpersonal skills to engage with partners, management, and staff

• clear and confident communication
• attention to detail
• collaboration and teamwork
• research and information gathering
• analysis of complex information
• risk assessment and typology analysis (FATF)

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