Analyst - Risk Assessment & Conflicts

At Ashurst Perkins Coie, we're helping shape the future economy. With a global team of more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices, we partner with leading organisations to solve complex challenges across a diverse range of industries, with a distinct strength in technology, energy & infrastructure, and financial services. Our people work on market-leading matters that drive innovation, growth, and transformation around the world.For Ashurst Perkins Coie, innovation is our tradition.

What makes Ashurst Perkins Coie a great place to work?

• Flexible work options - part-time, working from home and additional leave
• Health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership, and discounted corporate health plans
• Career advancement - client secondment opportunities, global opportunities, and award-winning Learning & Development programs

The Opportunity:

Working as part of our global Risk & Compliance function, the Business Acceptance team is responsible for ensuring the firm is protected from reputational, legal, and commercial risks. This includes analysing all new clients and matters to identify and resolve legal and commercial "conflicts of interest", ensuring compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) obligations, and meeting international regulatory requirements for sanctions, politically exposed persons (PEPs), and client-related negative press.

The role is ideally suited to an individual with a clear and confident communication style, strong analytical and research skills, and a desire to work collaboratively with a dynamic and motivated team. The successful candidate will have a keen eye for detail, an interest in current affairs, and the ability to work well under pressure. A legal qualification is not essential, but problem solving, professionalism, and sound judgement are key.

You will join a global team with colleagues across Glasgow, London, Dubai, Singapore, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and New Zealand, working together to provide risk and conflicts clearance that supports partners and clients alike in their pursuit of exciting deals across the globe.

This is a full-time role on an initial 12 month fixed term basis, based in our Glasgow office with hybrid working.

More information can be found in the job description attached to the role on our careers site

About you

Required Skills, Experience & Qualifications:

• Experience in a Risk and Compliance function within the professional services sector, ideally within a law firm or large corporation
• Degree qualified in Law, Risk Management, Business, Politics, economics, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to undertake relevant research and analyse complex information.
• An interest in the work undertaken by a corporate multinational law firm.
• Strong interpersonal skills required to engage all levels of legal, including Partners and other Firm Management, and support staff.
• Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and a demonstrable ability to multi-task and work well under pressure.
• Strong IT literacy and the ability to adapt to new processes and technology quickly.