Compliance Administrator

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:

This is fantastic opportunity to join a global team and play a key role in safeguarding our clients' information in line with client expectations and our professional obligations.

The ideal candidate would be a reliable, organised, software conversant individual with good eye for detail and analytical skills. Full training will be given to the successful candidate.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Maintaining the firm's information barrier system to ensure compliance with confidentiality obligations.
• Granting legal and business users access to confidential matters on a case-by-case basis in line with client requirements and conflict conditions, ensuring sensitive information is safeguarded from unauthorised access.
• Removing user access in line with client recertification requirements.
• Maintaining the firm's insider lists in compliance with market abuse regulations.
• Conducting routine checks and audits of Risk & Compliance systems regularly and as needed.
• Assisting internal stakeholders by advising on procedural and system issues and questions as they arise.

This is a full-time, permanent role based in our Glasgow office. This is a hybrid role where, once trained, office and remote working will both be utilised.

Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, working 8.5 hours a day including an hour for lunch, between the hours of 07:00 -17:30. Shift times may vary depending on the team rota, and a later finish may be required a few times per month in order to attend team meetings.

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

About you:

The successful candidate will have:

• Previous experience in an administrative or an analytical role.
• Professional and discreet manner as confidential and sensitive information will be handled.
• Excellent analytical and Microsoft Excel skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Quick learning ability and conversant with technology/software.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.