Junior Business Acceptance Analyst - 12 month FTC

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Taylor Wessing

Taylor Wessing is a global law firm that serves the world's most innovative people and businesses. Deeply embedded within our sectors, we work closely together with our clients to crack complex problems, enabling ideas and aspirations to thrive. Together we challenge expectation and create extraordinary results. By shaping the conversation in our sectors, we enable our clients to unlock growth, protect innovation and accelerate ambition.

With 1200+ lawyers, 300+ partners, 28 offices and 17 jurisdictions we are looking to expand our Risk Management team, with the addition of a Junior Business Acceptance Analyst - 12 month FTC.

The opportunity for you

We are seeking a Junior Business Acceptance Analyst to be part of the Business Acceptance team in our Liverpool based office. This role will involve working to support the Business Acceptance Manager and Senior Business Acceptance Analysts in all aspects of new client and matter intake.

Key responsibilities

• Responsible for day-to-day tasks relating to all aspects of the firm's Client and Matter Inception processes.
• Undertaking client due diligence checks and determining the nature and level of due diligence required in order to comply with Anti-Money Laundering Regulations.
• Carrying out conflict searches and identifying and resolving (and escalating as appropriate) any conflict issues arising out of searches undertaken or reviewied.
• Using external and internal databases and conducting research as part of client due diligence.
• Assessing the risk profile of new and existing clients and matters and escalating issues as appropriate.
• Providing advice to partners, fee earners and secretaries on Anti-Money Laundering, general inception and conflicts queries.
• Ensuring appropriate information barriers are created, amended and maintained, whilst ensuring that any issues arising out of the information barrier process are flagged to the business as required.
• Assisting the Business Acceptance Team in answering various ad hoc queries that come into the Risk Team's inbox.
• Actively participating in team and firm-wide projects to support the practice and our international offices.

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Experience in conducting client due diligence and/or conflicts analysis is preferred but not essential.
• Experience working in an international law firm is preferred but not essential.
• Demonstratable understanding of the SRA's rules regarding conflicts of interest and confidentiality, as well as commercial conflicts is an advantage but not essential.
• Exemplary communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to research and succinctly present information compiled from various sources.
• Ability to analyse data and reach reasoned conclusions.
• Experience in dealing effectively with stakeholders at all levels, including senior management.
• Able to juggle tasks and be flexible to meet the demands of the business, understanding the need to prioritise workload and take ownership of tasks.
• Strong team ethic demonstrating awareness of work levels in the wider team, and a willingness to provide assistance to others where required.
• Able to adapt to new processes and technology.

Abilities/Aptitudes

• Professional, client-focused and solutions orientated.
• Enthusiastic about risk management and compliance, with a desire to build relationships with internal clients.
• Reliable, hardworking and committed to learning.
• Articulate and confident communicator.
• Uses initiative and adapts style to suit the circumstances.
• Understands the firm's wider objectives and values, and incorporates these into their thinking and behaviours.

Benefits

Here are a select few benefits that Taylor Wessing offer;

• Hybrid working (Offering the opportunity to work remotely, while maintaining a social boundary by working from our award-winning offices for 3 days a week)
• Holiday (Our basic annual holiday entitlement starts at 25 days, with a further discretionary day of paid leave in December. You may also purchase up to five extra days each year (pro rata).
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave (After one-year service, you are entitled to up to 26 weeks leave full pay if you or your partner give birth or adopt a child).

Along with these there are many more benefits we offer, with the addition of a comprehensive flexible benefits package available.

Our culture

Nurturing a diverse, inclusive culture allows all of our talent to flourish, sparks creativity and powers innovation. We continue to build a team that exemplifies inclusivity and reflects the firm's core values: creative, excellence, integrity, responsible, respect and team. We value and celebrate the differences in who we are, what we have experienced and how we think, so all candidates will be treated fairly regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, marital status, neurodiversity, pregnancy, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

The way we work

At Taylor Wessing, we never settle for average. We're creative thinkers, problem solvers and continuous learners who excel at what we do and believe our best work is still ahead of us. We are a firm that's large enough for you to achieve your ambitions, but connected enough to be a true community.

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