Conflicts Analyst

We have an exciting opportunity for a Conflicts Analyst to join our Business Acceptance Unit (BAU) team, based in A&O Shearman’s Belfast Office.

Business Acceptance Unit team – Belfast

Our Business Acceptance Unit (BAU) provides a cutting-edge service to support the Firm in performing checks against all incoming business and the team prides itself on providing a second-to-none service in the areas of conflict and new client on-boarding checks.

The team is growing exponentially – this is largely driven by the Firm’s continued expansion in the US market and the A&O Shearman merger which has been much reported in the press recently - and with this comes opportunity for growth.

To further strengthen our team, we are looking to hire a Conflicts Analyst who will be based at our Belfast office.

For the right candidate, this is an opportunity to work in a friendly team where they will be able to develop their conflicts skills whilst receiving the professional support and accompanying benefits that can be expected from a prestigious magic circle law firm.

Regularly voted in the top employer lists, A&O Shearman fosters a collaborative work environment, is a leader in ESG, is regularly praised for its commitment to its pro-bono work and its commitment to social mobility as well as its support for its LGBTQ+ colleagues.

With a reputation of being a fantastic employer, A&O Shearman offers extensive benefits to support wellbeing and training and development.

• Taking responsibility for conflict searches and individual matter inception requests submitted via the business acceptance system and then monitoring the progress of such requests to conclusion (using workflow technology).
• Analysing the information submitted by fee-earners in conflict searches and matter inception and new client requests.
• Applying relevant laws, professional rules, regulations and A&O Shearman compliance policy to conflict searches and matter inception and new client requests covering varied and wide-ranging work types.
• Performing relevant databases searches to satisfy A&O Shearman's regulatory requirements (e.g. in relation to sanctions, conflicts of interest and anti-money laundering).
• Liaising with partners and other relevant fee-earners and with support departments such as Finance and Business Development at appropriate stages of the business acceptance process.