The Department

Risk and Compliance work in collaboration with the business to ensure best practice across the Firm, effectively managing all aspects of the regulation surrounding the efficient running of the Firm. We are looking for someone with high attention to detail who prides themselves on providing an excellent service.

The role will involve working with key internal stakeholders in a fast-paced environment, so managing your time and the expectations of others is paramount. You will be joining a hardworking and fun team, who work together to provide a high level of service to the Firm and its clients.

This role will predominately support the Conflicts team as well as the Conflicts Manager and the Risk and Compliance team more generally.

Duties and Responsibilities

The role will involve acting as a trusted advisor to the Risk & Compliance department, and the Firm as a whole, on all forms of conflicts queries. This will require you to be expertly knowledgeable in all areas of conflicts regulation and guidance, leading by example to implement the Firm's conflicts policies and processes. You will work closely with the Conflicts Manager to accomplish this. This role will also involve the supervision, training and mentorship of junior members of the team, both relating to their work and their overall growth and development, and the opportunity to take on / get involved in projects that have a wider impact on the firm.

• Act as a role model and clear point of escalation for all junior members of the Conflicts analyst team, offering extensive training support and guidance.
• Work with the Conflicts Manager to set the standard and ensure that the Firm's conflicts policies, processes and systems are being implemented to an increasingly high standard. This includes working alongside others to ensure the timely and effective management of conflict check clearances.
• Alongside the Conflicts Manager, assist in and become a point of escalation for more complex conflict escalations.
• Support and take pride in developing a 'One Team' environment.
• Confidently engage in meaningful conversations with Partners, lawyers and other staff at all levels to provide expert conflicts clearances and services, including escalations to COLP as needed.
• Assist in conflicts issues outside matter opening, including where appropriate working with the more senior members of the conflicts team on conflict processes in the wider MDR Group and lateral disclaimer form and new joiners processes.
• Proactively lead on potential enhancements to the Firm's Conflict policies, regulations and systems - particularly in relation to the conflict check workflow.
• Ensure that overall Conflicts analyst team workload is managed effectively and appropriately, and that all queries are managed in a timely and efficient manner and are completed to a high standard of quality.
• Proactively identify training needs within the Conflicts team and help deliver on them, alongside the Conflicts Manager.
• Work with colleagues across the Risk & Compliance Department, as well as colleagues in other departments as necessary, to identify efficiencies and improvements in providing our service to the Firm.
• Become involved in, as a senior Conflicts analyst team member, and lead where required, on projects as and when they come up.
• Contribute to broader initiatives within the Risk & Compliance department and wider firm which may extend beyond your specialism.
• Actively take ownership of developing your network both across the wider Mishcon de Reya Group and externally and utilise these networks to your advantage to understand larger sector issues which may impact on your role and us as a firm and to learn about best practices within the industry.

Skills, Experience and Attributes

• Extensive experience as a Senior Conflicts Analyst (or equivalent) where you consistently handled and delivered on complex conflicts and confidential information issues.
• Expert knowledge in researching, analysing and providing tailored solutions to conflicts issues.
• An in-depth working knowledge of the conflicts and confidential information rules in the SRA Standards and Regulations and accompanying appropriate regulatory guidance.
• Experience in using Intapp, including expert level conflict clearing capability, is essential.
• Understanding of the issues arising in commercial conflicts and any relevant regulatory considerations.
• An understanding of how and when to escalate matters to senior team members and COLP as appropriate, including the relevance of specific information.
• A familiarity with ethical and reputational risk issues that may require escalation either to COLP or the MLRO team as appropriate at the conflicts stage.
• Experience working in an international team setting is highly desirable.
• Experience of devising and delivering training is desirable.
• Experience drafting and / or reviewing policies, and being engaged in these processes, is desirable.
• A genuine desire in developing a career in Risk and Compliance, including willingness and appetite to learn and develop knowledge in other areas of Risk and Compliance.
• Can manage own varied workload with multiple priorities running concurrently.
• Can manage others' workload effectively and efficiently.
• Strong interpersonal skills to be able to present yourself in a confident and commercial manner to a range of stakeholders.
• Work independently to solve complex issues with minimal guidance.
• Exceptional attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Take accountability for your workstreams, maintaining high standards and consistently delivering excellence.
• Strong communicator and able to confidently manage conversations with stakeholders of all seniority.
• Develop a high level of trust and confidence with senior management.
• Takes responsibility for, and attends to, self-development.
• Resilient and calm under pressure and is able to manage those around them in a similar manner.
• Adaptable and flexible in your approach to day-to-day tasks.
• Proficiency in MS Packages including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.

Please note that this job profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline of the key components of the role. You may be required by your line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.

About The Mishcon de Reya Group

The Mishcon de Reya Group is an independent international professional service business with law at its heart, employing over 1450 people with close to 670 lawyers. It includes the law firm Mishcon de Reya LLP and a collection of leading consultancy businesses that complement the firm's legal services. We have grown rapidly in recent years, showing more than 40% revenue growth in the past five years alone.

Based in London, Cambridge, Oxford, and Singapore, with an association with Karas So LLP in Hong Kong, the firm services an international community of clients and provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not apply. The work we undertake is cross-border, multi-jurisdictional and complex, spanning six core practice areas: Corporate; Dispute Resolution; Employment; Innovation; Private; and Real Estate.

As of 1 January 2023, Mishcon de Reya and Taylor Vinters merged. The merger delivers on both firms' strategies to support the innovation economy and accelerate our growing share of the technology, media and life-sciences legal and consultancy services market in the UK and in key international innovation hubs globally.

In times of such far-reaching and profound change we want to be the law firm that enables our clients - and our own people - to shape the world's possibilities. We are here to help our clients benefit from new economies, new geographic centres of wealth, the new global movement of people and capital, and the impact of new technologies and new knowledge.

Our purpose remains rooted in our founding values. We take pride in the diverse range of people who make up the firm and are proactive in driving change and continuous improvement across the spectrum of equality, diversity and inclusion. Mishcon Academy , our in-house place of learning, development and new thinking for our people, clients and contacts and our innovative impact strategy, including a commitment to be a net zero carbon business , also play a central strategic role in the direction of the firm. In 2020 we launched Mishcon Purpose , a first-of-its-kind sustainability practice providing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) advice and purpose-driven insight to clients.

The Mishcon de Reya Group comprises standalone businesses MDR Brand Management, MDR Cyber, MDR Discover, MDR One, MDR Mayfair (in London, Singapore and Dubai) and MDRx. Complementary to Mishcon de Reya's core areas of work, each is led by best in class professionals recruited from a variety of non-legal industries and sectors.

We strive to create a fully diverse and inclusive workplace where all our people are empowered to fulfil their potential. We are proud of our agile working culture and are always happy to talk flexible working.

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