The Risk Department provides support to the firm's Senior Management
and to the wider business, to ensure that the firm develops and
maintains the very highest standards of professional conduct,
optimally manages its risk and sets a healthy risk culture and ensures
compliance globally with its legal and regulatory requirements. This
role is a senior level role and will lead in promoting and embedding
best practice in these areas throughout the firm's global network.
Key Responsibilities
Supporting the Head of Risk Management in developing the firm's
strategy in respect setting its approach to managing conflicts
globally; the role will be expected to work closely with the global
Head of BAU and also with the Conflicts & New Business
Committee, regional Boards and Practice Group Heads to develop and
deliver a practical, robust and forward-looking approach.
Shaping the conflicts and client intake capability within the firm
to support the needs of the business, focussing on developing,
coaching and growing those in the wider team who have a role within
the conflicts process and identifying gaps and opportunities. The
role will also consider appropriate learning and development
initiatives required and build the knowhow within the team.
Devising and leading a training programme on excellent conflicts
management across the firm to embed key messages.
Guiding the business with its most complex and challenging
conflicts issues, escalating to the Conflicts & New Business
Committee as required and reporting quarterly to the Management
Board on conflicts issues.
Supporting the Head of Risk Management in managing members of the
team to ensure the firm is aligned and consistent in its risk
culture and approach and to develop a continually closer
relationship between the department and the lawyers in all regions.
Essential Skills & Experience
Key Objectives within the Role
As part of the role the candidate will:
Analyse and critically assess the firm's current conflicts process
and approach to conflicts with particular reference to US conflicts
provision to ensure the firm is in the best position to take
opportunities in the market over the next 5 -10 years;
Deliver and guide the team to assist with delivering market
leading conflicts training across offices as well as virtually.
Be the go to for conflicts escalations from both the BAU and Risk teams.
The successful candidate will have:
Qualified lawyer with a significant number of years' experience
practising in an international law firm and with a bachelor or
Master's Degree (or equivalent);
Significant experience in managing risk within a professional
services firm, with experience in enterprise risk also welcomed;
Excellent ability to manage and influence senior stakeholders,
driving action and challenging inaction;
Strong partnership abilities; skilled in influencing and
motivating others especially senior leaders;
Strong project management, problem-solving and decision-making skills;
Expert trainer able to inspire and influence busy executives to
engage with relevant training and scenarios;
Excellent verbal and written communication skills including
presentation development and delivery;
Proven ability to design and deliver well thought through,
relevant and challenging exercise scenarios to all levels of
business continuity teams;
Ability to work independently and think critically;
A strong service focus with the need to listen and understand the
essential requirements of different areas of the firm;
Ability to build connections and work collaboratively across
boundaries at all levels.
The Firm
Clyde & Co is a leading
global law firm, specialising in the sectors that underpin global
trade and commercial activity, namely: insurance, transport,
construction, energy, trade and commodities. It is globally
integrated, offering a comprehensive range of contentious and
non-contentious legal services and commercially-minded legal advice
to businesses operating across the world. Clyde & Co is
committed to operating in a responsible way. This means progressing
towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the
diversity of its communities and clients, using its legal skills to
support its communities through pro bono work, volunteering and
charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the
environment. The firm has 480 partners, 2400 lawyers, 3200 legal
professionals and 5000 people overall in over 60 offices and
associated offices worldwide.
Our Values
Our values are the principles
that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and
strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We:
Work as one
We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a
firm-first mentality to achieve success
Excel with clients
We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver
unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of
everything we do
Celebrate difference
We help each other to be at our best and believe
our differences result in greater achievement
Act b oldly
We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go,
recognising that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth
Business Services Competencies
Clyde & Co is committed to providing
extensive, personal and professional development opportunities for our
people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as
well as assist ing them to fulfil their career aspirations.
The competencies are used to inform all
aspects of Business Services career development. They vary across
levels and different business areas and fall under the following areas:
Technical Excellence
People and Team
Client/Stakeholder Relationships
Service Delivery and Commercial Awareness
Personal Effectiveness
This is the job description as constituted
at present; however the Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it
in accordance with the changing needs of the business.
