Conflicts Advisor – Law Firm

Conflicts Advisor – Law Firm

Office based in London, with a flexible hybrid working model.

Join a top tier Law Firm, seeking a Conflicts Advisor to join their Risk & Compliance team.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced conflicts professional to step into an advisory role, and act as a trusted advisor to the Risk and Compliance team and wider Firm on all conflict-related queries, applying expert knowledge of relevant regulations and policies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner closely with the Conflicts Manager to ensure the consistent application and continuous improvement of conflicts policies, processes, and systems, including overseeing the timely and accurate clearance of conflict checks.
• Take ownership of complex and high-risk conflict queries and escalations, confidently liaising with Partners, lawyers, and senior stakeholders, and escalating to COLP where necessary.
• Support broader conflicts activity, including lateral hire processes, new joiner onboarding, and wider group initiatives.
• Drive enhancements to conflicts workflows, systems, and service delivery, while ensuring team workload is effectively managed, deadlines are met, and outputs remain high quality.
• Identify team training needs and support delivery, while also collaborating across Risk & Compliance and the wider firm to improve efficiency, contribute to strategic initiatives, build strong internal/external networks, and provide shared out-of-hours support for urgent matters.
• Act as a senior role model and key escalation point for Junior Conflicts Analysts, providing hands-on training, mentoring, and day-to-day guidance to support both technical capability and professional development.

Requirements:

• 4-6 years experience in a Conflicts role in a Law Firm
• Knowledge in researching, analysing and providing tailored solutions to conflicts issues.
• Advanced Intapp experience
• Proven ability to handle complex conflicts issues independently
• Strong communicator and able to confidently manage conversations with stakeholders of all seniority.
• Exceptional organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities

Interested? Or want to hear more detail? Reach out to Zali Oulton at [email protected]

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