Compliance And Conflicts Manager

Summary

Join Sterlington, a leading international law firm, as their Compliance & Conflicts Manager. This full-time, remote independent contractor position requires 5+ years of experience managing conflict searches, conducting legal and commercial analyses, and mitigating risks. You will interpret results, provide recommendations, manage projects, draft policies, and drive process improvements. The ideal candidate possesses relevant compliance certifications, exceptional problem-solving skills, and strong communication abilities. Experience in the legal services industry is highly desirable, but other financial services experience will be considered. This role offers the opportunity to work autonomously within a remote-first environment and contribute to a dynamic, innovative firm.

Requirements

• Wide-ranging compliance and conflict clearance experience of onboarding scenarios for clients based in US, offshore, higher risk territories and/or other overseas countries - minimum 5+ years of experience
• Experience of dealing with compliance and conflicts for a wide range of client types, including private individuals, corporates, partnerships, trusts etc
• Possessing relevant certifications in regulatory compliance or conflict management as well as proficiency in associated technology solutions
• Exceptional problem-solving and decision-making abilities, with a strong attention to detail and demonstrable experience of having reviewed, transformed and launched new processes and systems successfully
• Sophisticated business focused writing, speaking, negotiation and presenting skills to communicate and liaise across all levels both in legal and business teams, adapting the messaging to the stakeholder
• A client-centric mindset, strong project management skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
• The ability to work both collaboratively and independently across multicultural teams in multiple locations, thriving in a remote-first environment with a strong self-starter and autonomous mindset and comfort handling highly confidential and sensitive information with discretion

Responsibilities

• Manage conflict search results, conducting legal and commercial analysis of potential conflict and confidentiality issues (including desktop due diligence where necessary), reporting only key issues to partners, fee earners or the internal GC&R team
• Interpret the results and provide options and recommendations to mitigate risks (including but not limited to regulatory, reputational, commercial and credit) and drive solutions in a positive and constructive manner
• Manage project work in relation to BAU workflows, monitoring systems and controls and compiling Management Information statistics for stakeholders
• Responsibility for drafting, reviewing and updating Firm-wide policies and guidance on key compliance and risk management obligations as well as ensuring adherence and declarations among team members and managing KYC, fund flows or other client due diligence
• Driving strategic process improvements through identifying and implementing relevant efficiencies as well as evaluating existing and potential technology solutions

Preferred Qualifications

Highly desirable equivalent experience within the legal services industry, although other financial services experience will be considered

Benefits

100% remote working