Remote Risk Analyst

Summary

Join Dentons' growing new business intake team across the Europe region as a Risk Analyst. This role involves running conflicts checks, liaising with partners and teams, conducting anti-money laundering refresh, and handling confidential information issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Prior experience analyzing and resolving conflicts of interest and managing confidential information issues acquired in an international law firm is required
• Experience working with Intapp Open system is advantageous
• Excellent analytical skills, with ability to quickly identify and meticulously analyse complex issues and provide practical solutions
• Effective communication skills, dealing confidently, competently, and diplomatically with internal clients worldwide, persuasively communicating the Risk position in writing as well as by telephone and providing clear and unambiguous instructions
• Ability to comprehend the commercial concerns arising from the underlying advice provided by a global law firm
• Methodical and organised approach to work and strong prioritisation skills, with ability to work efficiently under pressure, prioritise and deliver work to a consistently high standard and to deadlines
• Ability to make decisions and remain calm while under pressure, particularly when dealing with challenging situations
• Strong commitment to excellent internal client/customer facing service, being professional in outlook and attitude and serve as an ambassador for Risk Europe
• Ability to work as part of an international multicultural environment

Responsibilities

• Running conflicts checks varying levels of complexity and across a range of sectors, practices, and geographies
• Liaising with partners, business support teams and Risk teams firmwide to facilitate the prompt resolution of commercial and legal conflict issues identified from conflict searches
• Conducting anti-money laundering refresh of due diligence for existing clients
• Reaching out to other Dentons regions to obtain conflict clearances across Dentons worldwide
• Handling complexity protection of confidential information issues, managing information barriers and document security processes
• Reviewing engagement letters, outside counsel terms and other engagement terms/contracts
• Supporting the team and risk management on various tasks and projects, such as client terms review, technology upgrades, team training, policy drafting etc