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Conflicts Advisor – Law Firm Jobs in London Area, United Kingdom at Taylor Root
Title: Conflicts Advisor – Law Firm
Company: Taylor Root
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Conflicts Advisor – Law Firm
Join a leading international 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.
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. Work closely with the Conflicts Manager to implement processes, while supervising, training, and mentoring junior team members. The role also offers the opportunity to contribute to firm-wide projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- 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.
- 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.
Requirements:
- Extensive experience as a Senior Conflicts Analyst (or equivalent)
- Strong knowledge of SRA conflicts and confidentiality rules
- Advanced Intapp experience
- Proven ability to handle complex conflicts issues independently
- Experience mentoring or supervising others
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
Interested? Or want to hear more detail? Reach out to Zali Oulton at [email protected]
