Conflict Analyst Assistant - Johannesburg GBC at Hogan Lovells

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS AND ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Assist in the identification of potential conflicts of interest through corporate and conflicts database research of client and matter information provided by our firm partners as well as incoming candidates; minimal conflicts analysis for low risk clearance review;
• Become proficient in understanding and utilization of conflicts of interest database, including the maintenance and update of the conflicts database;
• Research corporate history of clients and parties related to the former and new client work;
• Respond to lawyers’ and business services employees’ requests and perform conflicts of interest searches;
• Assist the Conflicts Manager, Supervisor, and Analysts in the resolution and clearance of complex conflict of interest issues;
• Assist the Head of Compliance and Conflicts, Director of Conflicts, Head of CDD Compliance, Conflicts Managers, Supervisors and Analysts with a wide range of research requests and other projects;
• Become a key contributor to ongoing process improvement;
• Sanctions inquiries; analyzing sanctions hits on potential clients and related parties and outlining critical issues for Conflicts Analyst review; 
• Conflicts Database integrity;
• Extremely accurate corporate research;
• Contribute suggestions for Research procedures;
• Assist with other duties related to the resolving and clearing conflicts of interest issues as assigned

REQUIREMENTS:

Education:

• Grade 12 or equivalent (NQF 4) - Required
• Bcom, LLB, BA equivalent (at least in final year of studies) (NQF 7/8) – Required

Experience:

• Minimum 1 years’  experience in a customer service related position or internship is preferred
• at Operational level - Required
• Minimum 1 years’ experience in a legal or shared services environment at Operational level - Required
• Minimum 6 months legal research experience at Operational level – Recommended
• Proven experience performing database or academic research
• Experience handling multiple projects at once while adhering to deadlines

System Skills:

• Microsoft Office - Intermediate (Required)