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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 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
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