Junior Business Acceptance Analyst

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We are seeking a Junior Business Acceptance Analyst to join our Liverpool‑based Business Acceptance team. In this role, you will support the Business Acceptance Manager and Senior Analysts with all aspects of new client and matter intake, including initial due‑diligence checks, gathering client information, and assisting with conflict and risk assessments. You will help ensure that onboarding is completed accurately and efficiently.

• Responsible for day-to-day tasks relating to all aspects of the firm's Client and Matter Inception processes.
• Undertaking client due diligence checks and determining the nature and level of due diligence required in order to comply with Anti-Money Laundering Regulations.
• Carrying out conflict searches and identifying and resolving (and escalating as appropriate) any conflict issues arising out of searches undertaken or reviewed.
• Using external and internal databases and conducting research as part of client due diligence.
• Assessing the risk profile of new and existing clients and matters and escalating issues as appropriate.
• Providing advice to partners, fee earners and secretaries on Anti-Money Laundering, general inception and conflicts queries.
• Ensuring appropriate information barriers are created, amended and maintained, whilst ensuring that any issues arising out of the information barrier process are flagged to the business as required.
• Assisting the Business Acceptance Team in answering various ad hoc queries that come into the Risk Team's inbox.
• Actively participating in team and firm-wide projects to support the practice and our international offices.

• Strong communication, research, and analytical skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to present clear conclusions.
• Confident working with stakeholders and managing multiple priorities.
• Team‑focused, adaptable, and proactive with strong initiative.
• Professional, client‑focused, and solutions‑orientated.
• Enthusiastic about compliance and risk management.
• Reliable, hardworking, and aligned with the firm's values.
• Degree preferred; open to graduates.
• Experience in legal/professional environments or compliance systems is beneficial but not essential.
• Exposure to due diligence, conflicts analysis, or SRA rules is an advantage.

• Hybrid working (Offering the opportunity to work remotely, while maintaining a social boundary by working from our award‑winning offices for 3 days a week)
• Holiday (Our basic annual holiday entitlement starts at 25 days, with a further discretionary day of paid leave in December. You may also purchase up to five extra days each year (pro rata).
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave (After one‑year service, you are entitled to up to 26 weeks leave full pay if you or your partner give birth or adopt a child).

Along with these there are many more benefits we offer, with the addition of a comprehensive flexible benefits package available.

Nurturing a diverse, inclusive culture allows all of our talent to flourish, sparks creativity and powers innovation. We continue to build a team that exemplifies inclusivity and reflects the firm's core values: creative, excellence, integrity, responsible, respect and team. We value and celebrate the differences in who we are, what we have experienced and how we think, so all candidates will be treated fairly regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, marital status, neurodiversity, pregnancy, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio‑economic background.

At Taylor Wessing, we never settle for average. We're creative thinkers, problem solvers and continuous learners who excel at what we do and believe our best work is still ahead of us. We are a firm that's large enough for you to achieve your ambitions, but connected enough to be a true community.

Taylor Wessing is a global law firm that serves the world's most innovative people and businesses. Deeply embedded within our sectors, we work closely together with our clients to crack complex problems, enabling ideas and aspirations to thrive. Together we challenge expectation and create extraordinary results. By shaping the conversation in our sectors, we enable our clients to unlock growth, protect innovation and accelerate ambition.

With 1250+ lawyers, 350+ partners, 26 offices and 16 jurisdictions we are looking to expand our Risk Management team, with the addition of a Junior Business Acceptance Analyst.