Business Acceptance Analyst

UK-based role with global responsibilities

Focus on compliance, conflict resolution and risk management

Supporting global team operations and client due diligence

Opportunity for professional development and career progression

Comprehensive benefits including health and wellbeing support

We're looking for a proactive and conscientious compliance professional to join our Global Business Acceptance team as an Analyst in the UK. Being exposed to a wide variety of queries and situations, you will need to demonstrate strong organisational skills and a keen attention to detail to regularly balance multiple competing priorities.

This role primarily involves identifying (and working to resolve) technical & commercial conflicts, CDD & financial crime related issues and reputational risk concerns. You will also be expected to handle ad hoc queries that come into the team, get involved in work streams outside your normal scope of work and facilitate an environment that promotes the well-being and development of all team members.

Given this, no two days in this role will be the same, and you will have the opportunity to prioritise your own personal development to fit the next steps in your career. Your continued, overarching focus will be supporting global Management in driving the strategy of the team and the firm forward. Whilst you will be based in the UK, your role will have a global remit.

We are one Global Team. We are one Global Firm.

The Global Business Acceptance team is responsible for supporting Bird & Bird's ambitious growth plans, ensuring our goals as a firm are achieved in a way that both aligns with our strategy and protects our brand. We do this every day by being trusted and respected advisors in areas including technical & commercial conflicts, financial crimes, sanctions and reputational risk. We help the firm do the right work, for the right clients on the right terms.

With over 60 team members located across Hong Kong, the UAE and the UK, dealing daily with queries across our 30+ offices in 23 jurisdictions, we truly embody our team's Global name.

Our UK Business Acceptance team is currently comprised of 45+ individuals, so you'll be joining a well-established team structure that plays a critical role in strengthening Bird & Bird's presence globally.

• Primarily analyse a variety of business acceptance issues on a daily basis and proactively seek solutions which are in line with firm policy and a commercial approach. This includes learning about, identifying and working to resolve (and where necessary, escalating) legal and commercial conflicts, client due diligence, financial crime, reputational risk and other business acceptance related issues.
• Support the Global Business Acceptance team with queries they have, including being involved in issues normally outside your remit to ensure the firm's needs are met and to ensure the normal operation of the global team.
• Foster an environment of inclusion and growth that focuses on a consistent approach to high quality work and commerciality.
• Work with and support other members of the Global Business Acceptance team globally, other members of the Risk & Compliance department globally and other members of the firm globally on a daily basis.
• Proactively seek out learning opportunities, and maintain a willingness to develop the technical and non-technical skillsets relevant in your role.
• Contribute to the continued development of the Global Business Acceptance team's policies, frameworks, procedures, guidance and systems by providing regular feedback to Management and those around you.
• Contribute to work streams outside your normal scope of work in line with strategy developed by Management of the Global Business Acceptance team.

• Knowledge and experience analysing conflicts of interest or financial crime issues, as well as reputational risk and commercial related issues, in the Business Acceptance or Risk & Compliance department at a law firm, professional services firm or financial firm.
• Experience and ability to identify issues, know how to elevate them and collegially work with others to resolve them.
• Driven by curiosity, a strong commitment to continuous learning and a willingness to expand knowledge and skills within the role.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with an approachable mindset.
• Ability to be flexible, balance multiple stakeholder requests, manage competing priorities with strong organisational skills and adapt effectively to regularly…