OGC Analyst - Compliance, Client & Vendor Risk

About Latham & Watkins

Latham & Watkins is a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service. We are driven by our core values: respect, innovation, and collaboration.

The OGC Analyst – Compliance, Client and Vendor Risk is an integral part of Latham’s Office of General Counsel (OGC) team. This role will be responsible for supporting the firm’s Anti‑Money Laundering (AML), sanctions, and other compliance programs across multiple offices, while conducting research on client and non‑client parties in potential new matters to screen for matches against sanctions lists and lists of Politically Exposed Persons, and overseeing the escalation, review, and resolution of potentially positive findings, including the preparation of diligence records.

This role will be located in either our Downtown Los Angeles or San Diego office. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in‑office presence.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Conducting research on client and non‑client parties in potential new matters to screen for adverse findings (including negative news) that present reputational, business, and/or other risk to the firm, while overseeing the escalation, review, and resolution of potentially adverse findings, including the preparation of diligence records
• Directly supporting the firm’s sanctions compliance program, including screening client, non‑client party, vendor, and vendor beneficiary bank names against sanctions lists, and screening newly sanctioned names against the firm’s conflicts and vendor databases
• Applying sanctions rules and regulatory guidance across the firm, and preparing clear and well‑documented research summaries supporting conclusions
• Maintaining and updating tracking logs for screening requests and escalations
• Supporting project requests from the Conflicts team, Ethics Committee, Client Intake Committee, Compliance team lawyers, and others
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Possess an advanced ability to perceive and analyze problems and develop alternative strategies to solve them
• Exhibit well‑developed and professional interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively interface with lawyers, management, support staff, and outside contacts
• Demonstrate strong communication skills, both written and verbal

And have:

• A bachelor’s degree
• A minimum of three (3) years of relevant AML and/or sanctions compliance experience, including research functions, within a compliance, risk, or operational function at a law firm, banking institution, audit company, or similar professional services organization

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well‑being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well‑being events, and more)
• Professional development programs
• Employee discounts
• Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff

Latham & Watkins is an equal opportunity employer. The Firm prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status (including veterans of the Vietnam era), gender expression, marital status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable statute.

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USD $75,000.00 - USD $85,000.00 /Yr.