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Conflicts Analyst

Employer
CMS
Location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
23 May 2022

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We are seeking a Conflicts Analyst to join our dynamic Risk Team in Sheffield!


About CMS
CMS is a Future Facing firm. With 75 offices in 43 countries and 4,800+ lawyers worldwide, we combine deep sector understanding with a global overview, giving us the ability not only to see what's coming, but to shape it.


CMS is well equipped to help our clients face the future with confidence. We are driven by technology and readily embrace the possibilities it opens up for developing new and better ways of delivering legal services. Our bold approach to a changing future ensures that we nurture our employees and recruit top talent.


About the Role
Main responsibilities:
- Validate and vet the information on the Conflicts Request Form, using search engines and other resources; potentially liaising with fee earners to clarify and obtain more information as appropriate.
- Analyse and interpret at times complex search results from information in the firm's conflict systems and other internal or external systems in order to ascertain if there could be a conflict of interest.
- Liaise with fee earners (in a clear and concise manner) to highlight or identify any potential conflicts of interest relating to new matters and clients across all practice areas of the firm.
- Escalate any complex / challenging conflict situations to the Conflicts Manager.
- Undertake any additional research required using internal and external resources as necessary.
- Assist in the set-up and maintenance of information barriers using Security Policy Manager.
- Develop current knowledge of the legal/regulatory requirements relevant to the Risk and Compliance Team.
- Assist in continual education of the Firm in conflicts processes and policies raising awareness generally within the firm.
- Potentially providing assistance and cover for the Conflicts Manager and other Risk and Compliance team members as required.
- Other adhoc requests / projects relating to New Business Intake / conflicts processes.


About You
Qualifications/Skills/Experience:
- Ideal candidates will be educated to degree level and preferably have worked in a professional services environment in this field for a year. However we will consider candidates with more or less experience providing they can demonstrate the required competencies.
- Basic knowledge of SRA rules (rules 6.1-6.5), including but not limited to, ensuring the respect of a solicitors core duties towards conflict of interests, understanding and assessing the duty of confidentiality and of disclosure.
- Keen interest in knowing the business and lateral/analytical thinking; exposure to firm-wide legal practices will involve exposure to various types of transactions.
- Excellent research and analytical skills.
- Ability to use initiative with a 'can do' attitude.
- Ability to manage and prioritise multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Strong organisational skills, attention to detail , accuracy and able to work well under pressure.
- Ability to adapt to new processes and technology.
- Strong interpersonal skills, able to liaise effectively with all level of legal and support staff to assist with the resolution of issues in a diplomatic manner.
- Discretion essential to preserve confidential information.
- Computer literate.


Equal Opportunities
At CMS, a next-generation mindset is woven into all we do. We're diverse, supportive and inclusive, embracing our corporate social responsibility and creating a culture of sustainability in which every one of our people, whatever their background, can maximise their potential and thrive. For further information about CMS' diversity initiatives and programmes, please view the Diversity & Inclusion pages on our website.


Please apply online or contact a member of the Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions. For information regarding our competitive range of benefits please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.


Please note that CMS have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.

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Company

CMS is a future facing international law firm. With 74 offices in 44 countries and 5000+ lawyers worldwide, and home to business services colleagues across everything from Information Technology, Human Resources and Innovation to Finance, Diversity & Inclusion and Communications.  The firm’s core purpose is to build rewarding futures for its clients, people, and communities.

We’re a global law firm. We focus on the big and the small. We look to the future and embrace agility and challenge. We are experts in our sectors and have the rankings to back that up.  But it’s not all sectors and rankings. We focus on relationships. We’re a community. We look out for each other, encourage everyone to be themselves, and the best version of that. We’re friendly and go-getting. We act with purpose and find passion in what we do. We seek out different ways of thinking and doing. We don’t want everyone to be the same.  We know the best route forward is with the most diverse group of colleagues as possible. We’re here to build a better future.

In a world of ever-accelerating change where technology is increasingly important in the deployment of global strategies, every team at CMS is empowered to operate and innovate in ways that best meet clients’ needs. We encourage ideas from every corner of our business. We are also committed to addressing our own impact on the environment and approach to sustainability, as well as advising clients with their related legal needs.

We strive to spend more time looking at our clients’ world than inwards at ours.  That’s what makes our approach different. Being able to see things from our clients’ perspective means our people are approachable and accessible. And this means we have a genuinely supportive, open culture you won’t find everywhere. 

Our culture

It’s all about relationships. Our relationship with you, your relationship with us, and the relationships we have with clients and the communities around us. We want you to thrive and show your personality. Foster community, work together, listen, be open, and help each other succeed. Act with purpose and find passion. Strive for progress and embrace challenges. Seek out different ways of thinking and doing. We value trust over rules.

At CMS, a next-generation mindset is woven into all we do.  We're diverse, supportive, and inclusive, embracing our corporate social responsibility and creating a culture of sustainability in which every one of our people, whatever their background, can maximise their potential and thrive.  

Whatever your specialism, and whether you’re a lawyer or a business services professional, a career at CMS gives you huge scope to carve out a brilliant career as you help us, and our clients, to face the future with confidence.

Company info
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Telephone
+44 (0) 20 7367 3000
Location
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom

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