Job Description
Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth.
Practice Overview
The conflict check team is responsible for high level client risk assessment, legal conflicts of interest, client and new hire due diligence, and assists with RFPs.
Role Overview:
The Conflict Analyst who will be responsible for supporting the firm's new client intake process. This position will perform preliminary conflict checks and new engagement set up under the direction of the firm's Conflict Management leadership. The Conflict Analyst must show a high level of critical thinking in their evaluations to ensure potential risk is identified and new engagements are aligned with the firm's policies and strategies. The Conflict Analyst will interact with all levels of staff so excellent verbal and written communication skills are required. This role is responsible for east coast coverage and the work hours will be 8:30AM-5:30PM eastern time with occasional weekend coverage.
Responsibilities:
+ Ensure sufficient information is gathered to perform a conflict of interest analysis, which may involve discussions with senior staff and independent research through external sources, including Pacer and others, as needed.
+ Perform analysis via conflicts analytics tool, using policies and procedures as guidance in issue identification.
+ Identify and summarize all potential conflict of interest issues for resolution with the team supervisor.
+ Act as liaison with senior staff on issue mitigation and/or resolution.
+ Maintain conflict database, ensuring all data is accurate through quality control reviews.
+ Other duties as requested.
Requirements:
+ Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
+ 0-3+ years of experience in conflict analysis, client intake, AML or the legal field
+ Ability to identify and analyze complex issues (critical thinking)
+ Strong research skills
+ Excellent written and verbal communications skills required
+ Excellent organization skills and attention to detail
+ Ability to multi-task and work with limited supervision
+ Ability to work efficiently with a high degree of accuracy
+ General understanding of the legal and/or business consulting industries preferred
+ General understanding of conflict of interest and new client intake principles preferred
+ Fundamental knowledge of Microsoft suite of products (Word, Excel, Outlook, Acrobat)
+ Experience with Intapp Open, similar conflict software, or Boolean search logic preferred
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Ankura Consulting Group, LLC is an independent global expert services and advisory firm that delivers services and end-to-end solutions to help clients at critical inflection points related to conflict, crisis, performance, risk, strategy, and transformation. The Ankura team consists of more than 2000 professionals serving 3,000+ clients across 55 countries who are leaders in their respective fields and areas of expertise. Collaborative Lateral Thinking That Deliversᵀᴹ, hard-earned experience, expertise, and multidisciplinary capabilities drive results and Ankura is unrivalled in its ability to assist clients to Protect, Create, and Recover Valueᵀᴹ. For more information, please visit, ankura.com.
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