Job Introduction
This role provides an opportunity to be involved in the development of a new central conflicts team, helping to determine whether a new client or matter can, or should be, accepted by us in line with the SRA Code of Conduct, our existing client base and our own ethical framework. The role will utilise and develop your commercial awareness and compliance knowledge along with your people management skills.
You will act as Conflicts Lead and Team manager, leading a team of Conflict Analysts and help to train and develop them using the Intapp system.
Main Responsibilities

As Conflicts Lead:

• Oversight of the running and consideration of conflict and sanction checks within Intapp system to consider whether new client or matter instructions can be accepted by the Firm, taking into account legal and regulatory requirements, internal policies and reputational/commercial considerations.
• Liaise with colleagues in the legal teams to establish whether a conflict of interest or material information consideration exists.
• Monitor volume of requests and ensure compliance with SLA timescales agreeing deadlines outside of the agreed service levels, where appropriate.
• Ensure consistent data entry within Intapp system.
• Understand regulatory rules around confidentiality of information and how to establish information barriers within Intapp Walls.
• Coordinate ad hoc questions/queries from fee earning teams relating to conflicts of interest and other engagement risk issues, involving the Office of General Counsel as appropriate.
• Develop internal Conflicts team processes and training on system use and data input.

As Team Manager:

• Mentor, develop and provide ongoing training to Conflict Analysts.
• Manage the team of Conflict Analysts including monitoring performance and development, allocating work from central work queue, setting objectives and conducting ongoing performance management.
• Oversee all conflict checks ensuring they are conducted in accordance with the agreed strategy for conflict resolution and agreed service levels
• Manage escalation from Conflict Analysts on complex conflict issues and sanctions queries, liaising with the legal teams and with the Office of General Counsel, where appropriate
• Develop a strong working relationship with key stakeholders, including the Office of General Counsel

• Organise and report on the service of the Conflicts Analyst team to key stakeholders including the Office of General Counsel and implement any recommended changes to policies and approach in accordance with regulatory or firm requirements.

  Firm wide:

• Understands DAC Beachcroft is an international firm. Works with awareness of this structure to operate as one team/brand.

• Actively operates in the best interests of the firm at all times internally and externally.
• Operates in a regulated environment, effectively managing risk and compliance issues including data security.
• Works in partnership with others to manage and mitigate commercial risk.

The Ideal Candidate

Key skills and experience:

• A law degree desirable.
• Experience in compliance and knowledge of conflict of interest rules [ideally gained in an international law practice].
• Experience of working in a centralised conflicts team or wider compliance function preferable.
• Experience of gathering and analysing information to solve problems in a methodical and practical way.
• Experience of managing, coaching and developing people.

Key Technical/ Knowledge/Personal Attributes:

• Sound awareness of commercial issues and ability to resolve them pragmatically.
• Highly organised - proven ability to work to competing deadlines, prioritise appropriately and maintain a positive working attitude.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to form and maintain strong relationships with colleagues at all levels.
• A working knowledge of Intapp Intake & Conflicts.
• Able to make decisions and remain calm while under pressure-particularly when dealing with difficult situations.
• Able to exercise tact and diplomacy.
• Can demonstrate initiative and the ability to be proactive.
• Ability to work both unsupervised and as part of a team.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills; can clearly explain and present problems and issues to others and contribute to their resolution. Identifies all relevant facts and engages with teams to understand the background before making a decision, displays excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Demonstrates logical thinking and ability to organise and prioritise own workload and workload of the team.
• Demonstrates a commercial approach to conflict resolution working within the regulatory framework.
• Takes ownership of issues and manages stakeholder expectations.

About The Company
We’re a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We’re market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we’re market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.
We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Milan, Rome, Singapore, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Miami, plus a broad network of affiliations across the globe.
Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. Combine this with our supportive culture and hybrid working model, and you have: a Life that Works.
Our flexible approach means that we help our colleagues to be their best at work, while recognising that they have all sorts of different interests and commitments outside work.
We pride ourselves on our supportive, approachable culture. We are trusted, appreciated as individuals and embraced as part of a team. At DACB, we don’t just accept your differences, we celebrate and advocate for them. From bespoke solutions for our clients, to treating you as an individual. Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the ‘whole you’ to work. So if you’re good at what you do, come as you are!
We are a Disability Confident employer and guarantee to interview anyone with a disability, long term health condition or neurodiversity whose application meets the essential criteria for the role as set out in this advert. If this applies to you contact disabilityconfident@dacbeachcroft.com in confidence, quoting the reference number for this vacancy in the subject box of your email, and a member of the team will be in touch.
We are happy to talk flexible working and have in place a Flex-forward working scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.