At Ashurst Perkins Coie, we're helping shape the future economy. With a global team of more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices, we partner with leading organisations to solve complex challenges across a diverse range of industries, with a distinct strength in technology, energy & infrastructure, and financial services. Our people work on market-leading matters that drive innovation, growth, and transformation around the world. For Ashurst Perkins Coie, innovation is our tradition.
What makes Ashurst Perkins Coie a great place to work?
- Flexible work options
- Health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership, and discounted corporate health plans
- Career advancement including award-winning Learning & Development programs
The Opportunity
An opportunity has arisen for a Supervisor to join our Business Acceptance team, within our Global Risk & Compliance function in Brisbane, on a full time, permanent basis.
In this role, you will work as part of the Business Acceptance Team, to discharge the legal obligation of the firm's lawyers, in all offices in which we operate, to carry out conflicts checks, financial crime and sanctions risk assessments on clients and matters at inception and on an ongoing basis.
To protect the firm's lawyers from sanctions and penalties from our professional regulators and crime enforcement agencies and other regulators for failure to meet our obligations to a sufficient standard, some of the key responsibilities in this role include (but not limited):
- Ensuring the firm meets its anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing ("AML/CTF ") obligations (and other associated requirements) worldwide.
- Ensuring the firm is protected from a reputational standpoint.
Contributing to strategy planning for the efficient running of the team and delivery of a quality service to the wider business.
Contributing to the professional development of Business Acceptance Officers and Analysts.
A full job description, including a breakdown of responsibilities, can be found at the bottom of the advertisement on our Ashurst Perkins Coie careers page: www.ashurstperkinscoie.com/en/careers/
We are interested in hearing from people who have:
- Prior experience in Risk & Compliance within the professional or financial services sector.
- Knowledge of AML/ CTF obligations and conflicts of interest rules.
- Experience in line management or mentoring a team of two or more.
- Degree qualified in Law, Risk Management, Business, Politics, Economics or related discipline.
- Strong organisational and research skills, attention to detail and ability to work well under pressure.
- Ability to read and understand policy and local legislation from across the jurisdictions in which we operate.
- Ability to demonstrate good judgement and an inquisitive mind.
- Good team spirit: assist others, when necessary, with the resolution of contentious issues in a diplomatic manner.
- Ability to pickup new systems with ease, with experience working with Microsoft Office Suite including Word and Excel.
We value diverse perspectives at Ashurst Perkins Coie, so even if you don't feel you meet all of the requirements, we still encourage you to apply.
If you require any support and adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process or in the workplace, please contact: [email protected] for a confidential conversation.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply directly to Ashurst Perkins Coie. We prefer to talk with you personally and are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies.
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