Supervisor, Business Acceptance

Job Title
Supervisor, Business Acceptance
Location
GlasgowDescription

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 - client secondment opportunities, global
  opportunities, and award-winning Learning & Development programs

The Opportunity:

Working as part of our global Risk & Compliance function, the
Business Acceptance team is responsible for ensuring the firm is
protected from reputational, legal, and commercial risks. This
includes analysing all new clients and matters to identify and resolve
legal and commercial conflicts of interest, ensuring compliance with
anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF)
obligations, meeting international regulatory requirements for
sanctions and politically exposed persons (PEPs), and client-related
adverse media.

This is a Supervisor position within the team, combining hands-on
risk and compliance delivery with day-to-day leadership of Analysts
and Senior Analysts. The role involves preparing detailed risk
assessments, navigating complex client structures, and engaging
confidently with Partners and Senior Management. Alongside this
technical work, the Supervisor will drive quality standards, lead
training and development, and identify opportunities for continuous
improvement across the function.

The position sits within a global team with colleagues across
Glasgow, London, Dubai, Singapore, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and
New Zealand, working together to provide risk and conflicts clearance
that supports partners and clients alike in their pursuit of exciting
deals across the globe.

The role is ideally suited to an individual with a clear and
confident communication style, strong research and analytical skills,
and a desire to work collaboratively with a dynamic and motivated
team. The successful candidate will have the ability to work well
under pressure and the professionalism to represent the function at
all levels of the firm. A legal qualification is not essential, but
problem solving, leadership, and sound judgement are key.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• People management - Provide day-to-day management and direction to
  Analysts and Senior Analysts, ensuring efficient allocation of work
  across the team and timely delivery against agreed priorities.
• Client verification & research- Research and verify the
  identity of clients, third parties, and assets using relevant
  information sources and international databases to compile
  documentation supporting new business requests.
• Risk assessment & escalation- Compose detailed written risk
  assessments and escalations (to the MLRO and Head of Financial
  Crime), encompassing money laundering, bribery, sanctions, and
  reputational risks with reference to sectoral, jurisdictional, and
  FATF-identified risk typologies.
• Conflicts identification & resolution- Analyse information
  held in our conflict management systems and other sources to
  identify potential conflicts of interest. Liaise with partners, fee
  earners, and team members to resolve legal and commercial conflicts
  across all practice areas worldwide

This is a full-time role on a Permanent basis, based in our Glasgow
office with hybrid working.

More information can be found in the job description attached to
the role on our careers site Careers |
Ashurst Perkins Coie

About you:

The successful candidate will:

• Degree qualified in Law, Risk Management, Business, Politics,
  Economics, or a related discipline.
• A minimum of four years' experience in a Risk and Compliance
  function within professional services, ideally within a law firm or
  large corporate environment.
• Strong working knowledge of AML/CTF obligations and/or legal
  conflicts of interest.
• Demonstrated ability to research, interpret, and analyse complex
  information using legal and business databases and search engines.

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