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Risk Administrator

Location: 

Liverpool, GB

Department or practice area:  Risk Management

Taylor Wessing

 

Taylor Wessing is a global law firm that serves the world's most innovative people and businesses. Deeply embedded within our sectors, we work closely together with our clients to crack complex problems, enabling ideas and aspirations to thrive. Together we challenge expectation and create extraordinary results. By shaping the conversation in our sectors, we enable our clients to unlock growth, protect innovation and accelerate ambition. 

 

With 1200+ lawyers, 300+ partners, 28 offices and 17 jurisdictions we are looking to expand our Risk Management  team, with the addition of a Risk Administrator.

 

The opportunity for you

 

We are seeking a Risk Administrator to support the Business Acceptance team in our new office based in Liverpool. This role will involve working to support the Business Acceptance team in all aspects of new client and matter intake and also to provide more general support on other Risk-related projects.

 

Key responsibilities

 

  • Providing day-to-day administrative support, in particular to the Business Acceptance team, and also to the broader Risk team where necessary.
  • Monitoring the Risk inbox and allocating queries to the relevant Business Acceptance or Risk team member.
  • Running ad-hoc and full conflict searches, analysing the search results and eliminating irrelevant hits where possible.
  • Responsible for processing change requests to existing clients and matters where a risk review is not required.
  • Responsible for ensuring appropriate information barriers are created, amended and maintained, whilst ensuring that any issues arising out of the information barrier process are flagged to the supervisor and business as required.
  • Managing the firm's gifts and hospitality register, including dealing with general queries and cross-checking entries on the register against expenses submitted by the business.
  • Assisting in organising team meetings, collating agenda items and assisting in the preparation of slide decks.
  • Conducting housekeeping tasks within the client and matter inception tool, Intake, in order to maintain an efficient and streamlined process.

 

Knowledge, skills and experience

 

  • Experience in a previous administration role.  Experience of Risk is desired, but not essential
  • Exemplary communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Excellent attention to detail and ability to research and succinctly present information compiled from various sources.
  • Experience in dealing effectively with stakeholders at all levels, including senior management.
  • Able to juggle tasks and be flexible to meet the demands of the business, understanding the need to prioritise workload and take ownership of tasks.
  • Strong team ethic demonstrating awareness of work levels in the wider team, and a willingness to provide assistance to others where required.
  • Able to adapt to new processes and technology.

 

ABILITIES/APTITUDES

  • Professional, client-focused and solutions orientated.
  • Enthusiastic about risk management and compliance, with a desire to build relationships with internal clients.
  • Reliable, hardworking and committed to learning.
  • Articulate and confident communicator.
  • Uses initiative and adapts style to suit the circumstances.
  • Understands the firm's wider objectives and values, and incorporates these into their thinking and behaviours.

 

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

  • Experience working in a legal or other professional environment.
  • Experience of compliance databases and IT systems preferred but not essential

 

Benefits

 

Here are a select few benefits that Taylor Wessing offer; 

  • Hybrid working (Offering the opportunity to work remotely, while maintaining a social boundary by working from our award-winning offices for 3 days a week) 
  • Holiday (Our basic annual holiday entitlement starts at 25 days, with a further discretionary day of paid leave in December. You may also purchase up to five extra days each year (pro rata). 
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave (After one-year service, you are entitled to up to 26 weeks leave full pay if you or your partner give birth or adopt a child). 

 

Along with these there are many more benefits we offer, with the addition of a comprehensive flexible benefits package available. 

 

Our culture

 

Nurturing a diverse, inclusive culture allows all of our talent to flourish, sparks creativity and powers innovation.  We continue to build a team that exemplifies inclusivity and reflects the firm's core values: creative, excellence, integrity, responsible, respect and team.  We value and celebrate the differences in who we are, what we have experienced and how we think, so all candidates will be treated fairly regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, marital status, neurodiversity, pregnancy, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

 

The way we work

 

At Taylor Wessing, we never settle for average. We're creative thinkers, problem solvers and continuous learners who excel at what we do and believe our best work is still ahead of us. We are a firm that's large enough for you to achieve your ambitions, but connected enough to be a true community.  

 

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