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SalaryA&O Shearman is a new global industry-leading law firm, with 48 offices in 29 countries worldwide. Our fluency in English law, US law, and the laws of the world’s most dynamic markets, enables us to provide unmatched insight and seamless delivery to clients. We work on challenging and important deals and disputes that have the potential to shape the future.
We offer exceptional opportunities for our people; opportunities to work for the world’s leading businesses; to transform the status quo, and to deliver your best work, helping you and your career to thrive, while delivering unparalleled outcomes for our clients.
Whether you're helping clients solve complex challenges, transforming the ways we manage our business, or ensuring the smooth-running of our operations, this is an environment where you can belong and excel. We provide first-rate training and development, we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and we provide support and ways of working that help you optimize your wellbeing.
What truly defines a career with us? We recruit the best and ask for the best of you. And together, we will redefine success.
Department purpose
The Business Acceptance Unit (BAU) is a dynamic, global, collegiate team responsible for assessing all new business before it is accepted by the firm’s partners, to ensure the firm’s commercial objectives and legal obligations are met. The team work closely with partners and other senior stakeholders to identify and resolve legal and commercial conflict issues, sanctions and anti-money laundering risks, as well as reputational and values issues in each of the jurisdictions in which A&O Shearman operates. The BAU has a unique, wholistic view of the firm’s business and clients, and facilitates strategic decisions by the firm’s partners and leaders as well as managing the firm’s risk exposure with regard to new work. The BAU is widely respected throughout the firm and strongly supported by the firm’s management.
Job description
Role and responsibilities
Key requirements
We offer exceptional opportunities for our people; opportunities to work for the world’s leading businesses; to transform the status quo, and to deliver your best work, helping you and your career to thrive, while delivering unparalleled outcomes for our clients.
Whether you're helping clients solve complex challenges, transforming the ways we manage our business, or ensuring the smooth-running of our operations, this is an environment where you can belong and excel. We provide first-rate training and development, we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and we provide support and ways of working that help you optimize your wellbeing.
What truly defines a career with us? We recruit the best and ask for the best of you. And together, we will redefine success.
Department purpose
The Business Acceptance Unit (BAU) is a dynamic, global, collegiate team responsible for assessing all new business before it is accepted by the firm’s partners, to ensure the firm’s commercial objectives and legal obligations are met. The team work closely with partners and other senior stakeholders to identify and resolve legal and commercial conflict issues, sanctions and anti-money laundering risks, as well as reputational and values issues in each of the jurisdictions in which A&O Shearman operates. The BAU has a unique, wholistic view of the firm’s business and clients, and facilitates strategic decisions by the firm’s partners and leaders as well as managing the firm’s risk exposure with regard to new work. The BAU is widely respected throughout the firm and strongly supported by the firm’s management.
Job description
Role and responsibilities
- Taking responsibility for individual matter inception requests submitted via business acceptance system and then monitoring the progress of such requests to conclusion (using workflow technology).
- Analyzing the information submitted by fee-earners in matter inception requests.
- Applying relevant laws, regulations and AOS compliance policy to matter inception requests covering varied and wide-ranging work types.
- Performing relevant databases searches to satisfy AOS's regulatory requirements in relation to anti -money laundering and background checks on new clients.
- Liaising with relevant fee-earners and with support departments such as Finance and Business Development at appropriate stages of the business acceptance process.
- Assisting with review and resolution of alerts generated by client and counterparty ongoing screening tool.
- Applying judgement and decision-making in relation to individual matter inception requests and spotting and, if needed, then escalating any issues.
- Helping to develop internal databases of information for use in conducting regulatory checks and searches during business acceptance process.
- Providing reports and updates of items on work list as required.
- Undertaking administrative duties including record maintenance as required.
- Being flexible in undertaking the above responsibilities and any others so required.
Key requirements
- Relevant experience working within an AML / KYC team is required.
- Strong analytical skills are essential.
- Ability to communicate positively and effectively with team members, fee earners and support staff.
- Attention to detail, ability to work under pressure and manage conflicting deadlines at speed.
Additional information - External
For individuals assigned to or hired for this opportunity in New York or California, the estimated annualized base salary range for this position is $85,000-$111,000. The actual base salary offered will depend on the overall qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, including, if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job, and other job-relation factors permitted by law.
This role can be based in any of the firm's US offices (New York, Washington DC, Boston, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, or Los Angeles.)
A&O Shearman is an equal opportunity employer. Every individual has the right to work in a professional environment that promotes equal opportunity and prohibits discrimination and harassment. It is AOS policy to ensure equal employment opportunity for all individuals, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status or alienage, disability, pregnancy or related medical issue, military or qualified veteran status, familial status, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, gender, including gender identity, gender expression or transition status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, status as a victim of domestic violence, stalking and/or sex offenses, sexual and reproductive health decisions, unemployment status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of an individual’s relationship with AOS, including, without limitation, recruitment, hiring, training and development, promotion, compensation, discipline, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.
If you are vision-impaired or have another disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law and wish to discuss accommodations related to applying for employment at AOS, please contact US HR Transactions at US-HRTransactions@aoshearman.com or call +1 212 610 6300 and ask for HR Transactions.
This role can be based in any of the firm's US offices (New York, Washington DC, Boston, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, or Los Angeles.)
A&O Shearman is an equal opportunity employer. Every individual has the right to work in a professional environment that promotes equal opportunity and prohibits discrimination and harassment. It is AOS policy to ensure equal employment opportunity for all individuals, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status or alienage, disability, pregnancy or related medical issue, military or qualified veteran status, familial status, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, gender, including gender identity, gender expression or transition status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, status as a victim of domestic violence, stalking and/or sex offenses, sexual and reproductive health decisions, unemployment status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of an individual’s relationship with AOS, including, without limitation, recruitment, hiring, training and development, promotion, compensation, discipline, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.
If you are vision-impaired or have another disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law and wish to discuss accommodations related to applying for employment at AOS, please contact US HR Transactions at US-HRTransactions@aoshearman.com or call +1 212 610 6300 and ask for HR Transactions.
