About this role
Description
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 - part-time, working from home and additional leave
- 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
This is fantastic opportunity to join a global team and play a key role in safeguarding our clients' information in line with client expectations and our professional obligations.
The ideal candidate would be a reliable, organised, software conversant individual with good eye for detail and analytical skills. Full training will be given to the successful candidate.
Key responsibilities of the role include
- Maintaining the firm's information barrier system to ensure compliance with confidentiality obligations.
- Granting legal and business users access to confidential matters on a case-by-case basis in line with client requirements and conflict conditions, ensuring sensitive information is safeguarded from unauthorised access.
- Removing user access in line with client recertification requirements.
- Maintaining the firm's insider lists in compliance with market abuse regulations.
- Conducting routine checks and audits of Risk & Compliance systems regularly and as needed.
- Assisting internal stakeholders by advising on procedural and system issues and questions as they arise.
This is a full-time, permanent role based in our Glasgow office. This is a hybrid role where, once trained, office and remote working will both be utilised.
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, working 8.5 hours a day including an hour for lunch, between the hours of 07:00 -17:30. Shift times may vary depending on the team rota, and a later finish may be required a few times per month in order to attend team meetings.
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 have
- Previous experience in an administrative or an analytical role.
- Professional and discreet manner as confidential and sensitive information will be handled.
- Excellent analytical and Microsoft Excel skills.
- Exceptional attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
- Quick learning ability and conversant with technology/software.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
About compliance & regulatory roles for ex-police
Compliance, AML and regulatory roles. Working to PACE, RIPA and CPIA is a stronger regulatory grounding than most civilian applicants can offer — firms increasingly recognise this.
See all compliance & regulatory jobs in Glasgow →Why this fits a police background — match score 70/100
- Working to legislation & regulation
What compliance & regulatory roles pay ex-police
Advertised UK ranges, editorial estimates reviewed July 2026
| Compliance analyst | £32,000–£42,000 |
| Compliance / AML officer | £40,000–£55,000 |
| Compliance manager | £55,000–£80,000 |
| Senior manager / head of compliance | £80,000–£120,000+ |