- Location
- Shanghai
- Department
- Legal
- Seniority
- Entry
- Experience
- 3+ years
Description
GLG’s Compliance team is seeking an Associate based in Shanghai, China. The individual will be required to provide timely and thoughtful support for a client’s dedicated project. In this role you will develop strong actionable business skills – including time management, prioritization, communication, problem solving, and project management.
GLG attracts employees from diverse academic and professional backgrounds. We look for individuals who are passionate about our mission to transform how professionals learn and who embody GLG’s values: learning and curiosity, responsibility, courage, judgment, fresh perspective, service, and integrity.
Specific responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Conduct screening of candidate profiles and background to ensure completeness, accuracy, appropriateness, and consistency and identify any potential concerns
- Conduct further in-depth research on issues/concerns identified using proprietary databases and/or public domain
- Ensuring that risks are identified, assessed, managed, and reported in a timely manner
- Work closely with other team members on the client project to provide real-time compliance support and guidance as needed
- Making recommendations on appropriate actions in relation to issues that have been identified to the relevant client stakeholder
An ideal candidate will have the following:
- This is an entry level position. Bachelor’s degree or higher (required)
- Proficient in English (verbal and written)
- Possess excellent Internet-based research skills. Familiarity with using Internet-based investigative tools would be an added advantage
- Adaptability to work in a dynamic environment often accompanied by stringent deadlines
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- At least 3 years experience
We seek bright, positive, and flexible people who:
- Are motivated by the chase of the hunt in all things “compliance”
- Exhibit process discipline and systematic approach to pipeline development
- Are simultaneously team-oriented and strong individual contributors
- Are resilient, perseverant, and goal-oriented
About GLG / Gerson Lehrman Group
GLG is the world’s leading platform for trusted human expertise. We connect global decision-makers—from hedge fund managers and private equity partners to strategy leaders at Fortune 500s—with the specific, authoritative voices required to answer their most critical questions.
At GLG, you are an extension of our clients' core teams. You will work at the intersection of industries and global markets, navigating high-stakes challenges across the full spectrum of their strategic initiatives. Operating within the industry’s most trusted research environment, you’ll help our clients capture the nuanced perspectives that drive smarter, faster business outcomes.
We are a global team of pragmatic problem-solvers who mirror the intensity of the markets we serve. If you are driven by intellectual curiosity and a bias toward action, join us in reinventing the industry we invented.
Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. (“GLG”) is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, race, religion, color, marital status, disability, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law.