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About the Role

This role is for an experienced compliance professional with a background in the legal or professional services sector to join a team dealing with conflicts of interest and client confidentiality matters. The successful candidate will assist with the development of a specialized team of conflicts professionals responsible for analyzing, advising on, and resolving legal and commercial conflicts of interest, information barriers, and share dealing requests to ensure compliance with regulations and protect client relationships and the firm's reputation.

Responsibilities

Day-to-day management of conflicts advisors within the relevant time zone, including leading recruitment.
Act as a point of escalation for the team and business on legal and commercial conflicts issues, analyzing and resolving them.
Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders globally, acting as a point of contact for conflicts and client confidentiality queries.
Lead on internal training related to conflicts of interest, client confidentiality, share dealing, and insider lists.
Identify weaknesses in the client onboarding system (Intapp Intake) and recommend enhancements.
Develop and deliver a phased program to enhance conflicts offering and service delivery, enabling a centralized conflict checking function.
Support the Director of Conflicts in driving quality, consistency, service excellence, efficiency, proactivity, and adaptability.
Assist the Director of Conflicts in developing and leading people initiatives within the Conflicts team.
Input into regular reporting to senior management and/or other stakeholders.
Participate in cross-functional initiatives impacting conflicts of interest and client confidentiality.
Keep abreast of developments in regulation, technology, and the market relevant to conflicts of interest, client confidentiality, market abuse/insider trading, and information barriers.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in law, business, finance or another relevant field.
Experience in a compliance or in-house legal role in an international law firm or professional services environment.
Deep technical and practical knowledge of legal conflicts of interest, commercial conflicts, and client confidentiality.
Some knowledge of Market Abuse Regulations.
Familiarity with Intapp Intake.
Experience of policy work.
Experience of people management, including supervision/management of large teams and experience devising and driving people initiatives.
Proven track record of delivering change and process improvements.
Experience working in an offshore environment or with offshore structures would be helpful but not required.
Strategic ability to work towards a clear strategic direction and align team priorities.
Leadership ability to inspire the team, drive collaboration, and foster a high-performing team culture.
Strong technical knowledge of relevant regulations and professional rules.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; solutions-orientated.
High attention to detail and ability to produce high-quality work product.
Sound judgment and confidence in decision-making, with knowledge of when to escalate issues.
Adaptability to embrace change and uncertainty, manage competing demands, and constructively challenge the status quo.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Emotional intelligence to empathize, understand, and manage emotions effectively.
Collaborative approach, building strong relationships and working effectively with colleagues.
Sound, commercially driven decision-making with a focus on service excellence.

Skills

Conflicts of interest analysis
Client confidentiality management
Market Abuse Regulations knowledge
Intapp Intake familiarity
Policy development and implementation
People management
Change management
Process improvement
Strategic thinking
Leadership
Technical regulatory knowledge
Analytical skills
Problem-solving
Attention to detail
Decision-making
Adaptability
Communication (verbal and written)
Emotional intelligence
Collaboration
Commercial acumen

Location

Dubai
Hong Kong
Singapore
London (with relocation)

Work Type

Agile working (some home working)
Full-time

Experience Level

Experienced compliance professional
Senior

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in law, business, finance or another relevant field.

About the Company

A leading international law and professional services firm providing legal, corporate and fiduciary services to global corporations, financial institutions, capital market participants and investment fund managers.
Global presence spanning the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Advises on the laws of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Ireland and Jersey.
Values treating everyone as an intelligent professional, trusting and empowering people to deliver consistently and succeed.
Believes diversity is a secret weapon, with a breadth of people from across the globe fluent in languages, jurisdictions, and cultures.

Equal Opportunity

Walkers global is an equal opportunity employer.
Equality and diversity are key to our global identity and an integral part of our goal to continue being an employer of choice.
Committed to a work environment that supports all individuals irrespective of gender, ethnicity, nationality, race, religion, marital status, age, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.
Makes every effort to ensure that employment opportunities are open and accessible to all purely on the basis of personal ability.