Senior Conflicts Manager (Asia and Middle East)

About the Role
This role will ideally be based in either our Dubai, Hong Kong or Singapore office. We are also keen to hear from qualified candidates in London who are open to relocating to Dubai, Hong Kong or Singapore.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced compliance professional with a background in the legal or professional services sector to join a team focusing on conflicts of interest and client confidentiality matters.

Reporting to our Director of Conflicts and joining the OGC team, the successful candidate will assist with the development of a specialised team of conflicts professionals responsible for analysing, advising on, and resolving legal and commercial conflicts of interest, information barriers, and share dealing requests. This ensures compliance with all applicable regulations, professional rules of conduct, and contractual terms, while protecting client relationships and our reputation.

Our conflicts analysts handle complex conflict issues, deal with sensitive confidential matters, and carry out conflict checks related to share dealing requests and lateral hires into the business.

The Senior Conflicts Manager will work closely with the Director of Conflicts on the ongoing development of our policies, controls, and processes regarding conflicts of interest, client confidentiality, information barriers, share dealing, and Market Abuse Regulations. This includes optimising our use of technology and automation (including Intapp), standardising and simplifying our policies and processes across the company, and building a team that provides agility, efficiency, consistency, and excellent service to the business and our clients.

Duties, Responsibilities & Person Specification

• Day-to-day management of conflicts advisors within the relevant time zone, including leading the recruitment of additional conflicts advisors.
• Act as a point of escalation for the team and the business on all legal and commercial conflicts issues, analysing and resolving these issues in accordance with applicable regulations, professional rules, and the company's own policies and procedures.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across the company globally, acting as a point of contact for all conflicts and client confidentiality queries and leading communications in this area.
• Collaborate with other senior team members to lead internal training related to conflicts of interest, client confidentiality, share dealing, and insider lists.
• Identify weaknesses or areas for improvement in our existing client onboarding system (Intapp Intake) and recommend enhancements to streamline and strengthen controls.
• Develop and deliver a phased programme of work that enhances our conflicts service delivery, including improved time zone coverage, efficiency, and expertise.
• Support the Director of Conflicts in driving quality, consistency, service excellence, and adaptability across the Conflicts team.
• Assist in developing and leading people initiatives within the Conflicts team to foster a high-performing, collaborative, and open team culture.
• Provide input into regular reporting to senior management and/or other stakeholders as required.
• Participate in cross-functional initiatives impacting conflicts of interest and client confidentiality.
• Stay informed on regulatory, technological, and market developments relevant to conflicts of interest, client confidentiality, market abuse/insider trading, and information barriers.

Education, Skills & Experience

• 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.
• Compliance expert with a strong understanding of legal conflicts of interest, commercial conflicts, and client confidentiality, along with some knowledge of Market Abuse Regulations.
• Familiarity with Intapp Intake.
• Experience in policy work and managing large teams, including driving people initiatives related to recruitment and development.
• Proven ability to deliver change and improve processes.
• Experience working in an offshore environment or with offshore structures is helpful but not required.

Attributes

• Strategic: Aligns team priorities with broader organizational goals and proactively identifies improvements.
• Leadership: Inspires the team and fosters a high-performing culture.
• Technical: Deep knowledge of relevant regulations and professional rules, with effective application in practice.
• Strong Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills: Solutions-oriented with the ability to interpret complex issues.
• Quality: High attention to detail, producing quality work products.
• Judgement: Sound decision-making skills, knowing when to escalate issues.
• Adaptable: Embraces change and manages competing demands in a dynamic environment.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills, ensuring clarity and accuracy.
• Emotional Intelligence: Ability to empathize and manage emotions effectively in the workplace.
• Collaborative: Builds strong relationships and works well across teams.
• Commercial: Focuses on service excellence in decision-making.

Other

• This role may require audio or video conferencing outside of normal business hours due to global operations.
• While this position will be based in either Dubai, Hong Kong, or Singapore, our agile working policy allows for some home working each week.
• Some international travel may be required.