Clearance Lead - APAC

Location: APAC – preferably located in Hong Kong or Singapore

Reporting to: Head of Clearance, Asia-Pacific Managing Partner, Clearance Partner Leads

About Brunswick

Brunswick is a strategic advisory firm focused on critical issues. Our purpose is to help the great value-creating organizations of the world play a more successful role in society. We advise on critical issues at the center of business, politics and society, and help our clients – the leaders of large, complex organizations – understand and navigate these interconnected worlds. Brunswick is one firm globally, operating as a single profit center. This allows us to respond seamlessly and effectively to clients’ needs wherever they are in the world.

The Opportunity

Brunswick Group’s Clearance team tracks all new business coming into the firm and team members deal with  partners across the global network. A role on the Clearance team offers an exceptional opportunity for professional development for a person who appreciates the complexities of risk and relationship management in professional services. The Clearance team reviews every new mandate from across the firm to ensure that potential and actual conflicts of interest, as well as ethical or reputational risks, are identified, analyzed and managed so as to protect client relationships, safeguard confidential information, and ensure that we are able to fulfil our responsibilities to clients prior to accepting a role.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Liaise with sector leaders, practice group leaders and regional partners to understand the firm’s new business opportunities and strategy.
• Maintain close oversight of all submissions from our six offices in the APAC region.
• Conduct due diligence of business opportunities by considering current and historical assignments, company ownership details, relevant firm positions and other potentially relevant information, including reputational risks to the firm.
• Drive and coordinate the review of submissions from our APAC offices, serving as a key point of contact with sector and regional leadership during the course of each review.
• Document the elements of review for each conflict check in the Clearance team’s confidential database, working closely with the Business Acceptance Team to ensure the accurate capture of data.
• Collaborate with members of the global Clearance team as well as other groups such as New Business Acceptance, Legal, Compliance, Business Intelligence, Marketing and Finance to identify and resolve potential issues arising during the course of the review process.
• Monitor the status of opportunities previously cleared in order to proactively identify any potential issues that may arise after completion of the conflict check process through dialogue with client teams and office heads.
• Work closely with the Head of Clearance, Asia-Pacific Managing Partner, and Clearance partner leads to develop aspects of the Clearance function, including our policies, procedures, training, information management, analysis and reporting.
• Assist the global Clearance team in the preparation of ancillary materials including periodic status reports to leadership and/or the broader firm and reference materials for sector- and issue-specific discussions with relevant stakeholders.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong communication and research skills and an ability to interact directly with a wide group of professionals at different levels of seniority across the firm, including senior stakeholders.
• Fluency in English and Mandarin and ability to read and write in Chinese
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment with a high sense of urgency.
• Ability to work in close coordination with others as part of a small team.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Commerciality and an interest in the corporate world.
• A global perspective with an appetite for innovation.
• Proactive and self-motivated.
• Strong sense of discretion with respect to highly confidential information.
• Professional and personal integrity; a credible ambassador for and within the firm.
• Previous experience in conflicts and risk management within an international professional services setting is preferred.

Inclusion and Diversity

We are committed to embedding a culture and working environment that actively promotes diversity and inclusion and safeguards against discrimination and unfavourable treatment of our people in all aspects of employment including recruitment, promotion and training opportunities.

We recognize the differences that a diverse workforce can bring. We believe that we’re stronger and can serve our clients better when we draw upon the combined strength of all of our employees, and we are committed to encouraging a working climate that respects and promotes equality.

We have a responsibility to ensure that there is no unlawful discrimination and that equal opportunities are available for all of our people.

APAC

In the APAC region, we have offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo. We advise clients on, among other things, domestic and cross-border M&A, IPOs, activism, capital markets and investor relations, public and regulatory affairs, geopolitical issues, litigation, crisis, cyber, employee engagement, digital, opinion research and on broader reputation campaigns. 

Our APAC colleagues are drawn from a variety of backgrounds and consist of in-depth industry and sector experts from banking, law, accounting, politics, government, journalism and the media, consulting and elsewhere. Our Asia-Pacific Managing Partner is Lisa Foley, based in Hong Kong. Our CEO for Asia-Pacific is Michaela Browning, based in Sydney.

For more information on Brunswick, including our offices and client offers, please visit our website: www.brunswickgroup.com

Background

Founded in London in 1987, Brunswick’s global partnership has grown organically to 27 offices in 18 countries. We began as an M&A and financial communications firm and, over time, expanded our capabilities to provide expert advice to our clients on a range of business-critical issues. We invested in new offices, sector teams and practice groups including investor engagement; shareholder activism; governance; regulatory and public affairs, including geopolitical; crisis; litigation; social issues including climate change and diversity, equity and inclusion; cybersecurity, data and privacy; employee engagement; digital communications; opinion research and analysis; and creative services. 

Our CEO is Henry Timms, based in New York. Our Chairman is Sir Alan Parker, based in London.