Conflicts Associate

About the role

The Conflicts Team advises client-facing staff on risk management matters related to conflicts of interest and sensitive situations arising from client engagements across the ME firm. As an Associate, you will help protect the firm's reputation while supporting its growth, working with internal and client-facing partners across all lines of service, as well as Independence, Compliance, the Office of General Counsel and the Risk and Quality teams.

Key responsibilities

• Carry out checks to identify potentially conflicting engagements under PwC policy and guidance
• Review information from engagement teams, chase outstanding items and ensure corrections are made
• Analyse search results to determine whether a conflict exists and decide whether to clear or escalate the matter
• Escalate to the Conflicts Team Manager and seek guidance and training as needed
• Discuss findings with engagement teams and line-of-service Risk and Quality teams
• Manage the daily volume of cases assigned to the team and carry out urgent requests
• Liaise with engagement teams on request submissions, confirming full legal names of entities, their relationships and the scope of work
• Set up ethical walls according to firm policy and monitor them regularly
• Answer ad hoc queries from engagement teams
• Meet the team's SLAs and KPIs for turnaround times and volumes, and escalate issues and training needs to the manager

Required profile

• Heightened risk awareness, excellent communication and writing skills, attention to detail and a client service mentality
• Willingness to learn new technical areas and ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Understanding of the firm's risk management, including global and local conflict of interest policies
• Ability to build rapport quickly with colleagues and teams

Required skills

• Clear verbal and written communication
• Use of tools and techniques for research, analysis and problem solving
• Knowledge of compliance frameworks, corporate governance and controls testing

Travel of up to 20% is required; government clearance is required and visa sponsorship is not available.