Manager - Financial Services - Hong Kong

Flint Asia-Pacific Financial Services Manager

We are looking for a Manager with experience in financial services public policy to support the delivery of client work and business development work across our fast-growing Asia-Pacific team based in Hong Kong.

You will work closely with team members to support our financial services clients on public policy, regulation, politics, and commercial strategy. We are helping the world’s leading financial services firms understand how they can build a long-term strategy to thrive commercially in a changing policy environment, navigate cutting-edge policy and regulatory issues across Asia-Pacific and effectively engage with governments and regulators.   

You will have scope to engage with clients at the most senior levels and across a wide range of sectors. The role will provide an unparalleled opportunity to research and analyse the complex policy challenges our clients face and develop options and approaches to address those challenges, backing up recommendations with wider strategic and political analysis. 

Flint provides an excellent professional and educational environment for people to accelerate their personal and career development. There will be space to engage in discussion and debates on substantive policy and political challenges, as well as significant scope for progression through the company. You will join a rapidly growing team, with the opportunity to take ownership of tasks and contribute to the company’s growth in the region.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR 

We are looking for candidates who have experience in the financial services sector, particularly in capital markets, private credit, prudential regulation, financial-stability and supervisory policy, digital assets, payments, AI, market access, and broader financial-sector development.

We welcome any candidates with experience working for government institutions or regulators. We are also open to candidates from commercial backgrounds, including major consulting houses, with a keen interest in politics, policy and regulation. For manager level roles, we are looking for candidates with 4-7 years’ work experience.

Our ideal candidate will have: 

Strong experience in financial services policy fields such as capital markets, private credit, prudential regulation, financial-stability and supervisory policy, digital assets, payments, AI, market access, and broader financial-sector development with a demonstrated ability to advise on complex regulatory and policy challenges in these areas.

A professional background in government, a regulator, consultancy, think tank, or industry body in managerial position.

A proven track record of managing projects in a fast-paced, delivery-focused environments

Excellent analytical, research and problem-solving skills - the ability to quickly dive into new topics and draw out the implications of complex evidence and analysis to give clear strategy and policy advice

Strong organisational skills, including the capacity to project manage client teams including, prioritising, planning and scheduling complex tasks proactively, and comfortable working under pressure and to tight deadlines. 

Strong interpersonal skills – a flexible approach and the ability to work well across teams, both with colleagues and clients

Commercial acumen, with the ability to identify new business opportunities and deliver commercially viable solutions to clients

Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to provide clear, concise advice to stakeholders, both in written and verbal forms

A collaborative style, with a desire to work in teams to deliver the best outcomes for our clients

Fluency in English is required. Aptitude in other regional languages is desirable but not required (in particular, Mandarin, Korean, Japanese or Bahasa) 

TO APPLY 

To be successful, please submit your CV with a short cover letter (max 600 words) by Friday 20 February.

STANDING OUT
To be successful, please submit your CV and cover letter setting out

Why you would like to join Flint.

How your experience and skills qualify you for this specific role and its requirements.

The policy areas you are knowledgeable of and/or particularly interested in.

Whether you have the right to work in Hong Kong.

Your possible start date and salary expectation.
 

We will review applications as they arrive and may invite candidates to interview before the closing date. 
 

ABOUT FLINT

Flint is a leading global strategy consultancy. We are advisers to some of the largest corporates, financial institutions, and investors in Europe and the Asia-Pacific. We work at the point where government and business meet, drawing on our blend of international expertise and experience to offer an authoritative perspective on both.

We have offices in London, Brussels, Hong Kong, and Singapore, as well as ina number of European capitals. We have also established a network of senior advisers across key Asia-Pacific markets. We offer successful candidates the opportunity to advance within the company.

Flint takes care of its people. We enjoy challenging each other’s thinking and working hard on a wide variety of interesting and stimulating projects, while simultaneously respecting life outside Flint. We offer a flexible working environment with global health insurance coverage and 25 days of holiday accrued from your start date.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.