Financial Risk Senior Consultant

This role focuses on helping financial services clients navigate business, technological, and regulatory challenges related to financial risk. While it mentions leveraging 'advanced data, AI, and emerging technologies,' the core responsibilities involve risk identification, evaluation, mitigation strategies, and supporting client deliverables within the financial risk domain. The role is not directly building or shipping AI models but rather applying or advising on their use in a financial context.

What you'd actually do

  1. Participate in the identification, evaluation, and prioritization of business, operational, regulatory, and technology risks, contributing ideas and analysis to risk mitigation strategies for client projects
  2. Stay current on key technology trends (cloud, big data, artificial intelligence, process automation, and other digital strategies) and analyze their impact on client business and workforce models
  3. Collaborate with project teams to develop high-quality client deliverables or respond to internal business needs, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and value in each work product
  4. Support management of workstreams on complex engagements, partnering with client counterparts and contributing to discussions on project execution, work planning, and deliverable management
  5. Contribute to recommendations for process improvement, transformation, or risk reduction, working with teammates to deliver client value and operational improvements

Skills

Required

  • 4+ years of experience in the financial services or consulting industry, supporting one or more of financial risk/related areas: Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Risk, Capital Management/Stress Testing
  • Knowledge of financial services business models, products, and services
  • Demonstrated relationship-building skills and a collaborative approach with clients and team members
  • Experience supporting business transformation, regulatory remediation, or change management initiatives
  • Understanding of business processes, regulatory requirements, technology and governance for financial institutions
  • Solid project management or business analysis skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills for developing client deliverables and documentation
  • Ability to travel up to 50%, depending on client and engagement needs

Nice to have

  • Experience in banking, digital assets, or capital markets is desirable
  • Advanced degree and/or certification (e.g., Quant MS, MBA, FRM, CFA, CRCM, CPA, PMP)
  • Expertise in one or more Financial Risk domains: Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Risk

What the JD emphasized

  • financial risk
  • regulatory challenges
  • business transformation
  • regulatory remediation
  • change management initiatives