Financial Services Commercial Advisory – Financial Crimes – Risk & Compliance – Managing Consultant

Financial Services Commercial Advisory – Financial Crimes – Risk & Compliance – Managing Consultant

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum 5-7+ years of financial crimes, risk, and compliance work experience at a financial services or management consulting company, or comparable experience working as an advisor to a financial services firm.
• Solid understanding of Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) laws or exposure to the consumer finance industry (Mortgage, Auto, Student, Credit Card, and / or Unsecured Lending).
• Experience with risk assessments, risk and controls matrices, design / operational effectiveness testing, compliance / transactional testing, and / or regulatory response.
• Ability to work as a team with other consultants through all phases of project life cycle.
• Experience creating and submitting written or oral reports to senior management including findings, analysis, conclusions, and recommended actions.
• Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point, and SharePoint.
• Ability and comfort in researching client inquiries and understanding emerging issues relating to financial crimes, risk, and compliance, including regulations, industry practices, and new technologies.
• Flexibility with respect to assigned engagements and tasks due to challenging deadlines, changing deliverables, and evolving task priorities.
• Excellent oral and written presentation skills.
• Highly motivated, driven, and dynamic attitude towards work and career.
• Willingness to travel whenever needed based on client and project needs.
• High-energy, positive, persuasive, and aptitude to lead by example.

Responsibilities

• Support Digital Onboarding, Perpetual KYC, Transaction Monitoring, Sanctions, Trade Surveillance, Anti-Bribery & Corruption, and / or Fraud projects and / or related investigations.
• Support enterprise risk management program, risk assessment, controls design, implementation, and testing, third party risk management, compliance program, regulatory change management, compliance testing, and / or regulatory inquiry and response projects, particularly in the areas of consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, asset and wealth management, corporate and investment banking, financial technology / digital assets, and insurance.
• Assist the execution of independent risk assessment, target state design, functional & technical transformation, and regulatory response management to support our client in their modernization and / or regulatory remediation journeys.
• Assist in the development and production of reports, presentations, analyses, and memorandums summarizing observations, trends, and / or recommendations.
• Assist in the development and delivery of proposals to prospective clients.
• Develop relationships with a variety of clients.
• Anticipate and address client concerns and resolving problems as they arise.
• Promote new ideas and business solutions that result in extended relevant services to existing clients.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree.
• Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), or Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
• Proficiency with BSA / AML and consumer finance / protection regulatory requirements for retail banking activities, products, and services.
• Strong understanding of BSA / AML, Sanctions, Fraud, and consumer finance / protection regulatory functions and requirements for financial institutions.
• Understanding of relevant banking regulations and supervisory expectations for national and regional financial institutions, crypto / digital assets exchanges, securities / capital markets institutions, and / or regulatory / government agencies.
• Knowledge and practical use of statistical analytics and testing methods.
• Experience working in a professional services or project-based environment.