Finance Risk Compliance Consultant

Accenture; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a strategic consultant with expertise in risk management and regulatory compliance. In this role, you will assess risks and develop strategies for top-tier clients across various sectors, including financial services and life sciences. Your ability to communicate effectively and manage project teams will be crucial in delivering value and ensuring compliance. This dynamic position offers opportunities for professional growth and the chance to influence significant changes within organizations. Join a forward-thinking team dedicated to transforming businesses through innovative solutions and deep industry insights.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in risk and regulatory management consulting from a competitive firm.
• Experience in financial and non-financial risk management.

Responsibilities

• Assess risk and develop mitigation strategies across industries.
• Manage project teams and deliverables while building client relationships.

Skills

Risk Management

Regulatory Compliance

Data Governance

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

GenAI

Data Reporting Tools

Job description

In Strategy & Consulting we work with C-suite executives, leaders and boards of the world’s leading organizations, helping them reinvent every part of their enterprise to drive greater growth, enhance competitiveness, implement operational improvements, reduce cost, deliver sustainable 360° stakeholder value, and set a new performance frontier for themselves and the industry in which they operate. Our deep industry and functional expertise is supported by proprietary assets and solutions that help organizations transform faster and become more resilient. Underpinned by technology, data, analytics, AI, change management, talent and sustainability capabilities, our Strategy & Consulting services help architect and accelerate all aspects of an organization’s total enterprise reinvention.

We are:

Finance Risk Compliance (FRC), and we give Chief Risk Officers, Chief Compliance Officers, Chief Control Officers, CFOs and their execs the sounding board they need. We’ve got the deep industry experience, the functional insights, the data power, and the digital tech leadership to help our clients make important changes. Through our capabilities in Finance, Risk, Compliance, Data, Controls, GenAI and Transformation we solve our clients’ toughest problems, to get ready for the future. Visit us here to find out more about Finance Risk Compliance.

You are:

An expert decision-maker and a clear communicator. You’re always looking for better and more efficient ways to manage risk. When you say it's time to bring in new solutions or change the way things are done, clients listen. They know you’ll walk them through the process – in person and on paper. Everyone’s happy, because they have the right tools to stay compliant and new ways to create value.

The work:

1. Assess risk and develop mitigation strategies cross industry with focus on top-tier financial services, life sciences, software and platform, communication, media and telecom companies.
2. Support and share knowledge with project teams and use analytics to find new ways of working that put people and process first.
3. Manage project teams, deliverables and budgets across workflows.
4. Attract new business by creating thoughtful proposals and building strong client relationships.
5. Show clients where and how to benefit from a more flexible workforce.
6. Use design-led thinking to improve customer experience.
7. Help grow the practice by championing Accenture initiatives and products.
8. Stay on top of how new regulations and technologies affect our clients’ businesses – and ours.

Travel:

With all our roles, there is some in-person time for collaboration, learning and building relationships with clients, peers, leaders, and communities. Travel may be required. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Here’s what you need:

1. A minimum of 2 years of experience in risk and regulatory management consulting from a competitive firm.
2. A minimum of 3 years of experience working in risk and regulatory compliance, including one or more of the following:
3. Risk: financial risk management; non-financial risk management including technology risk, third party, resiliency, enterprise & operational risk; risk governance.
4. Compliance: Financial Crime - AML, KYC, Sanctions, Transaction Monitoring; Fraud, consumer protection.
5. Data: risk data governance, data lineage, reporting (incl. regulatory).
6. Controls & Audit: platform controls, control design, issue and control remediation, automation, testing and monitoring.
7. GenAI: deployment and governance.
8. Finance, Risk and Compliance Transformation experience including one of the following:
9. Developing and advising on risk operating models, data strategy, business and IT risk frameworks and compliance standards.
10. IT and business industry-specific regulations and the mapping of those across policy, risk, control and issue spectrum.
11. Bachelor’s degree.

Bonus points if:

1. GenAI and governance experience.
2. Board reporting.
3. Experience working in Financial Services, Software and Platform, Media, Communications, Telecom, Life Sciences industries.
4. For banking, capital markets and/or insurance industries, working knowledge of Basel Accord, Dodd Frank, FBO, FINRA, SEC, FinCEN, OCC, FDIC, CCAR, etc.
5. Operating model and transformation experience from front- and back-office.