Banking - Non-Financial Risk & Compliance - Senior Associate

Pwc; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in the UK is looking for a Senior Associate to join their Banking Non-Financial Risk & Compliance team. The role involves supporting governance and risk frameworks, collaborating with diverse teams to deliver effective client outcomes, and contributing to the design and implementation of compliance processes. Ideal candidates have experience in financial services risk, strong analytical skills, and an interest in technology. Join a dynamic team that thrives on diverse challenges and makes a meaningful impact.

Responsibilities

• Assist in reviews and remediation of governance and risk frameworks.
• Support design and implementation of risk and compliance processes and controls.
• Contribute to technology deployment and GRC implementations.
• Prepare analysis, reports, and presentations for client engagements.

Skills

Experience in financial services risk or controls projects

Understanding of risk management and control frameworks

Strong analytical and presentation skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI/Tableau)

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work under pressure

Interest in technology and AI-enabled ways of working

Job description

Within our Financial Services Risk practice, the Banking Non-Financial Risk & Compliance team works with our banking and capital markets clients on their most pressing risk and regulatory programmes. This is an exciting time to join the growing team of c.120 individuals covering retail, wholesale and capital markets. We work across Front Office, Risk, Compliance, Finance and Sustainability functions. Our teams are self-starting, agile and thrive on new and diverse challenges. Our clients are global, as are their biggest challenges. We operate across the PwC network to bring the best of PwC to our clients. As a Senior Associate, you’ll support delivery of projects across governance, risk frameworks, controls design, sustainability, and technology enablement. You’ll collaborate with diverse teams and contribute to high-quality client outcomes. What your days will look like:

Responsibilities

• Assist in reviews and remediation of governance and risk frameworks;
• Support design and implementation of risk and compliance processes and controls;
• Contribute to technology deployment and GRC implementations;
• Prepare analysis, reports, and presentations for client engagements.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial services risk or controls projects (consulting, banking, or audit);
• Understanding of risk management and control frameworks;
• Strong analytical and presentation skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI/Tableau);
• Excellent communication skills for preparing reports and presentations;
• Ability to work under pressure and adapt to changing priorities;
• Interest in technology and AI-enabled ways of working.

In order to be the leading professional services firm it's important we have the right values, culture and behaviours embedded throughout our organisation, so our work reflects our purpose and we can successfully deliver our strategy. Our values set the expectations for the way we interact with each other, our clients, and in the communities in which we operate. These values, and the behaviours that they require from us, are relevant to all our people regardless of grade. They support a culture that empowers our people to be the best they can be, through challenging experiences and encouraging our people to speak up to make the firm a better place. We want all our people to understand and embrace the culture and personally feel part of the legacy this will create for our future employees. We’re a hugely diverse business, bound together by our purpose - to build trust in society and solve important problems for our clients and the communities in which we operate. We believe we can make the biggest impact when our purpose is embedded within everything we do.