Director, Financial Services Risk & Compliance Transformation

Baringa; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 135,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Hybrid working

CSR days

Wellbeing fund

Profit sharing

Job summary

Baringa is seeking a Director for Governance, Risk & Compliance to lead large transformation programmes and shape risk strategy for UK Financial Services clients. You will advise senior leaders, design enterprise risk frameworks and drive growth in emerging risk capabilities, while mentoring teams and building client relationships.

You will play a key role in developing propositions and driving thought leadership within the practice, with a clear pathway toward equity for top performers.

Qualifications

• Broad governance, risk and compliance expertise across financial and non-financial risk domains.
• Interest in growth areas such as AI governance and digital asset risk frameworks.
• Strong client leadership, business development and senior stakeholder credibility in UK Financial Services.

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale risk, regulation and compliance transformation programmes for Financial Services organisations.
• Advise Boards and senior risk leaders on risk strategy, governance, controls and operating model effectiveness.
• Design and implement enterprise-wide risk frameworks, governance structures and control environments.
• Lead engagements across operational risk, compliance, conduct risk, regulatory change and broader non-financial risk agendas.
• Identify and originate new opportunities within existing and prospective client accounts to grow the practice.
• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across UK Financial Services.
• Contribute to the development of propositions, IP and thought leadership.
• Support growth of capabilities including AI governance, AI risk management and digital asset risk.

Skills

Enterprise Risk Management

Risk Governance

Operational Risk

Compliance & Conduct Risk

Regulatory Change

Controls Frameworks

Risk Operating Model

Risk Transformation

Treasury & Liquidity Risk

Job description

Baringa is seeking a Director for Governance, Risk & Compliance to lead large transformation programmes and shape risk strategy for UK Financial Services clients. You will advise senior leaders, design enterprise risk frameworks and drive growth in emerging risk capabilities, while mentoring teams and building client relationships.

You will play a key role in developing propositions and driving thought leadership within the practice, with a clear pathway toward equity for top performers.