Executive Director- Leading Finance, Risk & Regulatory Function
Role- Executive Director- Leading Finance, Risk & Regulatory Function.
Experience - Must have a combination of SME skills in Financial Risk and Finance, Transformation and Consulting.
Function- Capability Head- Finance, Risk and Regulatory Functions
Joining Capco means joining an organisation that is committed to an inclusive working environment where you are encouraged to #BeYourselfAtWork. We celebrate individuality and recognize that diversity and inclusion, in all forms, is critical to success.
About Capco
Capco is a global technology and business consultancy, focused on the financial services sector. We are passionate about helping our clients succeed in an ever-changing industry.
We are:
- Experts in capital markets, banking and payments, insurance and wealth and asset management
- Deep knowledge in financial services offering, including e.g. Finance, Risk and Compliance, Financial Crime, Resilience etc.
- Committed to growing our business and hiring the best talent to help us get there
- Focus on maintaining our nimble, agile and entrepreneurial culture
Role Description
We are looking to recruit Finance and Treasury Transformation candidates with deep knowledge of the domain into our growing Financial Crime, Risk, Regulation and Finance (FRRF) capability. You will have strong change management experience and a background in financial services.
You will be involved in advising clients and delivering transformation across the Finance and Treasury functions of our clients, in support of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Treasurer.
The type of work you will get involved in includes Finance and Treasury implementation of strategic changes, regulatory changes and delivery of reporting.
The type of projects we cover are:
- Finance and Treasury strategy and operating models, including Balance Sheet Management and Capital optimization strategies
- Implementation of regulatory changes e.g. Basel, Solvency II, IFRS, PRA, EBA
- Finance and shared services / outsourcing.
- Financial regulatory reporting and change
- Finance function process improvement including digital process modelling, automation and AI.
- Cost reduction exercises, with effective benefit realisation plan.
- Benchmarking the finance function.
- Performance management including budgeting and forecasting.
- Finance IT strategy - including embedding applicable digital technologies.
In your role as a Finance and Treasury Transformation Consultant, you will have responsibility for:
- Supporting our clients to achieve compliance with regulatory obligations.
- Designing solutions, delivering on client assignments and owning delivery of projects.
- Ensuring management information is provided to, and easily understood by, programme leads, senior management and client committees.
- Defining and managing monitoring processes.
- Building assurance and control capabilities in line with regulatory expectations and risk appetite.
- Liaising with internal control and risk functions across three lines of defence.
- Managing stakeholder expectations spanning global business areas with conflicting priorities.
- Ensuring timely escalation and control of risks, issues, dependencies and timelines.
- Developing long-term trusted advisor relationships with external clients and industry contacts.
- Understanding business models and helping translate them into business requirements and test scenarios for handover to IT partners.
- Working collaboratively with relevant Capco teams in identifying opportunities for and securing new business.
- Supporting the sharing of knowledge and experience with the team to help develop your colleagues and the capability of the firm.
Skills and Expertise
Finance / Accounting / Treasury
- Demonstrate understanding and experience of advising on and implementing regulations such as Basel, Solvency II, IFRS, SOX, GDPR, PRA, EBA) and delivery of reporting.
- Demonstrate strong understanding of accounting fundamentals and processes.
- Good understanding of the role of the Finance and Treasury function within financial services organisations.
- Experience of delivering transformation projects within finance functions.
- Understanding the impact of the relationship between finance and other functions such as risk, tax and compliance.
- Experience of working with the C-Suite -CFO, CRO, CDO community.
- Experience in managing change projects, including finance/ regulatory transformation, resource management, budgeting, communications and governance.
- Understanding of the project lifecycle from requirements through to implementation.
- Strong analytical skills and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to Work with technology partners to translate these requirements into functional and technical design.
- Experienced at running workshops to drive discussions, gather requirements and mitigate risks with users and senior stakeholders.
- Appreciation of business and technical architecture.
- Knowledge of formal project management methods e.g., Agile, PMI, Prince 2.
Other Expectations
- To balance client delivery with supporting development of new client opportunities or market propositions and sales activities with the capability and client accounts.
- Mentor and coach other members of the team.
- Solution development, showing a clear ability as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to enhance existing propositions, and develop new ones.
- People management, building a team of consultants with the right mix of grades, skills and experience to support client opportunities and projected growth.
- Develop, drive and convert a pipeline of opportunities and lead on RFP responses.
- Fulfil a key role in account and proposition development within Market Domains and Key Client Accounts, assisting senior management to increase revenue.
- Formulate propositions and solutions that meet client requirements in addition to managing and directing pursuit activity.
- Strong bid management abilities, with a proven ability to mentor and train Consultants.
- Drive thought leadership and client campaigns.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships within the sector, leveraging proven industry content and delivery capability.
Our work culture is focused on innovation and building lasting value for our clients and employees.
We offer:
- A work culture focused on innovation and building lasting value for our clients and employees.
- Ongoing learning opportunities to help you acquire new skills or deepen existing expertise.
- A flat, non-hierarchical structure that will enable you to work with senior partners and directly with clients.
- A diverse, inclusive, meritocratic culture.
- Enhanced and competitive family friendly benefits.