SR&T Senior Consultant, Regulatory & Financial Risk

Deloitte PLT; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in Kuala Lumpur seeks a Senior Consultant for its Regulatory & Financial Risk practice. The role involves advising clients on compliance optimization and developing tailored business solutions. Ideal candidates will have a degree in a relevant field, excellent analytical and communication skills, and a minimum of four years’ experience in financial services. Join a collaborative team to tackle pressing issues in finance and contribute to impactful solutions.

Qualifications

• Requires a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience in banking or financial services.
• Professional certifications such as FRM, PRM, or CFA are preferred.
• Deep expertise in risk management domains such as Credit Risk and Liquidity Risk.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on optimizing compliance programs and standardizing processes.
• Engage with clients to understand business goals and provide advisory support.
• Coordinate regional teams across Southeast Asia for project consistency.

Skills

Data analytics

Statistical tools

Excel proficiency

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Degree in Actuarial Science, Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Finance, Accountancy, or Risk Management

Tools

Python

SAS

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Job description

SR&T Senior Consultant, Regulatory & Financial Risk

Service Line / Portfolios: Risk, Regulatory & Forensic

Location: Kuala Lumpur, MY

Offering: Regulatory & Financial Risk - MY

Are you ready to unleash your potential?

At Deloitte, our purpose is to make an impact that matters for our clients, our people, and the communities we serve. We believe we have a responsibility to be a force for good, and WorldImpact is our portfolio of initiatives focused on making a tangible impact on society’s biggest challenges and creating a better future. We strive to advise clients on how to deliver purpose‑led growth and embed more equitable, inclusive as well as sustainable business practices.

Hence, we seek talented individuals driven to excel and innovate, working together to achieve our shared goals. We are committed to creating positive work experiences that foster a culture of respect and inclusion, where diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone is recognised for their contributions.

Ready to unleash your potential with us? Join the winning team now!

Work you will do

Deloitte is growing its Strategy, Risk, and Transaction (SR&T) – Regulatory & Financial Risk practice in Southeast Asia. We provide risk transformation, data and modeling solutions focusing on some of the unique and complex issues our clients are facing in finance. Advise our clients how to optimise compliance programmes, standardise processes and transform compliance to protect their value across the business, while building great visibility, efficiency and confidence for the future.

You will work alongside our clients to bring a rigorous, evidence based analytical capability to help them solve pressing and complex issues. This includes revealing insight and delivering value through pragmatic and actionable recommendations. You will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with our clients to understand the forces that are driving change, identifying opportunities and develop solutions across the whole organisation.

The nature of the work we do includes:

• Engage with clients to understand business goals, provide advisory support, and proactively address technical and functional challenges while effectively supporting presentations and demonstrations.
• Build strong relationships with senior client stakeholders to consistently exceed expectations.
• Independently gather and analyse client requirements, developing tailored business solutions.
• Provide expertise on risk management technologies, methodologies, and regulatory frameworks (e.g. Basel, IFRS9, Liquidity, Credit Risk, Market Risk, Operational Risk, Banking Regulations, etc), while developing, maintaining and enhancing quantitative risk models to ensure accuracy and regulatory alignment.
• Collaborate effectively with senior consultants, managers, and cross‑functional teams to achieve project objectives.
• Coordinate regional teams across Southeast Asia to foster consistency and excellence.
• Support project management activities, including scope definition, planning, execution and delivery.
• Contribute to knowledge‑sharing initiatives, training programmes and professional development activities.
• Contribute to proposal development, bid participation and market expansion efforts to strengthen the firm’s presence.

Your role as a team member

At Deloitte, we believe in the importance of empowering our people to be leaders at all levels. We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose and shared values, challenging themselves every day to identify issues that are most important to our clients, our people and the communities, and to make an impact that matters. In addition to living our purpose, Senior Consultants across our Firm are expected to:

• Actively seek out developmental opportunities for growth, act as strong brand ambassadors for the firm as well as share their knowledge and experience with others.
• Respect the needs of their colleagues and build up cooperative relationships.
• Understand the goals of our internal and external stakeholders to set personal priorities as well as align their team's work to achieve the objectives.
• Constantly challenge themselves, collaborate with others to deliver on tasks and take accountability for the results.
• Build productive relationships and communicate effectively to positively influence teams and other stakeholders.
• Offer insights based on a solid understanding of what makes Deloitte successful.
• Project integrity and confidence while motivating others through team collaboration as well as recognising individual strengths, differences and contributions.
• Understand disruptive trends and promote potential opportunities for improvement.

Requirements

• Possesses a degree in Actuarial Science, Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Finance, Accountancy, Risk Management or a related field.
• Professional certifications (e.g., FRM, PRM, CFA) are strongly preferred.
• A minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, ideally within banking or financial services, with strong knowledge of financial markets and the banking industry.
• Demonstrates deep expertise in at least one risk management domain, including Credit Risk, Market Risk, Liquidity Risk, Operational Risk, Climate Risk or relevant regulatory frameworks.
• Hands‑on experience with data analytics and statistical tools such as Python and SAS, with advanced Excel skills preferred.
• Expert proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving and quantitative abilities, with exceptional data interpretation skills and high attention to detail.
• Ability to work efficiently against demanding timelines, maintaining meticulous work habits.
• Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively in diverse, multitasking, cross‑country environments.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and adaptability abilities.
• Experience mentoring and coaching junior team members.

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Requisition ID: 108812

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