MANAGING CONSULTANT in RISK MANAGEMENT (M/F)

THE JOB:
Financial Services Risk professional with a senior level of experience within one or more of the following fields Operational Risk, Marketing Risk, Credit Risk, Finance.
Strong delivery skills within tight deadlines
Experienced individual with excellent understanding of complex change initiatives in the global investment banking industry
Ability to deliver comprehensive roadmaps, business benefit cases, process change system selection and business implementation plans.
To be fully conversant in end to end project management methodology and best practice
Experience of front to back programme and project management, business process analysis and re-engineering across the full development life cycle.
Extensive product and domain knowledge (eg within Credit Risk this would cover cash, listed derivative and securities financing instruments across Operations, Finance and Risk Management)
Must have excellent understanding of Middle Office / Risk Processing / Finance
Awareness of all current regulatory changes and market issues
Experience of all relevant IT systems (eg within Credit Risk experience of using Algorithmics, Summit, SunGuard and Misys systems)
Exposure to internal (Economic Capital) and regulatory (Basel II) capital calculations and processes preferred.
Experience change management agent
Demonstrated business acumen and use to client project benefit
Experience of building, developing and managing high performance teams

THE CANDIDATE PROFILE:
Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
Strong analytical skills
Well-rounded interpersonal skills
Authoritative and persuasive communicator
Ability to work at Board, department head and team-member level
Customer focused and process oriented
Committed to achieving client satisfaction
Proactively seeks out new projects, builds contact network within client
Selling skills
Proven management consulting experience
Typically 2/3 years experience working at a recognized consulting firm, with experience with a Tier 1 / Tier 2 Investment/Retail Bank
10+ years relevant experience as a risk professional
Leadership experience on subject, preferably published (ie white paper).

THE CLIENT:
Our client is a consulting company that helps organisations bring a practical vision for integrated risk and performance measurement within a framework that creates shareholder value and economic profit.