Financial Services Risk Management Consulting - Consultant
- Location:
- London jobs
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Company:
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
- Job type:
- Permanent jobs
- Date posted:
- 23/11/2009 18:03
- Job id:
- 45817795
- Contact:
- Please click on the 'Apply For This Job' button below.
- Ref:
- Totaljobs/ADV01942
The risk advisory team advises leading financial services organisations on a wide variety of risk and capital management issues. These range from regulatory requirements such as Basel II and Solvency II, to strategic risk propositions such as defining and setting risk appetite and embedding risk management through the organisation.
We have a limited number of roles available in our rapidly growing practice at Consultant Grade. The people we are looking for will have:
- Strong intellectual and technical risk skills in the areas of market, credit and liquidity risk
- A good understanding of the role of risk management in helping an organisation achieves its business goals.
- Effective communication and presentation skills
- Good interpersonal skills to support working with colleagues and clients.
Successful candidates will also be able to demonstrate that they can manage multiple tasks and projects. They would also need to have the capacity to take on greater responsibilities as they develop within the firm. They should be of an inquisitive mindset and interested in constantly updating and developing their professional and technical skills.
A quantitative background is suitable for these roles but this does not preclude strong candidates with experience in the qualitative aspects of applying risk management skills to business issues.
Our servicesWe provide a full suite of risk and capital management solutions covering the full range of risk disciplines, assisting global clients in:
Strategy, Risk appetite and Capital management Economic capital models Strategy and risk appetite frameworks Policy framework development and implementations Risk adjusted performance
Governance and organisation Organisational design and operating models Board and management committee structures Organisational alignment between Risk, Finance and Business function Limit frameworks and delegated authorities
Process and methodologies End-to-end risk processes for all risk disciplines Risk model design and development Risk analytics support Valuation and product control
Infrastructure Systems selection and implementation Data governance and quality control. Evaluation and selection of specialist modelling solutions Training and communication support
Regulatory and Assurance solutions Implementation and execution of new regulations such as Basel II and Solvency II ICAAP reviews and implementation Board and senior management training and consultation Assurance function for deliverables to external bodies, e.g. Section 166 Please click on the link for the full job spec in PDF format.
RequirementsBSc or MSc preferably in a quantitative/economics/business discipline.Accountancy/finance qualification desirable.Sector experience An impressive track record in
Solvency II, Capital Management, credit, market, operational or business risk management,with an interest in designing, building, implementing or validating risk based capital solutions within a Financial services environment.Previous consulting experience desirable but not essential.Commercial and/or technical expertise requiredInterests and/or strengths in one or more of the following areas are essential:Risk strategy development including risk appetite formulationIntegration of risk and value management.Economic capital frameworks.Risk Modelling and analysis including stress testing.Building and implementing, validating risk and capital management frameworks.Systems, architecture and data requirements for risk management frameworksincluding proprietary software solutions.Technical risk solutions in credit, market, operational risk.
ResponsibilitiesProvide support to senior consultants on client delivery workProvide coaching and support for executives and associates within the team.Proactively engage with clients to build effective relationships during on-going assignments.Use commercial awareness to identify consulting opportunities in target accounts.Deliver agreed project outputs that exceed client expectations in terms of time,quality and costContribute towards the technical, industry and consulting capability of risk advisory
Diversity QuestionsAmount of time office based - 30% (approximately) Amount of time at client sites- 70% (approximately)Need to travel and overnight stays away from home - Yes (as required from the engagement)Opportunity for flexible working hours - Yes (within reason) Opportunity for working from home - No (on occasion) PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwc.com) provides industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services to build public trust and enhance value for its clients and their stakeholders. More than 146,000 people in 150 countries across our network share their thinking, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice.
