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Job Description

Senior Risk Advisory Consultant

Job Location

London

Practice Group/Department

Corporate, M&A and Securities

Role

Associate

Job Title

Senior Risk Advisory Consultant

Work Type

Full Time

Description

We're Norton Rose Fulbright - a global law firm with over 50 offices and 7,000 employees worldwide.

Our London office is currently recruiting for a Senior Risk Advisory Consultant. As well as the relevant skills and experience, we're looking for people who are innovative, commercial and value the work that they do. We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view and believe diversity drives innovation, so we're building a culture where difference is valued.

The Role

• Support the Head of Risk Consulting, EMEA to deliver the strategy for the Risk Consulting practice.
• Support the delivery of a variety of regulatory authorisation, risk and compliance advisory, assurance and remediation engagements with clients in the UK and internationally.
• Contribute to and lead on business development activities, designed to strengthen the overall client base of the Risk Consulting practice.
• Use industry/consulting experience to support the identification and execution of commercial opportunities, leveraging existing networks and knowledge.
• Support the process of winning regulatory and risk focused projects with clients.
• Work with other parts of Norton Rose Fulbright and support the identification of cross departmental opportunities.
• Maintain, help service and develop client relationships

Key Responsibilities

This role requires an individual who has broad risk, regulatory and compliance experience working in either wholesale/asset management (buy and/or sell-side) or commercial/retail financial services and payments providers.

The role holder will be able to support the development and management of client relationships, contribute to the winning and delivery of risk consulting projects and work collaboratively with other members of the Risk Consulting practice to deliver pragmatic and value-adding solutions to clients' challenges. This may include, but not be limited to, supporting clients that are seeking to achieve regulatory authorisation, assisting clients with the development, review and assessment of their risk and compliance frameworks, undertaking design and operating effectiveness reviews of clients' systems and controls arrangements and supporting the delivery of remediation projects. The individual will be expected to contribute to and lead on business development initiatives in order to develop and strengthen the Risk Consulting practice's client base and support the building of strong relationships across NRF.

Skills and Experience Required

• Experience and knowledge of regulatory compliance and risk matters within a financial services environment (gained from a consulting business, financial institution or regulator).
• Strong knowledge of the UK/European financial services regulatory regime and its application in practice across either wholesale or retail financial services markets (gained from a consulting business, financial institution or regulator).
• Ability to apply technical knowledge and experience on regulatory compliance and risk matters in a clear and practical manner through clear and precise written and verbal communication to support the delivery of client engagements and business development activities.
• Ability to build and cultivate strong, trusted relationships through working collaboratively with colleagues and clients.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Highly motivated, with a proven ability to work on own initiative (where required) within a fast-paced, high pressure work environment.
• Willingness to work outside of immediate areas of expertise (where required) with appropriate supervision.
• Ability to work flexibly and manage competing priorities.
• We welcome applications from experienced consultants, industry practitioners, regulators and legal professionals
• Proven track record of supporting the delivery of projects, including managing to time and budget and in delivering robust and sustainable solutions.
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent standard of written communication and drafting, including ability with software such as PowerPoint and Excel.

Our clients come first and whilst we have a high performance culture and work hard as a team, in return we offer range of competitive benefits including:

• 25 days hols + Bank hols - Buy up to 5 days
• GP Service
• Bupa Healthcare
• Pension
• Flexible working

In addition, we are proud of our established health and wellbeing programme which supports our employees through mental, physical and lifestyle challenges.

Norton Rose Fulbright is committed to promoting a diverse workforce and an inclusive workplace where everyone can realise their full potential and career ambitions on the basis of merit and skill. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and employee networks. Find more about Diversity and Inclusion here.

Norton Rose Fulbright is an equal opportunities employer. We will make reasonable adjustments to our application process to ensure that you have the best chance of success. We understand that there's not a "one size fits all" approach to adjustments so our team will work with you individually to understand more about your requirements. Please contact our Recruitment team on EMEARecruitment@nortonrosefulbright.com

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