Consulting, Financial Services, Risk - Manager

Job description / Role

Line of Service
Advisory

Industry/Sector
FS X-Sector

Specialism
Banking & Finance

Management Level
Manager

Job Description & Summary

The Financial Services Consulting team provides a full range of services to our Banking & Financial Services clients, including Strategy and Revenue Growth (Entry strategy, Product portfolio analysis, Business plan development and Optimization of revenue generation), Operational excellence (Organization restructuring, Corporate governance development, Organisation transformation, Performance Management, Outsourcing & Shared Services strategies and Cost optimisation), Risk consulting (Risk appetite definition, Risk framework development, Risk reviews and alignment), Technology enablement (System selections, Implementation program management) and Analytics.

We are a growing team and looking for dynamic, flexible, proactive and hardworking experienced consultants who have a passion for shaping financial services positively in the GCC over the coming years. We have a strong pipeline of large, transformational opportunities with our clients which will provide great opportunities for all our people to step up and play significant and rewarding roles.

Responsibilities

As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Whilst working in the Risk team you will develop your understanding of the key methodologies, tools, practices and trends in the market and in the region. You will work collaboratively with other Financial Services experts to shape the future of our clients and to bring about positive change. You will have access to all of the latest training and development tools and the support of the wider PwC network.
- Manage assignments including day-to-day follow up on project teams and ensuring Financial Services Risk & Regulation team targets are met.
- Manage Risk duties and act as an integral part of the Risk team, and come up with new strategies aiming at increasing sales and managing delivery.
- Work with colleagues in all Middle Eastern offices on client work and internal initiatives as well as with international teams where appropriate.
- Keep up to date with current Risk function trends from the region and from across the world.
- Handle Risk project and encourage team participation in a collaborative basis, with a focus on knowledge sharing and thought leadership.
- Supervise and train Consultants and Senior Consultants - assign and coach junior members of the project team on execution of fieldwork.
- Demonstrate teamwork and responsibility with the engagement team members; stay abreast of current business and economic developments relevant to the client's business; and use current technology and tools to enhance the effectiveness of services provided.

Requirements

Preferred skills

- Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, and Economics, Quantitative Analysis or other related major is ideal.
- Strong knowledge and experience of developing statistical models in R or SAS (Base SAS or EG). Certification in Base SAS will be a plus.
- Must demonstrate T-model of competency with deep expertise in a specific risk vertical - could include one or more of Risk Analytics, Credit Risk, ERM, ALM or Market Risk. In addition should demonstrate broad awareness of generic concepts covering a broad range of risk and regulatory domain areas.
- Must demonstrate at least one of the following:
- Extensive industry experience with Banks/FIs preferably in Risk Domain
- Extensive analytics/methodology expertise - Statistical model building
- Extensive consulting experience in risk/analytics domain
- End-to-end Risk Solution implementation experience - Moody's/SAS
- Good knowledge or prior experience of working on key regulations in FS space including IFRS 9, Basel II, Basel III, MIFID, FRTB would be an added plus.

Minimum years experience required

- 7-8 years of experience in Financial Services Risk Management at a reputed Bank or Consulting Firm. As an exception 5-6 years can be considered given very specific skills.

About the Company

At PwC Middle East, we've set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

We're a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

We're striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we're proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone's uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

If you're looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you're a future PwCer.