Senior Manager: Financial Services, Risk and Regulation at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Job Description & Summary

A career within Financial Risk and Regulatory services, will provide you with the opportunity to help business leaders embed a proactive and dynamic risk management capability and mind set into their corporate business practices. From strategy through to implementation, we help put in place people, processes and technology so they can leverage financial risk management to identify new opportunities and pursue success as smoothly, systematically and sustainably as possible in the face of changing markets, technologies and competition.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Who we are looking for

Our Financial Services Risk and Regulation team is continuing to grow.  We are looking for candidates at the experienced manager/senior manager level who have gained 5+ years’ experience consulting to the financial services sector on risk management or equivalent experience in the risk management functions of financial services institutions.

Job Description

Play a leading role in the development and delivery of risk management and regulatory change related client propositions and engagements. This is expected to entail:

Proposition development:

Enhance existing and develop new risk management and regulatory change related propositions aligned to our current and emerging client needs (typically aimed at bank CROs, risk type heads (credit, market, operational etc.), treasurers). 

This will entail identifying and understanding current and emerging risk related client issues and regulatory expectations, working with and coordinating the efforts of staff from varying competencies (Risk- quantitative and qualitative, technology, data etc.) and drawing on specialists from across the global PwC network, to develop compelling solutions to these issues.

Play a leading role on the delivery of engagements and support sales efforts:

This will entail applying your specialist risk management skills and leading other staff across a range of competencies to deliver on engagements and solve client challenges.

Selling activities will be in a supporting role to associate directors and partners and closely supported by industry and account leaders. This will involve close collaboration with staff across PwC’s other competencies.

Building and leading teams:

Our ambition is to build the capacity and capability of our risk and regulatory competency which will entail that the candidate helps drive initiatives such as attracting and retaining highly talented risk professionals and training and mentoring team members 

Qualifications

• Postgraduate degree in one of the following (or closely related disciplines):
• Risk Management 
• Finance 
• Economics 
• Management/Business Studies
• Relevant professional qualifications such as CA, CFA and/or FRM would be an advantage. 

Competencies

• The successful individual will have a strong knowledge of Banking and/or Insurance products, processes, risks and control environments including a specialism in one or more of the following risk types:
• Credit Risk
• Operational Risk
• Market Risk
• Treasury Risks (Liquidity, Funding, Capital etc.)
• Insurance Risk
• Climate Risk
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Experience in leading multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience in delivering on significant projects ideally including systems and infrastructure technology implementation considerations.
• Experience in regulatory matters including contributing to the preparation of regulatory returns e.g.  ICAAP (capital adequacy), RRP (recovery and resolution plans). 
• Experience in designing and implementing 'best in class' Risk Frameworks and developing risk measurement methodologies (including stress testing). 
• An ability to understand, interpret and communicate complex concepts and regulatory requirements effectively to varying audiences.
• Agility to flex to different roles and support clients with varying requirements.
• Strong business and commercial acumen.

Education

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Required Skills

Optional Skills

• Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Job Posting End Date

• November 30, 2022