Risk & Regulatory Control Consultant / Senior Consultant

About Baringa:
We set out to build the world’s most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start-ups, in every sector.

You’ll find us collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their organisations tick – slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges.

We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world - from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there's a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made.


Our Finance, Risk & Compliance practice is growing in Sofia and we are looking for experienced Risk & Regulations professionals to join the team.

Our goal is to deliver tangible business benefits to our clients, while keeping both the market and consumers safe. Our team comprises of risk experts, ex-regulators, and industry specialists who work alongside the client’s risk and compliance teams to achieve outcomes that go beyond compliance. With a track record for effective delivery, we design and deliver bespoke solutions to help unpick regulation and identify and mitigate against financial risk.

 

What you will be doing
 

• Undertaking impact assessments of new emerging international non-financial regulations such as Operational Resilience, Data Privacy.
• Understanding how products are structured, sold and processed and considering how each of these phases will need to change in light of regulatory or process improvement initiatives
• Mobilising complex regulatory change programmes - creating project plans and managing the delivery of these programmes
• Creating and implementing control frameworks across all aspects of Non-Financial Risk such as: Conflicts of Interest, Conduct Risk, Operational Risk, Cyber Security etc.
• Restructuring global business operations to be more efficient when considering thematic impacts resulting from various regulatory regimes
• Transforming front and back-office Finance, Risk and Compliance processes to increase efficiency and optimise capacity

Your skills and experience
We are seeking motivated and curious professionals with 5+ relevant working experience and a passion for delivering impactful results in international environment. We have a range of open roles depending on experience of the candidates. Ideal candidates will be:

• You are a passionate and curious individual who has excellent relationship building and communication skills, and experience of working well in international settings
• You have experience in Consulting or Audit (external or internal functions) supporting clients with design and assessment of operational controls, risks and regulation compliance
• You have successful track record of delivering complex engagements such as regulatory impact assessments, regulatory change, framework implementations, operating model design
• You possess knowledge of project management techniques, governance and ability to manage key stakeholders throughout an engagement
• You have strong analytical skills and ability to derive key insights from structured and unstructured data
• You have knowledge and understanding of the current regulatory landscape and key regulatory initiatives, across Financial Services and other relevant industry sectors
• You possess an understanding of how Non-financial Risk such as Operational Resilience and Data Privacy, impacts products and processes
• You possess an understanding of methods of assessing risk and control effectiveness
• You have experience in Risk Management Target Operating Model design and/or implementation
• You are passionate about latest technological developments and keen to apply them in process optimization and data-driven decision making.

Candidates should be comfortable with international travel, which may be required for up to 30% of the time. Candidates must be able to travel and work within the EU/UK.
What a career at Baringa will give you

Putting People First.
Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:

• Generous Annual Leave Policy: We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.
• Flexible Working: We know that the ‘ideal’ work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.
• Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.
• Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.
• Career Progression: No one develops at the same pace. That’s why we have quarterly rather than annual promotion reviews. We don’t have any quotas: if you’re ready and delivering at the right level, you’ll get that promotion.
• Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success.

Diversity and Inclusion.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people.

An award-winning workplace.
You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click here to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this.

Using business as a force for good.
At Baringa we believe that everyone creates a lasting impact when you put people - customers, employees, investors, suppliers, and society – first. Our B Corp™ certification shows that we’ve met and held ourselves accountable to high standards of social and environmental performance and transparency. Our award-winning people-first philosophy makes us distinctive - Be Kind. Be Curious. Be Great at Work.

We’re proud of our recent exploration of kindness and its role in business in our first-ever brand campaign: Economics of Kindness. You can see some additional recent impact work by clicking here.

Join us

All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team to discuss further .