Senior Consultant, Financial Services, Forensic & Litigation Consulting

Job Description

PRIMARY DUTIES

Delivery – Work as part of the engagement delivery team, leading workstreams for major client projects or end-to-end projects for smaller engagements. This role will require the candidate to:

• Have extensive experience of planning and delivering anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions engagements (in particular KYC remediation).
• Have been exposed to and understand compliance requirements globally
• Have developed and embedded financial crime policies, procedures and controls for a variety of organisations (including casino operators, asset managers and private banks).
• Have demonstrable ability to plan and oversee activities, cost estimates and resources for financial crime-related projects.
• Have led large scale financial crime transformation projects, managing their effective delivery and resolving complex issues.
• Have demonstrable ability to manage multiple stakeholders, including non-UK head offices of UK based firms.
• Have prepared, structured and conducting client interviews in relation to financial crime.
• Have drafted and communicated reports and detailed recommendations highlighting financial crime related gaps.
• Have conducted document reviews and gap analysis against regulatory requirements and industry practice for financial crime and conduct.
• Be able to conduct due diligence and enhanced due diligence and train junior individuals in the methodology required.
• Have performed business and practice development activities such as thought leadership development, sales bid, proposal development and recruitment.
• Have designed and delivered regulatory training both to specialist and non-specialist audiences
• Have held an MLRO (or equivalent role) in industry.

Sales – Lead business development activities such as attending client sales meetings (often as part of a bid team), drafting proposals for potential engagements, drafting presentations for introductory pitch meetings. In addition we would expect candidates to utilise and develop their own network of industry contacts to generate sales opportunities.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

• Prior experience of working in a project environment within another global consulting organisation.
• Experience and strong knowledge of financial crime regulation - POCA, JMLSG, MLR 17.
• Strong understanding of the UK financial sector regulatory environment (particularly SYSC, COBS and MAR sections of the FCA Handbook and recent regulation such as MAR, MiFID II and AMLD IV) and of its implications for businesses
• Significant practical experience of working with, interpreting, implementing and/or advising on these regulations in previous roles as either industry practitioner, a regulator or as a senior consultant
• Extensive experience of planning and delivering anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions engagements (in particular KYC remediation).
• Proven experience of Senior Managers and Certification Regime.
• Demonstrable knowledge of corporate governance – including UK Corporate Governance Code, MiFID II governance requirements and other types of corporate governance requirements e.g. AIM.
• Ability to utilise and develop your own network of industry contacts to generate sales opportunities.
• Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 rules and provisions relevant to corporate governance, oversight, remuneration and risk management.
• Incentives and Remuneration rules and guidelines.
• FCA Systems and Controls – especially in relation to Compliance and Risk Management Frameworks.
• Demonstrable understanding of culture and cultural drivers – assessing, measuring and embedding.
• Candidates must be comfortable working with high levels of autonomy with limited supervision
• Degree level education.
• Strong communication skills – both written and verbal, presentation skills and interpersonal & stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to deliver in a timely manner, across multiple task and projects whilst maintaining high quality standards

The Forensic & Litigation Consulting practice offers one of the industry's most complete range of advisory services to clients across the world. Our service offerings include anti-money laundering compliance and investigations; Bribery and corruption investigations; forensic accounting; fraud and other financial crime investigations; governance, risk and regulatory advice; regulatory investigations and litigation support and transactional data analytics.

FTI Consulting, Inc. is a global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations manage change, mitigate risk and resolve disputes: financial, legal, operational, political & regulatory, reputational and transactional. With more than 5,000 employees located in 28 countries, FTI Consulting professionals work closely with clients to anticipate, illuminate and overcome complex business challenges and make the most of opportunities. The Company generated $1.81 billion in revenues during fiscal year 2017. For more information, visit www.fticonsulting.com and connect with us on Twitter @FTIConsulting) , Facebook and LinkedIn .

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FTI Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.