Senior Consultant Financial Risk Management (UK)

Firm
Location
London
Education
Advanced degree
Benefits
Competitive
Functional areas
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Our ‘Financial Institutions’ team is looking to expand their services to the UK. Therefore, we are seeking a client facing, driven experienced consultant with a strong focus on business development.

The role

You will join our ‘Financial Institutions’ team, a team of 60 Financial Risk Management Consultants (95% have a quantitative background). This team focuses on financial risk related projects for banks, insurers and asset managers. The team operates from our offices in The Netherlands and Switzerland. And now we are expanding our services to the UK. 

You will be involved in managing client projects, networking and contributing ideas and thought leadership. This is an ideal opportunity for a consultant or someone in banking to take the next step in their career. The role therefore offers entrepreneurship and the opportunity contribute to the content development of our FRM services.

Responsibilities

  • Advise financial institutions on their financial risk models, policies & governance
  • Support our clients in the implementation of their risk management
  • Translate (new) rules and regulations into business processes
  • Contribute to the knowledge sharing and development within the team
  • Proactively extending consultancy skills and the specialized knowledge necessary
  • Take project responsibility on the client’s site
  • Contribute to knowledge sharing and development within the team

Skills to be successful

  • Bachelors or Master’s degree, preferably in Econometrics or similar
  • At least 6 years relevant experience in the field of financial risk management
  • Content knowledge surrounding ALM, market risk, credit risk and/or liquidity risk
  • Familiarity with financial products, their derivatives and regulatory landscape
  • Strong knowledge of Excel and programming tools
  • Pro-active and entrepreneurial spirit, with a focus on team work
  • Fluent in English with a second European language considered an advantage
  • Open to travel, mainly within Europe

We offer in return

We offer an ambitious, international and fun working environment. We find a healthy work-life balance very important and offer the flexibility needed to combine a career as a consultant with a busy personal life. We have ambitious growth targets for the coming years and are looking for people who want to help us realize these targets. Whether you want to develop new markets, products, clients or expertise areas, there is ample room for your initiatives and ambitions.

In addition we offer the following:

  • The opportunity to establish yourself as a subject matter expert in your field
  • Opportunity to work alongside a variety of clients and consultants, enabling you to build new skills quickly to add to your credibility and value
  • Varied and personal training to elevate your soft skills and content knowledge
  • A fun and enterprising team and organization that encourages, motivates and focuses on its people

Who we are

We are a leading international consultancy firm focused on Treasury Management, Risk Management and Corporate Finance. From our offices in the Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Nordics and United States our 175 consultants service corporates, financial institutions, public sector entities and NGO’s.

We believe that developing our people by investing in them and by sharing knowledge and experiences is our differentiator and key to success. That is why we create an inspiring work environment and foster our open, family atmosphere in which freedom, fun and flexibility play an important role. It is also why we aim to make our next project even more exciting and challenging.

Job information

Firm: Zanders

Location: London

Education: Advanced degree