Risk Advisory Senior Consultant

BaringaSofia, Bulgaria · Posted 10 months ago

Full-time

Description

About Baringa

Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise, and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, the firm combines global insight with local understanding.

The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence – all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation.

Clients value Baringa’s collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly – all working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind, curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets, modernise financial platforms, expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics, enable digital services in government, and unlock growth in consumer sectors.

Certified as a Great Place to Work around the world, Baringa has been recognised by the Financial Times in 22 categories of its UK Leading Management Consultants rankings, and by Forbes for four consecutive years as one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms.

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

Our Finance, Risk & Compliance practice drives the strategic evolution of risk management for our financial services clients. We work collaboratively with our clients to deliver practical, tailored solutions to evolve compliance and risk management into future-focused, growth-driving capability. Our team in Sofia is growing, and we are looking for motivated and curious risk and controls professionals to join our global Risk Advisory team. We have a range of open roles based on your experience.

As a Risk Advisory Senior Consultant, you will:

Shape and structure workstreams in complex regulatory change programmes – mobilizing international teams, creating and tracking project plans and leading the delivery of workstreams to deliver tangible outcomes for clients
Perform gap analysis of current state against regulatory requirements and provide recommendations for improvement
Draft and deliver programme updates and status reports
Participate in shaping future-ready enterprise risk management framework, including drafting risk strategy, risk appetite statements and Key Risk Indicators, governance and reporting
Collaborate with stakeholders across the three lines of defense to align risk strategy with business goals, converting complex data into clear, actionable insights
Analyze and optimize processes and workflows in the risk and compliance functions to identify opportunities for optimization and automation
Apply traditional and emerging technologies to modernize risk management processes and risk culture

Your skills and experience

We are seeking motivated and curious professionals who want to develop their career in the field of risk management and consulting working with the leading financial institutions across the world. The Ideal candidates will have:

2-5 years of relevant experience in risk management, audit, compliance, or related functions within financial services or fintech companies
Minimum Bachelor’s degree in risk management, Business Administration, Economics, Information Technology or related field
Strong communication and analytical skills, with the ability to present risk insights clearly based on structured and unstructured data
Track record of building trusting relationships in an international environment
Practical experience with enterprise risk management frameworks such as COSO, COBIT, ISO 31000
Proficiency with data analytics and visualization tools (MS Excel, Power BI, Tableau)
Curiosity about latest technological developments and their application in risk management, process optimization and data-driven decision making
Excellent project management and prioritization skills
Working experience with AI tools or training AI Agents is a plus
Professional certifications in risk and controls management is a plus
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.

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