Governance Consultant/Senior Consultant - Risk & Compliance

Our Governance, Risk & Compliance practice are looking for experienced Consultants & Senior Consultants to join the team.

We help leading financial services organisations transform risk management, compliance and governance into strategic capabilities that enable sustainable growth, resilience and innovation. Our team works with clients across banking, insurance, wealth and asset management, supporting them through regulatory change, emerging technologies and evolving risk landscapes.

As part of our continued growth, we are looking for motivated, intellectually curious professionals with experience across risk, controls and governance, with a focus on digital assets and/or AI implementation and risk management to help clients solve complex challenges and deliver lasting results.

What you will be doing

• Deliver risk and regulatory transformation programmes for financial services clients

• Design and enhance enterprise risk management, governance and control frameworks

• Conduct risk assessments, gap analyses and controls reviews

• Support clients in embedding effective governance and risk management for AI and emerging technologies

• Advise on risk and control frameworks across digital asset use cases, including tokenisation, cryptoassets, stablecoins, custody and settlement

• Assess operating models, client journeys and control environments to identify risks and improvement opportunities

• Interpret and implement evolving UK and global regulatory requirements

• Develop high-quality client deliverables and build trusted client relationships

Your skills and experience

• Experience in risk management, compliance or operational risk gained through graduate programmes within banks or the wider financial services sector, combined with a strong interest in building a career in consulting; candidates from both industry and consulting backgrounds will be considered

• Knowledge of enterprise risk management frameworks, governance and controls

• Strong analytical, stakeholder management and communication skills

• Experience delivering regulatory change or risk transformation programmes

• Understanding of Digital Assets, blockchain technologies, tokenisation or cryptoasset ecosystems

• Experience or interest in AI Governance, Responsible AI, Model Risk Management or technology-enabled risk transformation

• Familiarity with financial services regulations, including digital asset regulation and supervisory frameworks (e.g. UK FSMA and FCA guidance, MiCA, HKMA virtual asset guidance)

• Consulting or Big Four experience is advantageous

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: W\e 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.

• 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. 

We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve.

We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work, and offer a variety of ways to contribute, by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills, talent and time. In essence, we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about, and support registered charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have.