Managing Consultant - Financial Institution Advisory

BRG’s Financial Institution Advisory (FIA) practice specializes in helping financial institutions (including banks, broker dealers, and money services businesses), governments and regulatory bodies, and fintech firms solve pressing industry and regulatory issues. The group brings a mix of functional experts including former compliance officers, regulators, financial modelers, technologists, former bankers, operations professionals, and longtime consultants to address immediate risks and drive tangible benefits.

The team is looking for highly energetic professionals who are eager to build a career in financial services and consulting, with a focus on financial crime compliance (FCC). The FCC practice includes Bank Secrecy Act / anti-money laundering (BSA/AML), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and sanctions compliance, fraud, anti-bribery, and corruption,  and related disciplines. This person will use their experience, solid analytical ability, and strong organizational skills to solve complex problems. The work will involve both execution and oversight of engagement work streams that often combine qualitative and quantitative analyses, and responsibilities include business process reviews, current state and independent assessments, risk assessments, developing roadmaps to enhance compliance, assisting clients with technology enablement and dashboard reporting, investigations, mentoring, and coaching junior staff, quality control, developing and presenting client deliverables, managing client relationships, and conducting industry research. 

Responsibilities

• Work directly with senior experts to win and execute financial institution advisory projects related primarily to FCC.
• Plan and manage aspects of client engagement depending on their size and complexity.
• Develop client deliverables and make valuable contributions to expert reports.
• Manage client relationships, communicate results, and work products as appropriate.
• Delegate assignments to staff, instruct and monitor progress, and review work products for completeness and accuracy.
• Develop audit and testing workplans.
• Demonstrate creativity and efficient use of relevant software tools, analytical methods, and computer models to develop solutions.
• Participate in group practice meetings, contribute to business development initiatives and office functions such as staff training and recruiting.
• Prioritize assignments and responsibilities to meet goals and deadlines.
• Manage project budgeting and timelines.
• May work on intensive data projects, including analytics, governance, and manipulation, to support a variety of FCC engagements.

Financial Industry / Product Knowledge

Prior work experience with financial institutions, regulatory bodies, involved with one or more of the following activities is required:

• Banking (community / regional / money center / international / international branch).
• Non-bank financial institution services (e.g., brokerage, payments provider, digital assets).
• Anti-money laundering including customer due diligence and transaction monitoring (e.g., compliance programs, investigations, systems, and technology).
• Sanctions compliance (e.g., compliance programs, investigations, screening technology).
• Fraud prevention and detection (e.g., investigations, systems, and technology).

Functional Capabilities

Prior skills or experience working in the following topical areas are:

• Development, remediation and/or management of FCC Compliance Programs including Risk and Control Assessments.
• In depth knowledge of U.S. regulations related to anti-money laundering and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions compliance and best practices for financial institutions.
• Ability to develop process mapping/flows, and functional knowledge of financial products and rails.
• Deep understanding of FCC technology solutions currently used in the market.
• R, SAS, Python, and/or SQL

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum six (6) years’ work experience with a focus on anti-money laundering or sanctions compliance in financial services.

• Proven capability with MS Excel and PowerPoint. A desire to expand those capabilities is required, as is the ability to train others to use such tools.
• Desire and ability to manage processes and other more junior staff, as necessary.
• Commitment to producing high quality analyses and attention to detail.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills; and

• Desire to work within a team environment with individual contributions.

Additional Qualifications Preferred:

• MBA, M.A., M.S., J.D., is preferred.
• Professional certifications such as ACAMS, ACSS, CFE and/or Project management certifications such as PMP, Six Sigma or related black belt or green belt credentials
• Ability and desire to travel to client sites on demand required; and/or
• A proficiency in language(s) other than English.

Salary Range: $115,000 – $160,000 per year.

Job title and compensation to be determined based on qualifications and experience.   

Candidate must be able to submit verification of his/her legal right to work in the U.S., without company sponsorship. 

About BRG

BRG combines world-leading academic credentials with world-tested business expertise and purpose-built emerging technologies. Our culture centers on agility and connectivity which sets us apart and gets you ahead.  

At BRG, our professionals include specialist consultants, industry experts, renowned academics, and leading-edge data scientists. Together, they bring a diversity of real-world experience, data, and human and artificial intelligence, to economics, disputes, and investigations; corporate finance; and performance improvement services that address the most complex challenges facing organizations across the globe.

Our unique structure nurtures the interdisciplinary relationships that give us the edge, laying the groundwork for more informed insights and more original, incisive thinking.  When paired with our global reach and resources, our diverse perspectives and technical capabilities make us uniquely capable to address our clients’ challenges. We get results because we know how to apply our thinking to your world.

At BRG, we don’t just show you what’s possible. We’re built to help you make it happen. 

BRG is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.