Economic Crime Consultant / Senior Consultant

Our Risk & Compliance practice are looking for experienced Economic Crime Consultants / Senior Consultants to join the team. 

Baringa is committed to reducing financial crime and the negative consequences it has on society. Our business seeks to bring insight and perspective and have lasting impact for our clients, the environment, and on the communities where we live and work. We help our clients to better understand how Economic Crime can be carried out through their organisations and to put in place targeted controls, enabling them to manage this risk efficiently. 

What you will be doing

• Assessing and benchmarking the effectiveness of firms’ Economic Crime regulation, legislation, and industry best practices

• Implementing and/or optimising Economic Crime technology solutions such as client lifecycle management and KYC capture, transaction monitoring, customer screening and payment screening

• Supporting data quality assessments, data transformation/data integration (ETL) and data visualisation.

• Demonstratable knowledge of vendor products commonly used to combat Economic Crime

• Conducting risk assessments to identify top Economic Crime risks and helping firms with mitigation plans and roadmaps

• Designing and supporting the implementation of Economic Crime target operating models

• Designing and implementing a range of key Economic Crime controls, translating regulatory requirements into business and functional requirements that describe the system, data, process, and control changes required to achieve compliance

• Assist in leading the planning and delivery of Economic Crime change programmes and projects

• Raising visibility of our Economic Crime capability, both internally and externally

Your skills and experience 

• We are looking for passionate and curious individuals who have excellent relationship building and communication skills, and thrive in a team environment

• Experience working with SQL, Python, VBA, or other programming languages is desired, but not essential

• Experience operating within the Economic Crime consulting space

• Demonstratable knowledge and understanding of the current Economic Crime legal and regulatory landscape and key regulatory initiatives

• The ability to constantly learn and grow whilst delivering results in a challenging client-facing environment

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.

• 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.