Consultant - Risk and Compliance

Company Description

Sia Partners is a unique management consulting firm composed of 850+ passionate consultants who drive business changes among our customers. Through unparalleled industry expertise, we deliver superior value and tangible results to our clients in over 21 sectors and service teams.

Financial institutions has drastically changed over the last decade and further evolutions are yet to come. Regulatory constraints have driven most of these transformations, but the disruptive revolution is much more complex and cannot be limited to the latter. Business models must be adapted within each business line and operating models must take into account industrial partnership, outsourcing or strategic alliances. Sia Partners assists its clients in coping with these transformations in order to improve their competitive advantages, flexibility productivity and profitability: strategic deployment, financial performance, business process optimization, digitalization, risk and regulatory adherence.

Thanks to Sia Partners’ international footprint, the Financial Services practice is strategically located in all major financial and energy hubs (New York, Charlotte, UK, Europe, and Asia Pacific) and our integrated model allows teams from different countries to easily partner, when appropriate.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Regulatory Obligations Management: Analyze, interpret, and document legal and regulatory requirements to identify, map, and update obligations within the client’s Regulatory Compliance Management (RCM) library
• Control Design & Implementation: Advise on, design, and implement robust operational controls and compliance frameworks to ensure adherence to regulations
• Risk Assessment & Testing: Lead RCSA (Risk and Control Self-Assessments) initiatives, conduct thematic reviews, and perform testing of controls to identify compliance deficiencies and operational gaps
• Advisory & Transformation: Provide strategic, risk-based advice to stakeholders regarding regulatory changes, emerging trends (e.g., AI governance), and operational efficiency.
• Project Leadership: Manage project workstreams, including timelines, budgets, and deliverable quality, while coaching junior staff.
• Regulatory Analysis & Strategy: Assess and interpret emerging regulatory trends, supervisory expectations, and enforcement actions to develop compliance strategies  
• Compliance Best Practices: Understand, develop and maintain best practices for regulatory compliance  
• Innovative Problem Solving: Independently identify and analyze complex business problems and proactively develop innovative and sustainable solutions using consulting frameworks and other problem-solving tools 
• Data-Driven Insight & Communication: Distill complex information into clear problem statements, independently develop and implement data driven solutions, and synthesize insights into compelling presentations and recommendations for senior leadership 
• Regulatory Interpretation & Controls Mapping: Ability to read laws, regulations and rules to understand applicability of obligations for client context and assist with mapping obligations to controls
• Risk & Compliance Transformation Support: Ability to support transformational client engagements across both first line functions (Controls design, control testing) and second line functions (operational risk, compliance)

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience in regulatory compliance and operational risk management, preferably within a consulting firm or financial institution.
• Deep understanding of North American regulatory landscape (e.g. OSFI, FINRA, OCC, CIRO).
• Experience in key areas such as Enterprise Risk, Operational Risk, and Regulatory Compliance and / or a desire to further expand knowledge and skills across diverse domains
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Law, Business, or Risk Management
• CPA, CIA, CISA, or CAMS certification preferred.
• Strong, concise communication skills for interacting with senior management and presenting complex regulatory issues
• Experience with AI governance, assess AI use cases and agentic solutions; coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to drive initiatives 
• Excel in project delivery through robust project management practices-establishing consistent routines, defining and monitoring KPIs and metrics, maintaining compliance standards, and providing clear, timely stakeholder communication. 

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. 

Sia is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, remuneration, or discipline, are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs.  

We do not use artificial intelligence to screen or make decisions about candidates. Limited AI tools may be used for administrative or operational purposes in the recruitment process.

Sia is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, remuneration, or discipline, are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs.