Consultant/Senior Consultant - Risk & Regulatory Compliance (SFC)
Sia (formerly Sia Partners) · Hong Kong · 4mo ago
Company Description
Sia is a next-generation, global management consulting group. Founded in 1999, we were born digital. Today our strategy and management capabilities are augmented by data science, enhanced by creativity and driven by responsibility. We’re optimists for change and we help clients initiate, navigate and benefit from transformation. We believe optimism is a force multiplier, helping clients to mitigate downside and maximize opportunity. With expertise across a broad range of sectors and services, our 3,000 consultants serve clients worldwide from 48 locations in 19 countries. Our expertise delivers results. Our optimism transforms outcomes.
In 2024 we announced our exciting partnership with Blackstone as our first financial investor since inception to support our company’s continued growth. We have also been ranked by Vault as a Top 20 Consulting Firm to work for in the APAC region for 2025.
Job Description
We are currently looking for a Senior Risk & Regulatory Compliance consultant from a Financial Services industry background (ideally with Management Consulting experience) to join our team in Hong Kong. Our projects are geared around delivering Risk and Regulatory across domains. Applicants with less experience could be considered for a more junior role.
Consultant/Senior Consultant, Hong Kong (Risk & Regulatory)
You will help to build our expertise and guarantee the quality of delivery to ensure market-leading practices for our Hong Kong office, taking into account the global nature of our organisation and our clients.
Responsibilities:
- Participate in projects with leading Financial Institutions focusing on asset management, investment, funds, securities services domains.
- Conduct regulatory compliance review, internal control review, policies and procedures, risk and compliance advisory and other independent assessments as per the regulatory requirements
- Be hands on and contribute to the successful execution of client projects
- Able to utilize AI and generative AI tools for project delivery
- Assist in the development of new intellectual property including leading-edge research on white papers, supporting the development of marketing materials, and assist in publishing articles
- Work closely with our other offices and leverage our global network to take part in cross-selling initiatives and widely share our knowledge
More experienced candidates will have these additional responsibilities:
- Independently drive the success of a work stream by directing activities, ensuring high quality deliverables, and timely submissions
- Managing a team of consultants by defining meaningful work packages, managing activities, and close mentorship
- Participate in business development activities including content development, proposal preparation, and sales presentations
- Share consulting best practices with the team
Specific areas of expertise:
Ideally, you would have project experience in one or more of these areas:
- Regulatory compliance review on Type 1, 4 and 9
- SFC licensing application especially on Type1, 4 and 9
- Independent compliance assessment
- Compliance advisory on AML/KYC, transaction monitoring, sanctions, data privacy, data quality etc.
- Risk management on market, credit, liquidity, investment and/ or operational.
- Compliance automation and/or RegTech
Qualifications
Key Requirements:
- University graduate or above in accounting, business, information technology or related disciplines.
- 2 to 5 years' relevant experience in risk and regulatory compliance within a reputable consulting firm. Those with less experience could be considered for Consultant level.
- Must be familiar with SFO (Cap 571), SFC code of conduct.
- Holder of professional qualifications such as CPA, CFA, FRM, CAMS, CISA, CISSP, CIA and/or other related qualification is an advantage.
- Good project management and stakeholder management skills
- Strong interpersonal, logical and analytical skills
- Able to work independently with minimal supervision
- Excellent presentation and communication skills with clients and colleagues
- Possess an entrepreneurial spirit and team leadership skills
- Fluency in spoken and written English and Cantonese is a must. Fluency in Mandarin is an advantage.
In addition to the strong consulting skills and business knowledge that our clients value, the ideal candidate must possess an entrepreneurial mind-set with both a drive and willingness to be involved in all areas of a growing business.
Additional Information
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.