Risk Senior Consultant - Non-financial risk management

Your primary role will be to help financial institutions strengthen their non-financial risk management capabilities, with a particular focus on Operational Risk Management and Operational Resilience. Beyond meeting regulatory expectations, you will support clients in identifying critical vulnerabilities, reducing the likelihood and impact of operational disruptions, and building more resilient business operations. You will contribute to both consulting and assurance engagements, helping clients enhance their governance, controls, processes and resilience frameworks while driving forward-looking solutions that shape the future of risk management. Be able to apply your risk management knowledge in banking and financial products. Participate in consulting projects with a focus on non-financial risk related regulatory and supervisory matters. Focus on performing targeted regulatory audits for our clients in the finance industry in coordination with relevant regulators (primarily FINMA). Be encouraged to investigate new risk areas (e.g., data analytics, AI).

Our Financial Services Organisation is unique among the Big 4 firms, being the only one with a functional specialisation in the Financial Services sector that is transnationally integrated across the Europe West region. As a leader in risk in Switzerland and the Europe West region, we strive to help organisations navigate the ever-changing regulatory landscape. With an increasing push for internationally aligned regulations for financial institutions, our team is uniquely positioned to drive the development of our business and talent.

• Advanced graduate university degree (Master’s, MBA, PhD) in Finance, Economics, Accounting, any other business-related field

• Motivation to work on consulting projects and regulatory audits within multi-disciplinary teams, especially in the areas of primary non-financial risks (such as operational risk, operational resilience)

• 3-5 years of experience in financial services in non-financial risk management (e.g. Operational Resilience, BCM, TPRM, etc.), either in a control function, or through consulting or assurance related work

• Motivation, flexibility and self-drive to constantly learn and acquire new skills and knowledge

• Fluency in English and French is a pre-requisite, with German/Italian as an added advantage

• Swiss work permit, or ability to obtain a Swiss work permit (e.g. through EU citizenship)