Director, Financial Services - Governance, Risk & Compliance

About Baringa 

Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise, and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, the firm combines global insight with local understanding.

The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence - all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation.

Clients value Baringa’s collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly - all working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind, curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets, modernise financial platforms, expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics, enable digital services in government, and unlock growth in consumer sectors.

Certified as a Great Place to Work around the world, Baringa has been recognised by the Financial Times in 22 categories of its UK Leading Management Consultants rankings, and by Forbes for four consecutive years as one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms.

Our Governance, Risk & Compliance practice are looking for a Director with a strong commercial track record to join the team. 

Baringa is building the world's most trusted consulting firm. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start-ups, in every sector. We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia and bring deep industry expertise enabled by advanced technology to help clients deliver with greater confidence and certainty.

Our Financial Services GR&C practice helps leading banking and insurance clients navigate an increasingly complex risk and regulatory environment to proactively manage and future-proof risk and compliance functions so they are streamlined, scalable and fit for the future. We support clients across economic crime, conduct & compliance, operational risk & resilience, data, digital & cyber risk, treasury & liquidity risk and climate risk & sustainability. All underpinned by our AI, data and technology capability.

As the market continues to evolve, we are investing in our Governance, Risk & Compliance capability and are seeking a Director with a strong commercial track record to help shape the next phase of growth.

What you will be doing

• Lead large-scale risk, regulation and compliance transformation programmes for leading Financial Services organisations.
• Advise Boards, Board Risk Committees, Executive Committees and senior risk leaders on risk strategy, governance, controls and operating model effectiveness.
• Help clients design and implement enterprise-wide risk frameworks, governance structures and control environments
• You will lead complex engagements across operational risk, compliance, conduct risk, regulatory change and broader non-financial risk agendas, or within financial risk - specifically treasury and liquidity
• Identify and originate new opportunities within existing and prospective client accounts, supporting the continued growth of the practice.
• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across UK Financial Services organisations.
• Contribute to the development of Baringa’s propositions, intellectual property and thought leadership.
• Support the growth of emerging capabilities including AI governance, AI risk management, digital asset risk and compliance frameworks.
• Coach, mentor and develop consultants and future leaders within the team.
• You will play an active role in shaping the long-term strategic direction of the Risk practice, with a clear pathway towards equity Partner.

Your skills and experience

You will have significant experience across multiple areas of financial or non-financial risk, including:

Broad Governance, Risk & Compliance Expertise

You will have significant experience across multiple areas of financial or non-financial risk, including:

• Enterprise Risk Management
• Risk Governance and Framework Design
• Operational Risk
• Compliance and Conduct Risk
• Regulatory Change
• Controls Frameworks and Assurance
• Risk Operating Model Design
• Risk Transformation Programmes
• Treasury and liquidity risk

We are particularly interested in individuals who bring broad risk advisory expertise rather than a highly specialised niche focus.

Growth and Emerging Risk Capabilities

You will have experience in one or more of the following strategic growth areas:

• AI Governance and Risk Management
• Digital Asset Risk and Compliance frameworks
• Experience helping clients respond to evolving regulatory expectations and emerging technologies.

Commercial and Client Leadership

• A proven track record of developing trusted client relationships and growing strategic accounts.
• Strong commercial instincts and an ability to identify and shape consulting opportunities.
• Experience leading the origination and expansion of consulting engagements.
• Credibility with C-suite, Board and senior executive stakeholders.
• A recognised market profile within UK Financial Services.
• Demonstrable experience contributing to business development and practice growth.

Financial Services Network

• Strong relationships across the UK Financial Services market.
• Experience working with leading banking organisations such as Large Global retail banks and other Tier 1 institutions.
• The ability to engage executive stakeholders and establish new client conversations.
• A strong understanding of the strategic, regulatory and risk challenges facing the sector.

Leadership

• Leading complex transformation programmes and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Developing, coaching and inspiring high-performing consultants.
• Building propositions and contributing to thought leadership.
• Acting as a trusted adviser to senior client stakeholders.
• Supporting succession planning and capability development.
• Demonstrating the attributes and potential required for future progression to Partner.

What a career at Baringa will give you 

PuttingPeopleFirst.

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.

Join us

All applications received will be reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team. We never rely solely on automated screening or AI tools to make hiring decisions. Your application will be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team to discuss further.

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