Senior Consultant in Enterprise Risk Management

Company Description

Sia Partners is a next-generation consulting firm dedicated to creating state-of-the-art narratives for transformation and innovation and deploying them at scale. Our goal is to deliver superior value and tangible results to our clients as they navigate the digital revolution and achieve transformations which generate a positive impact. Our global footprint and expertise in more than 40 sectors and services allow us to enhance our clients’ businesses worldwide. We guide their projects and initiatives in strategy, business transformation, IT & digital strategy, and Data Science. 

Why join the Sia Village? 

Excellence | Entrepreneurship | Innovation | Teamwork | Care & Support | Employee Wellbeing

These are the six core values that guide all our actions. As an expression of our values, our Sia Village concept describes our commitment to fostering a sense of community within and among our offices. We believe that knowledge sharing is the key, not only to innovation, but to the growth and development of our people.

Your experience at Sia Partners will be enriched by a(n):  

• Entrepreneurial journey
• Career advocacy program that supports achieving professional development goals through guidance, and real-time feedback
• Continuous learning & development opportunities
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs with an ever-growing list of global affinity initiatives
• Annual seminar, an in-person value-add experience, that allows you to network with colleagues throughout North America

Job Description

Our US ERM team is an integral part of our Risk, Regulatory and Compliance (R2C) practice, providing support to our clients in Operational Risk Management, Third-Party Risk Management, Climate Risk and Operational Resilience, preparing for:

• Regulatory compliance
• Risk and control assessments
• Governance & reporting
• Measurement & reporting
• Data modeling
• Training
• Crisis Management

Responsibilities

• Apply strategic and critical thinking to develop recommendations and risk management strategies that address client challenges in ERM including governance, roles and responsibilities, risk and control self-assessments (RCSAs), risk mitigation efforts, TPRM assessment lifecycle, operational resilience capabilities
• Support the delivery process for climate risk materiality assessments, framework alignment and submission, and gap analysis and assessments
• Help the client introduce automation and innovative methodologies to enhance the efficiency of their operational risk assessment framework
• Stay current on the requirements of various operational risks / TPRM / climate / ESG standards, legislation, and reporting frameworks and communicate that information both internally and externally; help the client in managing compliance programs and regulatory risks
• Collaborate with cross-functional key client stakeholders across the enterprise to help establish operational risks alignment and drive decisions needed to meet risk management strategies
• Provide guidance and mentoring to junior team
• Support on a range of client delivery, as part of an on-site or remote project team, including assessments such as RCSAs, vendor risk, etc.
• Demonstrate team building and project management skills
• Contribute to proposal development and marketing, and contribute to develop business opportunities

Qualifications

• 4+ years of relevant experience in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) focused on Non-Financial Risk, Operational Risk Management (ORM), Operational Resilience, Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM), and Climate risk management in Financial Services
• Experience with common GRC or Vendor Management tools/systems preferred
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Risk Management, mathematics, finance or business; focus on climate-related impacts and sustainability is a plus
• Experience in critically and objectively analyzing problems and facilitate solutions
• Experience in RCSAs, vendor risk assessments / questionnaires, IT or cyber assessments, climate risk assessments, Incidence Response and Crisis Management; experience in climate scenario analysis is a plus
• Experience in enhancing and/or conducting assessments of risk frameworks, policies and procedures, processes, and providing recommendations to enhance the current state of ORM
• Experience in managing reporting with KPIs and KRIs and drafting remediation plans; experience with data analytics & visualization preferred
• Understanding of responsibilities of 1st, 2nd and 3rd lines of defense in managing risks
• Ability to manage large complex stak