Senior Risk Consultant

Job Requisition ID: 36385 

• Advance your career in Risk Management with a Trusted Advisor position at our firm.

• Flexible work arrangements – work in a way that suits you best

• Mentoring programs – receive support and coaching to progress your career  

Join our Quality & Risk team, supporting partners and practitioners in our Strategy, Risk & Transactions (SR&T) group with practical advice on how to manage risks (Including risks to quality) in delivering services to clients as well as assisting the firm meet its professional and regulatory obligations through  nurturing a risk intelligent and high quality culture.

What will your typical day look like?

Strategy, Risk & Transactions is a fast-paced business that is continually growing and evolving, requiring us to be a proactive, strategic business partner to ensure we continually meet business and market agility needs.

As a Senior Consultant in the Strategy, Risk & Transactions (SR&T) Quality & Risk team, your day-to-day will involve a blend of advisory and hands-on work, where you'll provide high quality technical, innovative and commercial advice on complex issues and drive risk awareness initiatives. You’ll flex your talent in influencing and connecting with people as you actively engage, strategise, evaluate issues to successfully understand client objectives and resolve problems. 

Day to day you will be the first point of contact for a range of risk queries in relation to identifying or mitigating risks throughout the engagement lifecycle. Queries cover a range of topic including client and engagement acceptance, contracting, confidentiality and security, compliance with policies or regulatory requirements and project delivery. You'll work closely with senior team members to resolve complex issues, develop risk mitigation strategies, and provide guidance to the business.

You’ll also support other initiatives focussed on alleviating risk issues or increasing risk awareness such as training and communications, file review programs, upgrading procedures or collaborating with teams on new products or services. 

This role offers the chance to work with senior risk professionals, build relationships across the business, and contribute to protecting Deloitte’s reputation. You will apply your skills in identifying and analysing complex business issues, using innovative and creative approaches to solve problems, and your expertise will directly impact Deloitte’s reputation.

About the team
We are a national team working with Strategy, Risk & Transactions partners and practitioners to embed a culture that proactively focuses on quality and risk intelligence. Importantly, our team contributes to protecting and enhancing the Deloitte brand by offering strategic business risk identification & mitigation and commercial solutions.

Enough about us, let’s talk about you.
To thrive in this role you will be someone with:

• 3-4 years experience in risk management, advisory or compliance roles with experience in professional services highly regarded.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills – you’re proactive in picking up the phone and engaging directly with stakeholders to build strong relationships.
• A natural curiosity and desire to learn/investigate a matter, ask questions and understand the business context of the work you are undertaking.
• A lateral thinking style with a practical and commercial solution focused mindset.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise different tasks and meet deadlines.
• Ability to adapt in response to changing business and regulatory environment.
• A great team player but willing to take ownership of tasks and drives initiatives to conclusion

Why Deloitte?  
 
At Deloitte, we focus our energy on interesting and impactful work. We’re always learning, innovating and setting the standard; making a positive difference to our clients and our society. We put coaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction – whether it be up, moving into something new, or even moving across the world.  
 
We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion. We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles. What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone’s perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong. 
  
We prioritise flexibility and choice. At Deloitte, you get trust on Day 1. We know our people get their best work done when they’re in control of where and how they work, designing their work week around their client, team and personal commitments.
 
We help you live and work well. To support your personal and professional life, we offer a range of perks and benefits, including retail discounts, wellbeing leave, paid volunteering days, twelve flexible working options, market-leading parental leave and return to work support package. 

Next Steps 
Sound like the sort of role for you? Apply now, we’d love to hear from you! 

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By applying for this job, you’ll be assessed against the Deloitte Talent Standards. We’ve designed these standards so that you can grow in your career, and we can provide our clients with a consistent and exceptional Deloitte employee experience globally. The preferred candidate will be subject to background screening by Deloitte or by their external third-party provider.