Senior Consultant - Financial Services Risk Consulting

Senior Consultant – Financial Services Risk Consulting

At Forvis Mazars, we support clients in the financial services industry as they adapt to regulatory change, technological disruption, and evolving market expectations. From banking and insurance to asset management and real estate, we help businesses stay competitive, manage risk, and deliver value.

We wish to appoint an experienced risk consultant with management experience for a financial services (“FS”) risk consulting role, with a risk, compliance, internal audit, accountancy or similar background and at least 3-5 years’ professional experience. Our FS risk and compliance consulting team work with and support a range of financial institutions and entities in banking, insurance, asset management, payment services and MIFID investment firms.

As an experienced member of the risk consulting team, this person will have the opportunity to lead or support the delivery of a range of assignments of a recurring and non-recurring nature in the following areas;

• Regulatory investigations and assurance
• FS compliance and risk management
• Internal audit
• Corporate governance.

Advanced technical, communication, multitasking and client relationship skills are required for this role.

You’ll join a collaborative, forward-thinking team offering tailored, practical solutions across a global financial services landscape.

If you’re looking to make an impact in a fast-moving, high-growth sector—this is a great opportunity to grow your career.

Key Responsibilities

• Management of the Forvis Mazars’ relationship with clients including high-quality service delivery and co-ordination of service offerings from other departments
• Growing your knowledge of regulatory and compliance obligations of our clients
• Leading of assignments with clients in the following areas; regulatory submissions and investigations; corporate governance; FS compliance and risk management; internal control frameworks
• Reporting into the senior leadership, working towards the achievement of departmental goals and targets
• Working to deadlines and within budgets on each assignment
• Involvement as an ambassador in firm / department / practice development and marketing initiatives
• Managing and developing junior team members
• Write articles on regulatory topics which will be published on the Mazars website.

Ideal Candidate

• Qualification in accountancy or relevant industry qualification (e.g. ACCA, ACA, Compliance Institute, Institute of Internal Auditors, CIMA)
• Ideally, a minimum of 3 years’ experience within risk and compliance consulting in a Financial Services environment.
• Good understanding of some risk and compliance regulatory areas (e.g. PSD, Consumer Protection Code, Investor Protection, Fitness and Probity etc.)
• Demonstrated knowledge of challenges and developments within the banking industry
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Experience of operational supervision of assignments and managing of client relationships
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a team environment
• Strong organizational and planning capabilities
• Ability to work on own initiative and to provide guidance to others
• Experience of working to deadlines and delivering under pressure
• Excellent computer-literacy skills
• Experience in a professional services firm

Who we are

Forvis Mazars is among the leading audit and accounting firms in the Philippines specializing in audit & assurance, tax, accounting & reporting, payroll, corporate secretarial, and advisory services.

Forvis Mazars is a leading global professional services network operating under a single brand with just two members: Forvis Mazars, LLP in the United States and Forvis Mazars Group SC, an internationally integrated partnership operating in over 100 countries and territories.

We work as one integrated team, leveraging expertise, scale, and cultural understanding to deliver tailored, reliable services. Our goal is to help our clients navigate the complex local business environment and connect them to regional and global growth opportunities.

For more information, please visit our website www.forvismazars.com/ph/en