Management Consultant – Head of Risk & Compliance Technology Practise for Paris recruitment
An exciting and rare opportunity to own, manage and implement the creation and build out of a niche Risk Compliance Technology practise in Paris for a Big 4 Management Consultancy.
The Consultancy, which has a very well recognised and world famous brand, is seeking to establish a global presence in the niche area of Risk Compliance Technology. The firm already has extremely succesful practices in the US, Asia PAcific and the UK and is now looking to grow that presence across Continental Europe. The first two hubs to be established are Paris and Frankfurt.
This role is an opportunity for someone with a proven background in management consultancy in Paris, with a speciality in risk management for financial services and technology solutions to have complete autonomy in building a practise; from strategising with the Global Head of Risk Compliance IT to selling business and hiring a team to support you.
Utilising both the sterling reputation of the firm and working in tandem with the extremely successful risk advisory practise you would be expected to bring contacts and relationships from your previous experiences to quickly build and establish a niche presence in Paris. As a benchmark, the UK business which has now been running for 14 months and also started with one person is now 70 consultants (all out on client sites) and turns over millions of pounds.
To be a success in this role you will have:
- A strong background in management consultancy
- A proven expertise in technology solutions
- A very strong understanding of risk management and trading - specifically market risk and credit risk
- Proven relationships in risk and IT across Paris' leading Investment Banks, Asset Managers and insurers.
- An entrepeneurial spirit
- Experience of managing large teams and practices; including budgets and financials
- Proven Programme delivery experience
- A flair for developing business
- A strong soft skill set
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to build a practise where, with the current regulatory focus, there is a clear demand for business.
If you are interesting in discussing this opportunity in more detail, please send your CV through or feel free to call Dan Benson on +44207 1876147 for more details,