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.
We’re building a modern Risk Advisory capability that helps CROs and risk leaders turn risk functions into strategic enablers – not cost centres. Our work spans operating model redesign, risk framework modernisation, automation of risk processes, cultural change, and enabling digital, AI‑driven insight across risk lifecycles.
Advising clients on strategies and approaches to enable the risk function to achieve safe growth. You will be responsible for delivering tangible business benefits to our clients by working within an international community of risk experts, ex-regulators, and industry specialists.
We are seeking curious candidates who bring a depth in financial or non-financial risk and understand the capabilities risk functions need to adopt for the future. You will be responsible for building and delivering various aspects of our risk transformation offering focused on the following propositions:
Adaptive Risk: Support design of ERM frameworks, governance models, and risk processes that enable CROs to better understand the relationships between risk stripes
Simplifying Risk: Assess risk activities, identify inefficiencies, and design simplified, automated workflows to enable faster more confident decision making
Tech & Data‑enabled Risk: Support digital and AI-enabled risk process modernization bringing the risk function ahead on the digital agenda
Risk Culture Evolution: Contribute to behavioural diagnostics, cultural interventions, and tools strengthening ownership across LoD
More specifically, you will be running workstreams and managing others on a range of projects bringing industry leading practices to all aspects of our client’s risk management approach. You will bring expertise on the future of risk management based on a strong understanding of risk practices across financial services. You will use data analysis, AI and technical skills together with risk expertise to deliver outcomes for our clients.
You will be expected to regulatory report out and present to senior clients using exceptional written and verbal communication skills. Lastly, we expect you to stay current in the industry and work on improving your specialism leveraging Baringa learning framework.
You will have solid experience in Industry, from a first line role, second line risk / compliance or third line internal audit role; or good level of experience as a Consultant or Auditor in practice helping clients with operational controls, risks and regulation
You will have a track record of work experience with risk and control projects for example, documenting, testing design effectiveness and operating effectiveness or identifying areas for simplification and cost reduction
You will have spent time working as part of a team on larger reviews and be able to leverage knowledge of such engagements that are run well
You’ll possess understanding of relevant regulations and expectations e.g. Operational Risk, Data Governance, Client Protection, Market Infrastructure, etc.
You will have a good understanding of the business, products and and their key challenges
You will understand how common products and services are structured, sold, processed and operationally supported to be able to bridge the gap between business and Risk/Compliance
You’ll have a desire to become a SME and build your curiosity alongside delivering client projects
You can leverage an understanding of industry best practice and trends across non-financial risk practices
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.
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.
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.
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.
For UK & EU
Your personal data will be retained by Baringa for up to two years, in accordance with our UK Recruitment Privacy Notice / EU Recruitment Privacy Notice, to evaluate your application and meet our legal and reporting obligations. In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to request access to, rectification, or erasure (subject to legal limitations) of your personal data. For more information, please contact us at privacy@baringa.com
For the USA
Your personal data may be retained by Baringa for up to two years, as outlined in our Recruitment Privacy Notice (AMER & APAC), to support the recruitment process and internal reporting requirements. Where applicable, and in accordance with relevant federal and state laws, you may have the right to request access to or correction of your personal information. For further details, please contact privacy@baringa.com
For Australia & Singapore
Your personal data will be retained by Baringa for up to two years, in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice (AMER & APAC), to assess your application and meet applicable reporting and legal obligations. In line with the Australian Privacy Act and Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), you may have rights to access, correct, or request limited deletion of your personal data. For more information, please contact us at privacy@baringa.com