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As a Senior Consultant in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) within our Risk Consulting practice, you will play a pivotal role in delivering impactful client engagements across the MENA region. Your focus will be on ERM, risk governance, and GRC transformation, collaborating with diverse teams to craft innovative, sustainable, and technology-driven risk management solutions.

This is an exceptional opportunity to join our dynamic Risk Management team. You'll contribute to high-caliber risk advisory projects, hone your consulting acumen, and empower clients to enhance risk-informed decision-making, bolster resilience, and strengthen governance. This role is based in the vibrant locales of Kochi or Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

Experience the breadth of our practice by engaging with ERM frameworks, conducting risk assessments, defining risk appetite, establishing key risk indicators, refining risk reporting, fostering risk culture, and implementing GRC solutions across a spectrum of industries and operational landscapes.

Your core responsibilities will include:

- Supporting and executing ERM, risk governance, and GRC advisory engagements under the direction of engagement managers. - Assisting in the architecture, implementation, and refinement of ERM frameworks, adhering to recognized standards like ISO 31000 and COSO ERM. - Orchestrating risk interviews, workshops, and assessment sessions with vital business and functional stakeholders. - Developing and maintaining robust risk taxonomies, comprehensive enterprise and functional risk registers, effective risk appetite metrics, tolerance thresholds, and key risk indicators. - Conducting thorough risk analyses, encompassing inherent and residual risk assessments, control evaluations, risk prioritization, and action tracking. - Crafting insightful management and Board-level risk reports, dynamic dashboards, heat maps, and compelling presentations that illuminate key risk insights and emergent trends. - Investigating and evaluating strategic, operational, financial, technology, cyber, regulatory, third-party, sustainability, and emerging risks. - Supporting reviews of risk governance structures, committee arrangements, policies, and alignment with the three-lines model. - Performing risk maturity assessments, benchmarking, and gap analyses, subsequently formulating actionable recommendations and strategic improvement roadmaps. - Contributing to GRC requirements gathering, process design, data preparation, testing, and implementation activities. - Engaging in operational resilience, business continuity, and crisis risk management assignments as needed. - Effectively managing assigned workstreams, diligently monitoring progress, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality outcomes within stipulated scope and timelines. - Liaising with client stakeholders, meticulously documenting meetings and workshops, and ensuring follow-through on information requests and agreed actions. - Reviewing the contributions of junior team members, actively supporting their coaching and professional development. - Contributing to proposal development, credentials, thought leadership, methodologies, and other vital business development initiatives.

To thrive in this role, you will possess:

- A solid grasp of ERM frameworks, risk governance principles, risk appetite definition, KRIs, effective risk reporting, and the three-lines model. - The capacity to analyze both qualitative and quantitative data, translating findings into clear, practical, and actionable recommendations. - Exceptional skills in report writing, presentation delivery, workshop facilitation, and stakeholder coordination. - Proficient project coordination abilities, enabling effective management of assigned workstreams and multiple priorities under demanding deadlines. - Excellent written and verbal communication proficiency in English. - A keen attention to detail, a professional degree of skepticism, and an unwavering commitment to delivering quality. - Proficiency with Microsoft Office; prior experience with data analytics tools, Power BI, or GRC platforms would be a significant asset. - Familiarity with the regulatory landscapes and risk management practices prevalent in the MENA region would be advantageous.

To be considered for this position, you must have:

- A Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or a closely related field. - A minimum of four years of relevant professional experience in Enterprise Risk Management, risk advisory services, governance, internal audit, or a comparable domain. - Hands-on experience with risk assessments, risk registers, defining risk appetite, establishing KRIs, control evaluations, risk reporting, or implementing ERM improvement initiatives. - Demonstrated experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and interacting effectively with client or business stakeholders.

Ideally, your profile would also include:

- Possession of a relevant professional certification or active pursuit of qualifications such as CRMA, CIA, FRM, CRM, RIMS-CRMP, CISA, ACCA, CA, or an equivalent certification in risk, audit, finance, or governance. - Prior experience within a consulting or professional services environment. - Experience in preparing executive-level reports, interactive dashboards, or materials for risk committees. - Proficiency in the Arabic language, particularly where relevant for client engagements within the MENA region.

Mobility and Travel:

- A demonstrable willingness and ability to travel to client locations, occasionally with short notice. - Possession of a valid passport and the capacity to meet all applicable travel requirements.