Senior Consultant

2 weeks ago


Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Grant Thornton Full time
Job Overview

We're a large and growing professional services firm that still feels like a community. With over 76,000 professionals in more than 150 countries, we combine global scale with local expertise to help dynamic organizations unlock their potential for growth. We truly care about our colleagues, our clients, and the communities where we work and live.

As a Senior Consultant,you'll play a key role in the successful delivery of services to clients, while gaining experience in a great variety of work under the coaching of your leaders. Your primary objective involves developing and implementing risk solutions for financial institutions clients with a focus on Credit and Market Risk. Discover your purple and join our Regulatory Advisory Team today

Let us paint a picture for you

Imagine being part of a team that puts "we before me", where flexibility is a mindset, and where you trust your colleagues to have your back.

Imagine working for an organization that believes in the power of authenticity in everything that we do. Whether you're steering discussions in a client meeting, tackling your fear of heights at the top of the Burj Khalifa or ziplining across Jebel Jais – bring your true self to work. Be a part of a team driven by a purpose of shaping the world that we live in, based on trust and integrity in markets, dynamic businesses, and communities where businesses and people thrive.

Join us to expand your horizons, be inspired, face challenges, and most importantly, be yourself.

About the RegulatoryAdvisory Service Line

Our Regulatory Advisory practice supplies a range of services to regulatory authorities, licensed financial institutions and other relevant organizations. Partnering with our colleagues in Business Risk Services, Forensics, Business Consulting among others, our work falls broadly into the following areas: Regulatory Compliance Advisory, Risk projects, Prudential Regulations, Compliance Governance and Assurance among others.

As a Senior Consultant some of your responsibilities will include:

  • Applying a thorough understanding of Credit and Market Risk to deliver high-quality advisory and analytical solutions
  • Leveraging expertise in Quantitative Analytics and Market Risk Models (including VaR, ES, IRB, IFRS 9, FRTB, IRRBB, CVA) to support model development, validation, and implementation
  • Managing risk across Spot and Derivative markets for equities, interest rate, credit, commodities, and foreign exchange products, including hedging strategies and financial instrument valuations
  • Developing and validating financial and risk models to meet client and regulatory requirements
  • Ensuring compliance with local and international regulatory frameworks such as Basel, EBA, and CBUAE guidelines
  • Utilizing strong analytical and problem-solving skills to address complex risk management challenges and deliver actionable insights
  • Preparing presentations, participate in client meetings, and contribute to proposals and business development initiatives
  • Mentoring junior consultants, reviewing deliverables, and ensuring quality standards are met
Skills

Think you've got what it takes to be a Senior Consultant? Like the color purple? Great. Here's a few more boxes we're also hoping you can tick:

  • 3+ years of strong financial risk management and/or quantitative analysis experience within a financial institution or Consultancy/big 4 firms
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field including Finance, Financial Engineering, Financial Mathematics, Economics, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or similar
  • Professional certification in FRM, PRM, and CFA is recommended but not mandatory
  • Aptitude for quantitative analysis and strong numerical skills with evidence of advanced financial modelling skills
  • Experience in analytical and risk management tools/systems (e.g. Python, Bloomberg, R, SAS, MATLAB, etc.)
  • Excellent communication, with client facing experience and presentation abilities
  • Ability to manage multiple engagements and competing priorities in a rapidly growing, fast-paced, interactive, results-based team environment is required
  • Excellent verbal written, and presentation skills in English are required, Arabic is advantageous
  • Demonstrate integrity, values, principles, and work ethic and lead by example
  • Travelling on a regular basis to clients is expected
  • Confident individual with an independent and structured way of working
Job Details

Job Location

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Job Role

Business Advisory

Joining Date

Mar-2026

Preferred Contract Type

Permanent

Preferred Candidate

Career Level

Mid-Management

Highest Education

Bachelor's degree



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