Economic Crime Consultant / Senior Consultant

About Baringa

About Baringa 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.

Our expertise spans energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms. We deliver strategy, transformation and operational excellence 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.

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.

Our Risk & Compliance Practice

We are looking for an experienced Economic Crime Consultant / Senior Consultant to join the team. Baringa is committed to reducing financial crime and its negative consequences. Our business seeks to bring insight and perspective and have lasting impact for our clients, the environment, and on the communities where we live and work.

What you will be doing

• Assessing and benchmarking the effectiveness of firms’ Economic Crime regulation, legislation, and industry best practices
• Implementing and/or optimising Economic Crime technology solutions such as client lifecycle management, KYC capture, transaction monitoring, customer screening and payment screening
• Supporting data quality assessments, data transformation/data integration (ETL) and data visualisation
• Demonstratable knowledge of vendor products commonly used to combat Economic Crime
• Conducting risk assessments to identify top Economic Crime risks and helping firms with mitigation plans and roadmaps
• Designing and supporting the implementation of Economic Crime target operating models
• Designing and implementing a range of key Economic Crime controls, translating regulatory requirements into business and functional requirements that describe the system, data, process, and control changes required to achieve compliance
• Assist in leading the planning and delivery of Economic Crime change programmes and projects
• Raising visibility of our Economic Crime capability, both internally and externally

Your Skills And Experience

• We are looking for passionate and curious individuals who have excellent relationship building and communication skills, and thrive in a team environment
• Experience working with SQL, Python, VBA, or other programming languages is desired
• Experience operating within the Economic Crime consulting space
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the current Economic Crime legal and regulatory landscape and key regulatory initiatives
• The ability to constantly learn and grow whilst delivering results in a challenging client‑facing environment

Benefits

• Generous Annual Leave Policy: We recognise everyone needs a well‑deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5‑Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.
• Flexible Working: We know that the ‘ideal’ work‑life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.
• Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 days every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.
• Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.
• Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success.

Diversity and Inclusion

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.

Join Us

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.

Privacy Notices

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, 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.

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