Director, Financial Services - Economic Crime

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. 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. Our Risk & Compliance practice is looking for an experienced Director to help shape and grow our Economic Crime capability. Baringa is committed to reducing economic crime and the negative consequences it has on society. We help clients understand how economic crime can be carried out through their organisations and put in place targeted, proportionate controls that manage risk effectively while supporting sustainable growth and positive customer outcomes. As a Director, you will combine deep Economic crime expertise with senior client leadership, commercial development and practice building. You will advise executive stakeholders, originate and grow client opportunities, lead complex transformation programmes and develop the people, propositions and market profile that support the continued growth of our business. What you will be doing Building trusted relationships with Chief Risk Officers, Chief Compliance Officers, MLROs, Heads of Economic crime and other senior client stakeholders Originating, shaping and converting Economic crime opportunities and building a sustainable portfolio of clients and revenue Leading complex, multi-workstream Economic crime programmes from strategy and design through to implementation Advising clients on regulatory expectations, emerging threats, leading practice and the practical design of proportionate controls Overseeing assessments of Economic crime frameworks and translating findings into prioritised remediation plans and roadmaps Shaping technology-enabled transformation across KYC, transaction monitoring, screening, investigations and case management Defining and growing market-relevant propositions, thought leadership and go-to-market activity Raising the visibility of Baringa's Economic crime capability through senior client conversations, industry engagement and external market presence Leading, coaching and developing high-performing teams while maintaining a strong focus on quality, inclusion and client outcomes Working collaboratively across Baringa's sectors and capabilities to bring the best of the firm to clients and create broader opportunities Contributing to the strategic direction, commercial performance and leadership of the wider Risk & Compliance practice Your skills and experience Significant Economic/Financial crime consulting experience within a recognised consultancy, specialist advisory firm Deep expertise across one or more of AML, KYC/CD