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Associate Director, BCM Specialist Modelling, Financial Services, Audit & Assurance
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The BCM Specialist Modelling team within Deloitte's Audit & Assurance practice is a rapidly evolving team providing specialist analytics services to banking and capital market clients. The quickly evolving team caters to a range of data solutions including modelling, model reviews, data assurance, profiling and visualisations.
From the outset, you will be an integral part of a market-leading team, fostering a diverse environment that integrates varied expertise and perspectives. You will collaborate with international colleagues to provide diverse analytical solutions to a broad spectrum of clients, from leading UK financial institutions to emerging FinTech companies.
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Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.
What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.
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We are seeking to expand our team through the recruitment of dedicated, ambitious, and collaborative practitioners. As such, we are offering an opportunity to join as a Manager within the BCM Specialist Modelling team to support this challenging and rapidly expanding business area. Deloitte provides a distinctive career opportunity within a supportive, challenging, and high-growth environment.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of a diverse range of analytics and modelling services within banking and capital market audit and assurance. Candidates will possess a deep understanding of our clients' industry, enabling them to anticipate complex business challenges and recommend appropriate strategic actions.
Responsibilities
- Ownership of a portfolio of Audit and Assurance clients;
- Provide direction/oversight to teams and taking responsibility for signing off the deliverables;
- Liaise with senior stakeholders across the firm and at the client;
- Integrate with the senior leadership to contribute significantly to the development and refinement of the team's strategic objectives, translating them into actionable plans and taking ownership their effective execution;
- Providing oversight and guidance for engagements; managing senior team members, ownership of deliverables and timelines, leading client interaction and stakeholder management;
- Conduct performance reviews, provide constructive feedback to develop skills and confidence of experienced staff, and support the career development and progression of direct reports and team members;
- Leading teams in providing analytics and modelling services through the use of software such as SQL, Python, Tableau and VBA to deliver meaningful insights to our clients and help them to understand the risks and key drivers for their business;
- Strategically lead advanced analytics and modelling services, including model testing, data analysis, quality reviews, and report generation and visualisation across both trading and banking books, ensuring alignment with the project and team objectives;
- Working with audit teams to integrate analytics more deeply into the external audit approach, and with our clients to embed analytics into their business and culture;
- Development and delivery of new and innovative analytics tools to support evolving audit and regulatory requirements within the changing financial services environment;
- Contribute to the team's and Deloitte's thought leadership and strategy in Audit & Assurance analytics and volunteering to promote certain initiatives;
- Lead our team in multiple go-to-market initiatives, including proposal development and client pitches, helping champion the growth of our team across Audit & Assurance and across other service lines;
- Building and developing long term relationships with stakeholders across our client organisations.
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Essential
- A PhD, Master's, or Bachelor's degree (or equivalent qualification) in a quantitative discipline such as Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Computer Science, Accounting, Finance, or Engineering.
- Demonstrable experience within an analytics or modelling team in the financial services sector, gained either within a professional services firm or a FTSE 350 company.
- Proven end-to-end project management expertise, encompassing scope definition, resource allocation, budget management, successful delivery, and robust stakeholder engagement.
- Meticulous attention to detail and a structured, thorough approach to delivering high-quality outputs, including experience in reviewing code, analytical outputs, and documentation.
- A strong track record of mentoring, coaching, and developing both junior and senior team members, fostering a high-performance and collaborative working environment.
- Proven experience in leading, motivating, and managing diverse project teams, ensuring high performance and successful delivery of engagements.
- Advanced technical proficiency in Excel and at least one other programming language such as Python, SQL, VBA, or Tableau, used in a leadership capacity.
- Sound knowledge of one or more financial asset classes (e.g., derivatives, loans, mortgages).
- Experience in the development or validation of cashflow models.
- Demonstrated ability to analyse complex business problems, develop innovative solutions, and translate technical findings into strategic recommendations for clients.
- Ability to build and maintain strong client relationships, identify client needs, and contribute to business development activities.
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical information clearly and concisely to senior stakeholders (both internal and external), influencing decisions and building consensus.
- Understanding of risk management principles and experience in embedding robust controls and governance within analytical models and processes.
Desirable
- A relevant professional qualification (e.g., CQF, FRM, CFA, ACA, CIMA).
- Experience with cloud-based data platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) or big data technologies (e.g., Spark, Hadoop) for analytical workloads.
- Strong understanding of the regulatory environment and familiarity with data quality frameworks such as BCBS239, IFRS 9, Basel IV, Solvency II, or CRD V.
- Experience applying advanced analytical techniques (e.g., statistical modelling, machine learning, optimisation) to solve complex financial problems.
- Practical experience in applying machine learning or artificial intelligence techniques within a financial services context.
- Experience with advanced data visualisation tools (e.g., Power BI, Qlik Sense) to communicate insights effectively.
- Familiarity with Agile project management methodologies for efficient project delivery.
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Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.
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"Deloitte is known for its flexible working environment and the support it offers to new parents. As a first-time mother I was a bit nervous joining the team, but the people around me have made it easy for me to manage my career around personal commitments." - Deloitte employee
"I assumed the culture would be very corporate, however, I have worked with people who have different personalities and approaches to the way they work. We do have a clear brand, but everyone is encouraged to be themselves." - Alice, Audit and Assurance
"The team I support works with one of Deloitte's biggest clients. To be involved with such an influential client so early in my career is really rewarding; I love it." - Owen, Audit and Assurance
"The progression at Deloitte is steady and I've always felt in control of my own career path. You can learn something new here every day which I really enjoy." - Ali, Audit and Assurance
Our hybrid working policy
You'll be based in London with hybrid working.
At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That's why we'll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you'll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You'll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.
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