Risk Specialist
McKinsey & Company
Operations
Bangkok, Thailand · Colombo, Sri Lanka · Hanoi, Hoàn Kiếm, Hanoi, Vietnam · United States
Posted 6+ months ago
Risk Specialist
Job ID: 88554
- Bangkok
- Colombo
- Hanoi
- Jakarta
- Kuala Lumpur
- Manila
Who You'll Work With
You will be part of the firm’s Client Service Risk (CSR) function whose mission is to enable client impact and innovation in a way which manages risks to our clients, people, and the firm. CSR is a globally integrated team with colleagues from diverse professional backgrounds including communications, consulting, government, and law.
Our function advises firm leadership on risks across the lifecycle of our client engagements, including client selection, management of work scope, and changes in operational circumstances. You can learn more about the firm’s risk framework and policies at this link
This role reports to the Director of Risk, Asia and will be based out of Asia.
What You'll Do
You will work as part of the firm's Risk function that advises McKinsey's Partners on how the firm can best serve its clients and conduct thought leadership while managing any associated risks.
As part of the opportunity, you will advise Partners on how to manage potential risks in client engagements in Asia, guided by firm policies, develop briefing materials for and coordinate discussions by the Client Service Risk Committee, a Global Committee of firm Leaders that advises on the most complex cases, on high risk engagements and lead risk assessments across individual offices in Asia to assess key risks and develop mitigation recommendations, with a focus on technology topics, including IT modernization and strategy to Agile, cloud, cybersecurity, Generative AI and digital transformation. In order to do so effectively, you will partner closely with and integrate advice from across firm functions (including Communications, Finance, and Legal) and ‘cells’ (practices, offices, new delivery models) to provide counsel on multi-faceted issues.
In addition, you will contribute to awareness efforts around risk policies and compliance processes, incident management, crisis response, and “after action” assessments and well as on global initiatives, such as policy reviews, as a member of our global Risk function.
Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree, as well as demonstrable intellectual curiosity through professional training, advanced degree, or professional impact
- 4+ years professional experience in risk management, government, communications, law, consulting, media, public policy, and/or public affairs
- Excellent judgment and problem-solving skills, exceptional integrity, and distinctive interpersonal and collaborative skills
- Ability to work on complex, sensitive, time-critical issues and quickly get up to speed on new topics across industries and risk areas
- Outstanding English in written and oral communication skills, including clear and concise writing and editorial skills, with strong personal presence and credibility
- Ability to work across all levels of seniority, cultivating trust-based, peer-counselor relationships and quickly establishing credibility
- Experience working on projects involving data processing, cloud computing and software development/delivery
- Working knowledge and interest in building expertise in Legal, InfoSec/Cyber, Privacy and Compliance
Industries
- Financial Services
- Public Sector
- Social Sector
FOR U.S. APPLICANTS: McKinsey & Company is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
FOR NON-U.S. APPLICANTS: McKinsey & Company is an Equal Opportunity employer. For additional details regarding our global EEO policy and diversity initiatives, please visit our McKinsey Careers and Diversity & Inclusion sites.
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