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Risk & Compliance

Risk Specialist

Job ID: 88554
  • Bangkok
  • Colombo
  • Hanoi
  • Ho Chi Minh
  • Jakarta
  • Kuala Lumpur
  • Manila


Are you driven by the opportunity to tackle complex challenges and work alongside top leaders? Do you want to be part of a team that delivers outcomes that others simply can’t? If so, you’ve come to the right place.

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
You will report to the Director of Risk, Asia and will be based out of Asia.

Your impact within our firm

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.

Your qualifications and skills

  • Undergraduate degree, as well as demonstrable intellectual curiosity through professional training, advanced degree, or professional impact
  • 4+ years of 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
Please review the additional requirements regarding essential job functions of McKinsey colleagues.
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Job Skill Group - CSSA
Job Skill Code - CRS - Client Service Risk Specialist
Function - Risk & Resilience
Industry - Financial Services;Public Sector;Social Sector
Post to LinkedIn - Yes
Posted to LinkedIn Date - Mon Sep 23 00:00:00 GMT 2024
LinkedIn Posting City - Kuala Lumpur
LinkedIn Posting State/Province -
LinkedIn Posting Country - Malaysia
LinkedIn Job Title - Risk Specialist
LinkedIn Function - Consulting;Legal;Public Relations
LinkedIn Industry - Government Administration;Government Relations;Public Policy
LinkedIn Seniority Level - Mid-Senior level