Senior consultant, Financial Services – Quant/Modelling, Financial Accounting Advisory Services. RI, Pakistan

In Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) Financial Services (FS) within Assurance, we support our clients with their finance, accounting, regulatory and reporting challenges. Our team provides insights and services that accelerate analytics, decision-making and innovation to build a stronger and more efficient finance and risk function.

To continue the successful growth of our FAAS FS team, we are looking for new colleagues seeking to engage on complex transformation, accounting, regulatory and reporting issues.

The opportunity

You will become part of an international and inclusive team, where you will play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities. As a Senior consultant/Assistant manager in the FAAS FS team, you will be involved in advising our FS clients (e.g., banks and insurance companies) on a wide range of finance and regulatory topics.

This role is based in our center of excellence in Pakistan in Karachi.

key responsibilities

In this role you will support our clients with quantitative and regulatory modelling challenges. This may include:

• Developing IFRS 9 models
• End-to-end IFRS 9 model validation – including validation of data, assessing methodology and model assumptions and performing quantitative testing.
• Assisting in establishing, monitoring, evaluating, and interpreting data
• Developing financial models for various needs including but not limited to financial projections, feasibility analysis, portfolio management and optimization, derivative pricing, sensitivity and what-if analysis etc.
• Maintaining an up-to-date view of regulatory and industry developments – enabling knowledge sharing with the wider team

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Bachelor’s degree in (quantitative) Finance, Econometrics, mathematics, engineering or equivalent.

• 2-6 years of experience in quantitative modeling techniques, with practical experience in IFRS 9

• Experience in any of the following programming languages is preferred: Python, R, SAS, SQL or Matlab

• Excellent communication skills both business as well as technical

• The ability to translate technical regulatory requirements and complex data into meaningful insights

• Supervising and coaching junior team members to ensure that they are able to continue developing both professionally and personally

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Masters or MBA qualification

• Track record with a leading Consulting firm

What we offer

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.

• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.

• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.

• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

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