Consultant - Risk and Resilience
McKinsey & Company
Buenos Aires, Argentina · Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia · Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile · Lima, Peru
Posted on Nov 8, 2025
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Consultant - Risk and Resilience
Job ID: 103156
Do you want to work on complex and pressing challenges—the kind that bring together curious, ambitious, and determined leaders who strive to become better every day? If this sounds like you, you’ve come to the right place.
Your Impact
You’ll work in teams of typically 3-5 consultants, playing an active role in all aspects of client engagement. You will assist client teams in understanding and quantifying risk exposures, evaluating risk strategies, and building and maintaining risk models by being staffed full-time on one engagement or providing ad-hoc assistance to several engagements.
Over the course of each project, you will gather and analyze information, formulate, and test hypotheses, and develop and communicate recommendations risk-based methodologies to support top management-level strategic decisions. You'll also present results to client management and implement recommendations in collaboration with client team members. In some cases, you will be asked to travel to your client site.
When you join McKinsey, you are joining a firm whose culture is distinctive and inclusive. We will accelerate your development as a leader to create positive, enduring change in the world.
As part of your journey with us, you will receive comprehensive training and coaching to help you excel in your role and grow as a professional. You will learn how to structure ambiguous problems and take decisive action to solve them, equipping you with the tools to navigate complexity with confidence. Through hands-on experience, you will develop the ability to synthesize insights from complex information, transforming both qualitative and quantitative data into clear, actionable recommendations.
Collaboration is at the heart of what we do, and you will work closely with diverse teams to identify the best solutions and drive meaningful change for our clients. Building trust-based relationships with clients will be a key part of your role, enabling you to better understand their needs and serve their organizations effectively. You will also refine your communication skills, learning to present ideas and recommendations in a structured and compelling way to audiences at all levels, including senior leaders.
Throughout your time with us, you will have the opportunity to develop your unique leadership style, drawing on your passions, strengths, and personal values. Our goal is to support you in becoming a confident and impactful leader, capable of creating positive, enduring change in the world.
We believe in strength-based development and coaching, and you’ll receive frequent mentoring from colleagues. This will include a senior colleague from your office or practice who will help you grow and achieve your career goals. Additionally, you will have a professional development manager who manages staffing to help you choose projects based on your priorities as well as the needs of client service teams.
You’ll be working in Santiago, Bogota, Buenos Aires or Lima as part of our global Risk and Resilience Practice supporting clients in many different industries facing challenges of developing and implementing tailored concepts for risk recognition, measurement, and control.
Facing extreme volatility in financial and commodity markets, more and more of our clients are realizing that effective, risk-informed strategy can offer a major source of competitive advantage. We take a truly global, cross-sector, cross-functional view of risk issues, combining McKinsey’s deep industry insight and strategic skills with a structured risk-management approach, proven methodologies focused on true transformation, analytical tools, and practical implementation.
Your Growth
Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.
In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues—at all levels—will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won’t find anywhere else.
When you join us, you will have:
- Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
- A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions, all while upholding our unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
- Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
- World-class benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.
Your qualifications and skills
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or another business-related field; master’s degree is a plus
- More than 4 years of experience in risk management in any industry sector and/or experience in a consultancy (with risk focus) and/or comparable experience in banking, credit risk, collections, fraud, insurance (actuarial experience with life insurance underwriting exposure and/or M&A actuarial background a plus), capital markets, crisis management, cyber risk, trading/intermediation with significant exposure to risk (e.g. commodity trading in the energy sector), or contract/asset structuring
- Experience managing people
- Strong natural entrepreneur and comfortable with risk-taking; problem-solving skills and quantitative and analytical thinking capabilities
- Strong command of Microsoft Excel and VBA
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to adjust and interact with all levels
- Strong project and change management skill
- Independent self-management skills and ability to work independently or as part of a team
- Capable of executing multiple tasks or projects simultaneously
- Strong communications skills to facilitate discussions and conduct training
- Fluent in English (verbal and written)
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Job Skill Code - AJPS - Senior Analyst
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Job Skill Code - AJPS - Senior Analyst
Function - Risk & Resilience
Industry - Financial Services
Post to LinkedIn - Yes
Posted to LinkedIn Date - Fri Nov 07 00:00:00 GMT 2025
LinkedIn Posting City - Santiago
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LinkedIn Posting Country - Chile
LinkedIn Job Title - Consultant - Risk and Resilience
LinkedIn Function - Business Development;Consulting;General Business
LinkedIn Industry - Banking;Financial Services;Investment Management
LinkedIn Seniority Level - Mid-Senior level