Senior Manager - Risk Consulting

About the role

KPMG Trinidad and Tobago is looking for a Senior Manager in its Risk Consulting practice. You will play a key role in expanding and enhancing the regulatory risk advisory offering, combining exceptional leadership with strong experience in financial crime, regulatory compliance, governance and risk management and internal audit.

Key responsibilities

• Manage and lead client relationships and engagement delivery across financial services sectors, covering financial crime and the wider regulatory environment (AML/ATF, sanctions screening), regulatory compliance advisory and assurance, and governance, risk management and internal audit advisory and assurance.
• Advise on wider Caricom regulatory requirements, including Economic Substance, conduct regulation and prudential governance.
• Maintain deep expertise on governance, risk and regulatory requirements in the Caricom region.
• Lead business development: build trusted client relationships and networks of external stakeholders, write thought leadership articles and proposals, and give public speaking.
• Lead the local regulatory compliance team, including line management, recruitment and training and development, and contribute to the Caricom Advisory team and the KPMG Islands Group Regulatory Compliance team leadership.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Business or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum of eight years' experience in a regulatory or risk consulting environment, including public practice.
• Demonstrated expertise in financial crime (AML/ATF, sanctions screening), economic substance requirements, prudential regulation (governance and Board effectiveness) and risk management.
• Proven experience managing regulatory compliance engagements (remediation and transformation projects across multiple clients) and/or internal audit engagements.
• Track record of managing government or donor-funded programs in the Caribbean or similar regions.
• Experience advising senior leadership in financial services is an asset.

Required skills

• Project management and organizational skills, leading complex, multi-client engagements and working with Boards and executives.
• Business development, proposal writing and client relationship management.
• Leadership and people management, including coaching and mentoring.
• Presentation and communication skills, translating complex data into reports for executive audiences.
• Advanced analytical skills and collaboration across senior management and multi-jurisdictional teams.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).