Senior Director (Practice Lead) - Consumer Financial Services | Forensic and Litigation Consulting | Mumbai

Who We Are

FTI Consulting is the world’s leading expert-driven consulting firm. Over the last 40 years, FTI Consulting experts have served as the trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies and the world’s leading law and private equity firms when they are facing their greatest opportunities and challenges. Our strong performance and continued success are a direct reflection of the ambition, energy and commitment of our talented professionals across the globe to make a positive impact for our clients and communities.   

At FTI Consulting, you’ll work side-by side with leaders who have shaped history, helping solve the biggest challenges making headlines today. From day one, you’ll be an integral part of a focused team where you can make a real impact. You’ll be surrounded by an open, collaborative culture that embraces diversity, recognition, professional development and, most importantly, you.  

Are you ready to make your impact? 

About the Role

Our Forensic and Litigation Consulting team in India is involved in complex, global and high-profile litigation, arbitration and investigations combining end-to-end risk advisory, investigative and disputes expertise to deliver holistic solutions for our clients.

As a Senior Director in Financial Services Consumer (“FSC”) India Practice, you’ll be providing day to day leadership for the FSC India team supporting bank regulatory consulting services and analysis for various client situations.

What You’ll Do

Provide day to day management of the FSC India team by:

• Monitoring utilization and validating goals are met.
• Review the quality process and continuously make changes to provide high-quality product within established timeframes and budgets.
• Working with the training team, monitor training completion and recommend new training classes as needed.
• Constantly communicating with the U.S. team on resources, utilization, project status, hiring and employee concerns.
• Monitoring progress of the day-to-day activities performed by the FSC India team for financial institution consulting projects to validate the status of daily tasks. and communicate any issues to the U.S. project lead.
• Prepare high level project reporting that tracks the status of work performed by the FSC India team in support of the U.S team.
• Monitor adherence to all established IT security protocols while supporting bank regulatory consulting services and analysis for various client situations.

Working with the U.S. project teams support the FSC India team to:

• Perform technical, industry, and company research utilizing online tools and publicly available information, develop work plans and execute studies to assess complex questions of fact, prepare reports and schedules summarizing findings that will be delivered to clients and other parties. Apply banking, compliance, financial, and analytical skills to various client situations and practice disciplines, including development and review of client policies and procedures, processes and controls, risk assessments, corporate governance structure, compliance with bank regulations, operation efficiency, and management of risk.
• Maintain detailed working paper records reflecting assumptions, methodologies, and sources of information employed during the performance of all analytical and review tasks.
• Deliver a high-quality product within established timeframes and budgets. Prepare written analyses and other reports for third parties, as necessary, on the project scope and/or results of activities. Prepare presentations and quantitative exhibits for third parties on the project scope and findings.

How You’ll Grow

• Develop a complete understanding of FTI Consulting’s business segment offerings and use that knowledge to recognize opportunities for FTI Consulting to help meet the needs of current and future clients.
• Develop new business relationships with banking professionals, attorneys, and company personnel to grow FTI Consulting’s business and work to foster on-going sales efforts to obtain additional opportunities.
• Organize information to facilitate effective data access and analysis. Supervise more junior team members’ work product

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Finance, Business, Law, Risk, Compliance or related field.
• At least 8-10 years of relevant post-graduate professional experience in financial services.
• Experience with regulatory compliance related to regulations including but not limited to:
  • Compliance Management Systems
  • Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
  • Fair Lending
  • Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts or Practices (UDAAP), and/or
  • Mortgage, Auto Finance, and other product related regulations (both originations and servicing)
• Experience supporting senior practitioners with client development and marketing related activities.
• Ability to travel to clients and FTI Office(s) as needed.
• Ability to attend early/late hour’s regional/global meetings as needed.
• Strong experience with MS Office Tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Preferred Qualifications

• Consulting experience working with financial services regulations and financial institutions.
• Professional experience working with consumer financial regulations within a financial institution or regulatory agency.
• Applicants should be comfortable managing fast-moving deadlines and change/ambiguity in projects.

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