Associate Director - Financial Institutions Advisory (Capital Markets)

Location: Washington, DC, United States; travel to client sites required as engagement needs require.

Salary: $190,000–$240,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a global consulting firm providing advisory services across financial institutions, risk, investigations, economics, corporate finance, data, and performance improvement.

What you will do

• Lead financial institution advisory engagements focused on regulatory compliance, supervision, governance, technology and operations enablement, and business process optimization.
• Advise clients on licensing and registration, target operating models, staffing assessments, policies, procedures, and controls.
• Develop compliance, supervisory, operational, and regulatory risk management frameworks and methodologies.
• Prepare clients for regulatory examinations and enforcement matters through mock examinations, response strategies, remediation planning, and implementation support.
• Build client relationships, contribute to proposals and thought leadership, and lead business development, recruiting, and staff training.
• Collaborate with specialists across risk, investigations, economics, corporate finance, data, and performance improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, or equivalent work experience.
• At least 10 years of experience in regulatory compliance, supervision, or risk management within a financial institution, regulatory agency, consulting firm, or other professional services firm.
• Working knowledge of regulatory and supervisory requirements for one or more market-regulated entity types.
• Experience leading complex projects or workstreams, managing teams, and delivering work within time and budget constraints.
• Strong communication, judgment, attention to detail, prioritization, and collaboration skills.
• Must be able to verify legal authorization to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

Nice to have

• At least eight years of direct experience with SEC, FINRA, CFTC, NFA, or state regulatory requirements.
• Experience in a regulatory agency’s enforcement or examinations division.
• Experience with supervisory procedures, compliance testing and monitoring, governance, risk assessments, or regulatory change programs.
• Knowledge of securities, derivatives, structured products, digital assets, or related trading and market activities.
• Advanced degree, professional certification, or established relationships in financial institutions, regulatory bodies, or the markets compliance community.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to help build a new capital markets group within an established global consulting firm.
• Interdisciplinary work with consultants, industry experts, academics, data scientists, and technology specialists.
• Work on complex business, regulatory, compliance, economics, disputes, investigations, and performance improvement challenges.
• Equal opportunity employment environment.