Managing Consultant/Associate Director – Fraud Advisory – Financial Crimes Risk and Compliance (FCRC)

Guidehouse•McLean, NY

1d•Remote

About The Position

Provide fraud advisory and industry domain expertise to help clients assess, design, and strengthen fraud risk management programs across prevention, detection, investigation, and recovery. Lead client engagements to define fraud strategy, operating model, governance, policies/procedures, and control enhancements across prevention, detection, investigation, and recovery. Facilitate working sessions with client stakeholders and third parties to evaluate current-state capabilities, define target-state needs, and prioritize pragmatic improvements to reduce fraud losses and operational friction. Conduct fraud risk assessments and program effectiveness reviews across commercial sector clients, covering key typologies, channels, products, and customer journeys. Author fraud advisory thought leadership (whitepapers, POVs, case studies, playbooks) on emerging typologies, regulatory expectations, and leading practices. Support leadership in business development activities to scale the fraud advisory practice (e.g., proposals, client workshops, and solution positioning). Advise client leaders on fraud risk requirements, risk appetite, governance, escalation paths, and decisioning approaches to improve detection, investigations, and customer outcomes. Review fraud metrics, trends, and analytical outputs to identify root causes, control gaps, and actionable recommendations, and to support executive-ready reporting and governance routines. Responsible for following firm risk management protocols to ensure quality of all client deliverables. Responsible for day-to-day activities of a project including interaction with other team members, professionals from other firms involved in the engagement, and client personnel. Prepare client-ready deliverables (risk assessments, operating model artifacts, control matrices, playbooks, and executive summaries) that document findings, recommendations, and implementation roadmaps.

Requirements

Experience supporting fraud and other financial crime programs (e.g., investigations, monitoring/alert triage, case management, disputes/claims, recovery) and related control environments.
Knowledge of fraud typologies and the ability to translate them into actionable policy, process, control, and operating model improvements across customer and employee use cases.
Familiarity with common fraud monitoring concepts (rules, segmentation, alerts, model outputs) and the ability to interpret results and convert them into business, process, and control recommendations.
Strong project management and time management skills.
Able to manage several projects simultaneously and autonomously, as well as prioritize as necessary.
Strong conceptual, as well as quantitative and qualitative analytical skills.
Effective communication skills that drive decisions.
Travel will be required depending on client needs.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree.
Fraud advisory experience in financial services, FinTech, or consulting, including fraud risk assessments, control enhancement, investigations support, and stakeholder management.
7+ years of experience assisting in large scale projects within financial services with minimal guidance.
Experience in a management consulting/advisory company.
Industry Certification (CFE, C AFS , etc . )
Exposure to vendor fraud tooling and case management platforms (to support requirements, assessments, and implementation planning) is a plus.
Local to NYC or DC metropolitan areas.

Responsibilities

Provide fraud advisory and industry domain expertise to help clients assess, design, and strengthen fraud risk management programs across prevention, detection, investigation, and recovery.
Lead client engagements to define fraud strategy, operating model, governance, policies/procedures, and control enhancements across prevention, detection, investigation, and recovery.
Facilitate working sessions with client stakeholders and third parties to evaluate current-state capabilities, define target-state needs, and prioritize pragmatic improvements to reduce fraud losses and operational friction.
Conduct fraud risk assessments and program effectiveness reviews across commercial sector clients, covering key typologies, channels, products, and customer journeys.
Author fraud advisory thought leadership (whitepapers, POVs, case studies, playbooks) on emerging typologies, regulatory expectations, and leading practices.
Support leadership in business development activities to scale the fraud advisory practice (e.g., proposals, client workshops, and solution positioning).
Advise client leaders on fraud risk requirements, risk appetite, governance, escalation paths, and decisioning approaches to improve detection, investigations, and customer outcomes.
Review fraud metrics, trends, and analytical outputs to identify root causes, control gaps, and actionable recommendations, and to support executive-ready reporting and governance routines.
Responsible for following firm risk management protocols to ensure quality of all client deliverables.
Responsible for day-to-day activities of a project including interaction with other team members, professionals from other firms involved in the engagement, and client personnel.
Prepare client-ready deliverables (risk assessments, operating model artifacts, control matrices, playbooks, and executive summaries) that document findings, recommendations, and implementation roadmaps.

Benefits

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Basic Life & Supplemental Life
Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Student Loan PayDown
Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
Skills Development & Certifications
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
Mobility Stipend