Financial Services Advisory Consultant – Banking, Insurance & Capital Markets

Job Family:

Management Consulting

Travel Required:

Up to 75%+

Clearance Required:

None

Guidehouse is seeking highly motivated professionals to join our Financial Services Advisory practice, supporting clients across Banking, Insurance, and Capital Markets. This role offers the opportunity to work with leading financial institutions to address complex business challenges, drive transformational initiatives, strengthen risk and compliance capabilities, and deliver strategic solutions that create measurable client value.

As a Senior Consultant, or Managing Consultant, you will support multiple client engagements across Banking, Insurance, and Capital Markets, partnering with stakeholders to improve operations, manage risk, navigate regulatory requirements, and execute business transformation initiatives. Successful candidates are intellectually curious, client-focused, collaborative, and comfortable working in fast-paced and evolving environments.

What You Will Do:

• Support and lead client engagements across Banking, Insurance, and Capital Markets, with a focus on risk management, regulatory compliance, operations, and business transformation.
• Analyze complex business challenges and translate findings into practical, actionable recommendations and client-focused solutions.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships through effective stakeholder engagement, collaboration, and communication.
• Facilitate workshops, working sessions, meetings, and presentations with client leadership and project teams.
• Manage project workstreams, deliverables, timelines, dependencies, and risks across multiple engagements.
• Develop business cases, operational strategies, process improvement recommendations, and transformation roadmaps.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to address evolving client priorities and business needs.
• Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, strengthen organizational effectiveness, and drive innovation.
• Contribute to practice growth through thought leadership, market research, business development, proposal development, and people management, as appropriate to level.

What You Will Need:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• 3–10 years of relevant professional experience, depending on the position level.
• Experience within banking, insurance, capital markets, consulting, advisory services, or a related financial services environment.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and solve complex business problems and effectively operate in ambiguous or rapidly changing environments.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking capabilities.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Experience managing projects, workstreams, client deliverables, or strategic initiatives.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced consulting and client-service environment.

What Would Be Nice to Have:

• Experience working for a large financial institution, including a large regional bank, national bank, insurance organization, capital markets organization, or Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB).
• Previous experience with a management consulting, advisory, or Big Four consulting organization.
• Experience supporting one or more of the following: Business Transformation Operational Excellence Process Improvement Change Management Regulatory Compliance Risk Management Strategic Initiatives
• Experience building programs, processes, operating models, or operational frameworks from inception through implementation.
• Subject matter expertise in one or more of the following areas: Operational Optimization Financial Crimes Compliance Regulatory Compliance & Response Risk Management Payments Modernization Asset Management Consumer Banking Commercial Banking Insurance Capital Markets
• Professional certifications such as PMP, Lean Six Sigma, Agile, Change Management, or other relevant credentials.

The annual salary range for this position is $107,000.00-$178,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• 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

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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