Contract Model Risk Governance Jobs in Houston, TX

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Risk, and we give Chief Financial Officers, Chief Risk Officers, Chief Compliance Officers, Chief Data Officers and their execs the sounding board they need and the industry best practices they seek. We've got the deep industry experience, the functional insights, the data power, and the digital tech leadership to help our clients make important changes. Through our capabilities in Finance, Risk, Compliance, Data, Controls, GenAI and Transformation we solve our clients' toughest problems, to get ready for the future.Visit us here to find out more about Finance Risk Compliance.

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A critical thinker and a clear communicator. You're always looking for better and more efficient ways to govern and manage information to improve business and risk decision-making to deliver tangible benefit. When you say it's time to bring in new solutions or change the way things are done, clients listen. They know you'll walk them through the process - in person and on paper. Everyone's happy, because they have the right methods and tools and new ways to create value.

The work:

• Design and deliver Finance, Risk, and Compliance data strategies and governance approaches that allow for new insights and executive decision-making and enable AI evolution.
• Establish transparency into the way data moves through the organization to provide leaders with greater trust in their information.
• Develop and implement effective data quality and control frameworks.
• Create approaches to modernize the Finance, Risk, and Compliance data landscape, instituting data product models and defining AI-enabled architectures.
• Converse with business, risk, data and technology client executives to connect
• Support and share knowledge with project teams and use analytics to find new ways of working that put people and process first.
• Manage project teams, deliverables and budgets across workflows.
• Attract new business by creating thoughtful proposals and building strong client relationships
• Help grow the practice by championing Accenture initiatives and products
• Stay on top of how new regulations and technologies affect our clients' businesses - and ours

Travel: Travel as needed based on client expectations.

Here's what you need:

• 3+ years of experience in Finance, Risk and Regulatory Management consulting from a competitive firm.
• 5+ years working in Finance, Risk and Regulatory Compliance with experience in one or more of the following:
  • Data Strategy and Governance: Defining functional and enterprise data strategies, establishing and implementing data governance frameworks, aligning with regulatory expectations and industry leading practices.
  • Data Transparency: Mapping functional and technical movement and transformation of data throughout the data lifecycle, while capturing metadata, advising on tooling and automation.
  • Data Quality and Controls: Defining quality and control frameworks, implementing data controls, and establishing quality metrics.
  • Data Modernization: Creating Finance and Risk data products, advising on Finance, Risk and Compliance functions in the cloud, and modernizing legacy data and analytical tool sets, enabling the use of AI.
  • Functional Relevance:
    • Finance: forecasting and planning, balance sheet management, treasury management
    • Risk: financial risk management; non-financial risk management including technology risk, third party, resiliency, enterprise & operational risk; risk governance
    • Compliance: Financial Crime - AML, KYC, Sanctions, Transaction Monitoring; Fraud, consumer protection
• Bachelor's degree

Bonus points if:

• GenAI experience
• Experience working in Financial Services
• For banking, capital markets and/or insurance industries, working knowledge of data regulation across regimes such as BCBS, Dodd Frank, FBO, FINRA, SEC, FinCEN, OCC, FDIC, CCAR, etc.
• Operating model and transformation experience from front- and back-office

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 10/26/2026.
Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here:

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Virginia $87,400 to $270,300
Washington $100,500 to $270,300

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