Risk & Compliance Specialist - Governance, Training & Awareness

Do you want to work on complex and pressing challenges—the kind that bring together curious, ambitious, and determined leaders who strive to become better every day?

If this sounds like you, you’ve come to the right place.

Specialist - Governance, Training & Awareness

Your Impact

In this role, you will support the execution of activities related to our governance, training, and awareness program across the global Ethics & Compliance (E&C) team.

You will support firm teams in identifying policy needs, document drafting/revision, syndication, and approval, ensuring we maintain an accurate inventory of all current and historic governance documents. Within E&C, you will assist teams in developing internal governance documents establishing program requirements and processes. As part of both workstreams, you will be expected to contribute to implementation planning and delivery to ensure documents are properly supported via appropriate training and awareness efforts.

You will conduct periodic risk assessments to evaluate and improve firm policies, procedures, and standards to ensure they meet our firm’s operational needs, address new and emerging risks, and align with applicable laws, regulations, and any related E&C program obligations.

With Learning professionals, you will contribute to the development of training plans and modules to reinforce firm member understanding of policies and Our Code of Conduct, customizing content based on audience roles/responsibilities, real-world events, and E&C requirements.

As a key member of the E&C Capabilities team, you will contribute as a thought partner within the broader E&C function, supporting organizational, operational, or strategic initiatives as needed. In this role you may be asked to provide surge support in other areas. You will also participate in regionally focused activities, such as advancing our integrity agenda in collaboration with regional E&C leaders, to raise awareness and strengthen the firm’s E&C program in your region or location.

You will be part of McKinsey’s E&C function. The E&C function’s mission is to manage risks to our firm, our clients, and our people, while also enabling our firm’s client impact and innovation. The E&C function is a globally integrated team within the second line of defense of our firm. McKinsey has an E&C program that is structured in a way that ensures that it is well designed, empowered to function effectively, and works in practice. Our E&C program includes a clear message that misconduct is not tolerated as well as policies, procedures, training, monitoring and consequence management to ensure the program is well-integrated into our firm’s operations and workforce. You will be a member of the E&C Capabilities pillar, which drives cross-functional application and consistency of core E&C program activities, including firm governance, training and awareness, risk assessment, data insights, programmatic monitoring, and issue management.

Your Growth

You are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact.

In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we’ll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
• A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions, all while upholding our unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity.
• Global community: You’ll have the opportunity to learn from colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• Exceptional benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.

Your qualifications and skills

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree(s) and/ or applicable professional certifications (e.g., Juris Doctor or CPA) preferred
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience in ethics, compliance, risk, legal or governance in a large organization
• 2+ years of owning and driving comprehensive compliance-related programs with experience in developing or driving governance frameworks and training programs
• Detail-oriented to ensure consistency and accuracy across documents
• Entrepreneurial mindset to progress on ambiguous problems and see them through to resolution
• Builds trust-based relationships with key leaders within and outside of the team; collaborates generously with others and is sought after as a key thought partner
• Exhibits highest levels of discretion and judgment in safeguarding confidential materials
• Fosters a collaborative, respectful, and inclusive environment for all colleagues
• Strong analytical, issue-spotting and problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to handle complex, sensitive issues
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, changing environment and able to manage ambiguity with confidence
• Outstanding English written and oral communication skills, including clear and concise writing and editorial skills and excellent listening skills