
Consultant-Data Risk Management
Chicago, ILJob$87–171K/yrSeen 3w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
Deloitte’s AI & Data Risk team supports clients in financial services, fintech, and technology with data-driven solutions. The Consultant contributes to data and analytics engagements, helping translate business needs into plans, assess data readiness for AI, and support data governance and engineering work. The role also involves building AI-powered tools, preparing client deliverables, and presenting findings to stakeholders.
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Full job description
Consultant - AI & Data Risk Management - Financial Services
Our Deloitte Regulatory, Risk & Forensic team helps client leaders translate multifaceted risk and an evolving regulatory environment into defensible actions that strengthen, protect, and transform their organization. Join our team and use advanced data, AI, and emerging technologies with industry insights to help clients bring clarity from complexity and accelerate their path to value creation.
Work you'll do
As a Consultant in our AI & Data Risk team, you will contribute to innovative data-driven solutions for clients across financial services, fintech, and technology industry sectors. In this role you will:
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Support multi-disciplinary teams by collaborating with senior consultants, managers, and client stakeholders to deliver high-quality data and analytics engagements.
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Contribute to assigned initiatives by helping translate business needs into clear requirements, priorities, and execution plans for AI and data engineering teams.
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Support project workstreams, including planning, task execution, issue tracking, and coordination across business, data, and technology stakeholders.
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Help modernize business and technology processes in support of client objectives and project deliverables, including exploring agentic and automated workflows.
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Partner with business, data, and technology teams to capture, document, and translate requirements for large-scale data and AI initiatives.
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Conduct data discovery and analysis activities, including metadata curation, business glossary alignment, data lineage, data classification, and source-to-target mapping to support a strong data governance foundation.
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Assess data readiness for AI and agentic consumption by evaluating datasets for quality, completeness, and semantic requirements, and by supporting ontology development, including entities, relationships, and taxonomies.
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Assist in designing and building AI-powered agents, accelerators, and reusable tooling to improve delivery speed and quality across engagements.
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Perform technical analysis, develop data pipelines, and support technical reviews for solutions built by the team.
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Prepare project documentation, status updates, and client-ready deliverables that summarize progress, technical findings, and recommendations.
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Present findings and insights to internal and client stakeholders in a clear, concise, and professional manner.
The successful candidate would possess these skills:
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Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
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Effective written and verbal communication skills
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Innovative AI first mindset
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Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
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Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
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Ability to lead projects or workstreams
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Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
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Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
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Ability to meet deadlines
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Ability to provide clear guidance to others
The team
Our Regulatory & Financial Risk offering supports clients' business priorities, balancing risk and regulatory requirements with enhancing business value and optimizing outcomes. We deliver enhanced value through strategic transformation, end-to-end implementation, and focus on business-as-usual sustainability across processes, controls, and data & analytics infrastructure.
Qualifications
Required:
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Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related field.
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2+ years' experience in data analysis, data architecture, data management, or data engineering.
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1+ year of experience in the financial services industry, including investment management or insurance.
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Demonstrated proficiency or hands-on experience with relevant tools and platforms, including:
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Data Management: Collibra, Alation, Informatica, Atlan, Anomalo, Ataccama, or similar tools.
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AI-Assisted Development and Modern Data Engineering: Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, dbt, Airflow, Git/GitHub, or similar tools.
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Predictive Analytics: Python or R.
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Data Visualization: Tableau, Power BI, or similar tools.
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Data Mining/Data Warehousing: Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, Databricks, Snowflake, or similar platforms.
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Programming/Scripting: Python, SQL, Java, Scala, or similar languages.
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Experience or familiarity with:
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Data modernization and migration projects in financial services.
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Data governance best practices, especially in the context of AI data readiness, data semantics, and ontologies.
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Communicating complex technical information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
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Ability to travel up to 50% on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
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Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.
Preferred:
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Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a business-related field.
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Related certifications such as PMP, AWS/Databricks/Azure/GCP Cloud Certification, or CDMP.
The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $86700 to $170900
You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.
How this job compares
Set against the 4,869 open Data Analyst jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$87–171K/yr
- Illinois median$88–126K/yr94 salary ranges
- US median$90–134K/yr3,076 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $129K, is 18% above the Illinois median midpoint ($109K) — in the middle half of Data Analyst salary ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 129 open Data Analyst jobs in Illinois and 4,869 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- Capital One11 open
- Publicis Groupe5 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Data Analyst postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (3,620 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 2,235 of the 4,869 open Data Analyst jobs (46%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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