Helda Rock

Helda is a managing director in Deloitte’s Risk & Financial Advisory practice and a seasoned executive with deep risk and regulatory compliance experience across the Financial Services industry. Since joining Deloitte in 2000, she has advised leading financial institutions—including top domestic banks and foreign banking organizations—on ways to address strategic board-level matters related to risk and regulatory compliance.

Helda’s specific area of specialty includes operational and non-financial Risk. She has worked with investment banking to consumer lending lines of businesses to help them design and execute fit-for-purpose frameworks and operating models. She has taken an active role in engaging with senior stakeholders across global banks as they respond to specific regulatory requirements, consent orders, and matters requiring attention in a manner in order to effectively address requirements in alignment with strategic firm priorities.

As clients’ requirements evolved from regulatory compliance to risk and compliance transformation, Helda has worked with senior stakeholders on process re-engineering; risk technology implementation; change management; and operational controls design, execution, and testing initiatives. Her experience with transformation also includes defining and implementing the three lines model for leading brokerage firms.

Outside of serving on client engagements, Helda has responsibilities, as a senior leader, to manage a portfolio of large banking accounts and risk and compliance relationships and also has responsibilities to lead recruiting and training programs to onboard, retain, and mentor talent. Outside of work, she is an avid runner and enjoys partaking in half-marathons and other sporting events. She also likes to travel, read, and prepare school students for corporate careers in consulting.