Principal Consultant (Senior Manager) - Non-Financial / Operational Risk

Principal Consultant – Non-Financial Risk (Enterprise Risk)

Location: Edinburgh and Hertford (Hybrid) | Practice Area: Finance, Risk, Regulatory & Financial Crime | Type: Permanent

• →Lead delivery of large-scale risk transformation programmes across enterprise and operational risk
• →Oversee trade surveillance and market abuse frameworks, including optimisation of detection scenarios and controls
• →Advise clients on regulatory expectations and translate them into strategic and practical solutions
• →Apply and oversee the use of AI and model tuning techniques to enhance risk monitoring, alert calibration, and false positive reduction
• →Build and maintain senior stakeholder relationships, acting as a trusted advisor to client leadership

• Extensive experience in enterprise or operational risk within financial services or consulting
• Strong knowledge of market abuse regulation, trade surveillance frameworks, and financial crime risk
• Experience working with or overseeing AI/ML models in risk or surveillance environments, including tuning and optimisation
• Proven ability to lead complex programmes and manage multiple stakeholders at senior levels
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence and challenge constructively

• Experience leading surveillance transformation or control optimisation initiatives
• Familiarity with surveillance tools and platforms (e.g., NICE Actimize, Nasdaq SMARTS, or similar)
• Track record in business development, including shaping and converting opportunities
• Experience mentoring and developing junior team members
• Experience working across multiple jurisdictions or regulatory regimes