Financial Risk Principal Consultant (Senior Manager)

About the role

Capco is looking for a Financial Risk Transformation Principal Consultant (Senior Manager) to join its Finance, Risk, Regulatory & Financial Crime practice in London, working in a hybrid setting. You will lead complex risk transformation programmes across financial services, advise senior stakeholders such as Chief Risk Officers, and help clients modernise their risk capabilities through data, technology, automation and AI-enabled ways of working.

Key responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex risk transformation programmes across liquidity, credit, market and model risk, using AI-enabled workflows and automation to improve client outcomes.
• Advise senior stakeholders on regulatory frameworks including Basel, IFRS 9 and BCBS 239, turning them into practical transformation strategies and sustainable operating models.
• Design and implement enhanced risk controls, target operating models, governance frameworks and data-driven reporting solutions.
• Drive the responsible adoption of AI, automation and advanced analytics, with appropriate governance and validation.
• Contribute to business development, proposition development and client relationship growth.

Required profile

• Extensive experience delivering financial risk transformation programmes in financial services or management consulting.
• Proven experience leading complex programmes and influencing senior stakeholders, including Chief Risk Officers and executive leadership teams.
• Bonus points: experience applying AI, automation or advanced analytics in financial risk or regulatory reporting, proposition and go-to-market work, enterprise data architecture or risk technology platforms, and mentoring or coaching teams.

Required skills

• Deep expertise in liquidity, credit, market and model risk, and knowledge of Basel, IFRS 9 and BCBS 239.
• Experience using approved AI tools and automation while maintaining professional judgement.
• Strong analytical, strategic problem-solving, communication and stakeholder management skills.

What we offer

• Permanent position with discretionary bonus, pension, health, life and critical illness insurance.
• Mental health support, maternity, adoption, shared parental and other paid leave, and eight backup care sessions.
• Five weeks of annual leave, online GP services and 40 hours of training per year.
• Gympass, travel insurance, Tastecard, season ticket loans, Cycle to Work and dental insurance.