Executive, Regulatory Risk

Company: Ashurst
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

In this Executive, Regulatory Risk role you will shape regulatory risk and compliance strategy for clients across financial services, energy, retail, corporate, and government. You’ll work within Risk Advisory to deliver practical, scalable solutions that improve licensing, regulatory change, and compliance programs. You’ll lead client conversations, design end-to-end project plans, and produce artefacts that drive decisions. This role combines strategic advisory with hands-on delivery in a global, hybrid-friendly environment.

Pay / Benefits

  • Flexible work options (part-time, home working)
  • Health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership
  • Career advancement opportunities and Learning & Development programs

Responsibilities

  • Provide strategic and commercial advice to help clients plan, deliver, and operationalise regulatory programs and projects (licensing, regulatory approvals, regulatory change, compliance management, control design, consumer remediation, investigations)
  • Partner with clients to identify gaps in risk management and uplift compliance capabilities
  • Structure and manage end-to-end project scope, budget, resourcing, and delivery timelines
  • Lead creation of client artefacts (agendas, reports, workshop materials, presentations) with input from Directors and Partners
  • Design approaches for client solutions, including scope of work, cost estimates, and required expertise

Key requirements

  • 5-9 years of regulatory, conduct, and compliance risk experience, preferably in consulting
  • Confident in advising clients on complex risk and compliance challenges and facilitating senior stakeholder meetings
  • Subject matter expert in one or more regulatory topics with ability to apply across topics
  • Proven ability to deliver high-quality work for clients and stakeholders within deadlines
  • Experience writing business documents for government or corporate audiences
  • Confident client-facing communication
  • Stakeholder management and facilitation
  • Strategic thinking and commercial acumen
  • Regulatory risk and compliance knowledge
  • Risk advisory and governance frameworks
  • Project planning and governance

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Posted: October 8th, 2026