Financial Crime Consultant

Overview

In this role you help clients identify and mitigate financial crime risks through advisory, transformation, and regulatory engagements. You’ll work in multidisciplinary teams to strengthen frameworks, improve controls, and address regulatory changes while aligning with business goals. You’ll engage in research, analysis, and stakeholder collaboration to deliver practical solutions that improve governance and risk management. This is an opportunity to shape financial crime outcomes for clients and society in a dynamic, purpose-driven firm.

Pay / Benefits

• Health and lifestyle perks with private healthcare
• 25 days annual leave plus option to buy 5 more
• Generous pension scheme
• Community and charity involvement opportunities
• Annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of financial crime advisory, transformation and regulatory engagements
• Assess financial crime risks and control frameworks across multiple disciplines
• Review and develop policies, standards, procedures and governance arrangements
• Conduct research and analysis on regulation, industry developments and emerging risks
• Support risk assessments, gap analyses and framework reviews
• Contribute to operating model, process and control design initiatives
• Assist clients in responding to regulatory change and supervisory expectations
• Produce high-quality reports, presentations and client deliverables
• Support and facilitate client workshops and stakeholder interviews
• Collaborate across risk, compliance, transformation, digital and data and operations teams

Key requirements

• Understanding of financial crime risks including AML, sanctions, bribery and corruption, and fraud
• Knowledge of financial crime regulatory and legal frameworks
• Experience in financial services, consulting, regulatory or related environments
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to interpret information, identify risks and develop practical recommendations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience producing high-quality reports, presentations and client deliverables
• Strong organisational and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work effectively in teams and adapt to changing client requirements

• Curiosity
• Commercial mindset
• Collaborative
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks
• Experience with financial crime risk management
• Exposure to regulatory reviews or transformation programmes

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