Management Consultant - Financial Risk

The role

You will advise clients on regulatory frameworks, optimise risk controls, and lead transformation for Chief Risk Officers. Work involves delivering projects relating to Basel, IFRS 9, and BCBS 239 across credit, market, liquidity, and capital risks.

What you will do

• Deliver advisory and implementation projects relating to Basel, IFRS 9, BCBS 239, and other key regulations.
• Support risk control improvements, regulatory change, and data-driven risk reporting and modelling.
• Evaluate client risk practices and recommend practical solutions using data-driven insights.
• Collaborate across Credit Risk, Market Risk, Finance, Legal, Technology, and other business functions.
• Contribute to internal capability building, business development, and risk thought leadership.

Required qualifications

• Experience delivering risk and regulatory change initiatives within financial services.
• Strong knowledge of Basel, IFRS 9, BCBS 239, and wider prudential regulatory frameworks across credit, market, liquidity, and capital risk.
• Practical experience in risk assessments, target operating model design, and control implementation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience using approved AI tools to support analysis, productivity, and decision-making.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with an interest in responsible AI adoption within regulated environments.

Nice to have

• Track record of delivery as a Project Manager or Business Analyst.
• Experience presenting to senior stakeholders and influencing across business functions.
• Experience delivering data, analytics, technology, or AI-enabled risk transformation initiatives.
• Contributions to risk frameworks, control evaluation, or target operating model design.
• For senior candidates, experience in people leadership, proposition development, and supporting business growth.

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus
• Competitive pension
• Health insurance
• Life insurance and critical illness cover
• Access to CareFirst, Unmind, Aviva consultations, and in-house first aiders
• Maternity, adoption, shared parental leave
• Paid leave for sickness, pregnancy loss, fertility treatment, menopause, and bereavement
• Eight complimentary backup care sessions for emergency childcare or elder care
• Five weeks of annual leave with the option to buy or sell holiday days
• Minimum 40 Hours of Training Annually
• Business Coach assigned from Day One
• Online GP services

About the company

Capco is a consulting firm with a collaborative, flat, and entrepreneurial culture. The company focuses on delivering high-impact transformation programmes for Tier 1 financial institutions.