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 enterprise-wide risk transformation and shape the future of non-financial risk
The Role
Capco is seeking experienced Principal Consultants with deep expertise in Non-Financial Risk to join our growing FRRF capability. In this senior role, you will lead complex client engagements, advise senior stakeholders, and play a key role in shaping and delivering enterprise and operational risk transformation initiatives. You will act as a trusted advisor while contributing to capability growth, proposition development, and team leadership.
What You’ll Do
- 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
What We’re Looking For
- 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
Bonus Points For
- 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