Principal Consultant (Senior Manager) - Non-Financial / Operational Risk

About this role

Principal Consultant – Non-Financial Risk (Enterprise Risk)

Location: London (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

• Experience mentoring and developing junior team members

• Experience working across multiple jurisdictions or regulatory regimes

Why Join Capco

• Deliver high-impact technology solutions for Tier 1 financial institutions

• Work in a collaborative, flat, and entrepreneurial consulting culture