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

> United Kingdom · Principal · Other · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Acapco%3A7826048 (read 2026-11-05).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Capco](https://alderhq.app/companies/capco)
- Location text: UK - London; UK - London
- Where it can be done from (inferred): United Kingdom (evidence: "Location: UK - London; UK - London")
- Posted: 2026-04-17 (202 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-03 · last verified: 2026-11-04
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/capco/jobs/7826048

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: not posted
- Market band for similar posted roles (London, n 5): p25 £115k, median £133k, p75 £135k

## Description (the employer's text)

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 Finance, Risk, Regulatory & Financial Crime (FRRF) capability. In this senior role, you'll lead complex client engagements, advise senior stakeholders, and play a key role in shaping and delivering enterprise and operational risk transformation initiatives. Acting as a trusted advisor, you'll contribute to capability growth, proposition development, and team leadership while leveraging approved AI tools and AI-enabled ways of working to enhance analysis, improve delivery, and strengthen decision-making through responsible AI practices and appropriate human oversight.

What You'll Do

- Lead enterprise and operational risk transformation programmes, helping clients strengthen governance, operating models, controls, and risk frameworks while identifying opportunities to leverage AI-enabled workflows and automation.
- Oversee trade surveillance and market abuse initiatives, optimising detection scenarios, controls, and monitoring capabilities using data-driven insights and responsible AI techniques where appropriate.
- Advise senior stakeholders on regulatory expectations and translate complex requirements into practical, strategic solutions that improve enterprise risk management and operational resilience.
- Apply and oversee AI-enabled analytics and model tuning techniques to enhance risk monitoring, alert calibration, and false positive reduction while ensuring appropriate governance, validation, and human oversight.
- Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders while contributing to business development, proposition development, capability growth, and thought leadership across the Non-Financial Risk practice.
What We're Looking For

- Extensive experience delivering enterprise or operational risk transformation within financial services or management consulting.
- Strong knowledge of market abuse regulation, trade surveillance frameworks, operational risk, and wider financial crime risk management.
- Experience working with AI, machine learning, or advanced analytics within risk or surveillance environments, including model optimisation and responsible AI practices.
- Proven ability to lead complex transformation programmes and influence senior stakeholders across business, technology, compliance, and risk functions.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate complex risk challenges into practical, business-focused solutions.
Bonus Points For

- Experience leading surveillance transformation, control optimisation, or enterprise risk enhancement initiatives.
- Familiarity with surveillance platforms such as NICE Actimize, Nasdaq SMARTS, or similar technologies.
- Proven track record in business development, proposition development, and converting client opportunities into successful engagements.
- Experience mentoring, coaching, and developing high-performing consulting teams.
- Experience working across multiple jurisdictions and regulatory environments.
Why Join Capco

- Deliver high-impact transformation programmes for Tier 1 financial institutions.
- Work in a collaborative, flat, and entrepreneurial consulting culture.
- Access continuous learning, industry certifications, and structured leadership development.
- Help shape the future of enterprise risk transformation through innovation, automation, and technology.
- Be part of a team delivering meaningful change across global financial services.
Benefits

- Core Benefits: Discretionary bonus, competitive pension, health insurance, life insurance and critical illness cover.
- Mental Health: Easy access to CareFirst, Unmind, Aviva consultations, and in-house first aiders.
- Family-Friendly: Maternity, adoption, shared parental leave, plus paid leave for sickness, pregnancy loss, fertility treatment, menopause, and bereavement.

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