Senior Consultant, FS Risk Consulting, Financial Crime

Senior Consultant, FS Risk Consulting, Financial Crime, Edinburgh

Location:

Edinburgh

Other locations:
Primary Location Only

Date: 15 Sept 2026

Requisition

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Competitive business today is all about making intelligent, informed decisions. As a Senior Consultant in our Financial Crime Practice, you'll help make this happen. That will mean using your technical knowledge and client facing skills, working within teams to help clients make strategic and operational changes to their businesses. Working with some of the world’s most prestigious firms, you will be an integral part of our team.

The opportunity

EY is helping leading financial institutions reimagine how financial crime capabilities are designed, built and operated. As regulatory expectations evolve and emerging technologies such as AI, workflow orchestration and real-time data platforms reshape the landscape, we are looking for individuals who can help bridge the gap between financial crime risk and technology delivery.

We are seeking a Senior Consultant with a strong product and delivery mindset who understands how business requirements are translated into practical technology solutions. The ideal candidate combines financial crime domain knowledge with experience supporting the design and delivery of technology-enabled change initiatives.

You will work across product, strategy, design and implementation engagements, helping clients transform capabilities across KYC/CDD, onboarding, Anti-Money Laundering Transaction Monitoring, sanctions, fraud and wider financial crime ecosystems.

Your key responsibilities

• Support the definition and shaping of product and capability designs across financial crime transformation programmes
• Translate business and regulatory requirements into detailed functional and non-functional requirements
• Support requirement gathering, prioritisation activities and backlog management
• Collaborate with business SMEs, technology teams, architects and delivery functions to support successful outcomes
• Contribute to the development of target operating models, future-state solution designs and agile delivery approaches
• Support the development of product roadmaps, tracking dependencies, risks and delivery milestones
• Identify opportunities to apply AI, agents, automation and modern platforms to address financial crime challenges
• Contribute to transformation business cases and support the development of future-state financial crime visions
• Deliver work streams and project activities across a variety of financial crime engagements
• Support business development activities through research, proposal development and creation of reusable assets and collateral
• Coach and support junior team members, contributing to a collaborative and high-performing team environment

Skills and attributes for success

• A product and delivery mindset with the ability to balance strategic thinking and practical execution
• An ability to work effectively across business, risk, people and technology teams
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• An ability to bring structure and clarity to complex problems
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Confidence to challenge constructively and contribute ideas effectively
• Commercial awareness and a focus on delivering value to clients
• Curious and passionate about innovation and emerging technologies, with a good understanding of technology applications within financial crime
• Collaborative team player with strong interpersonal skills

To qualify for the role you must have

• Experience working as a Business Analyst, Product Analyst, Functional Consultant, Project Consultant or equivalent role within Financial Services or Consulting
• A good understanding of the financial crime ecosystem, including AML, KYC, sanctions, fraud and emerging technology trends
• Strong analytical and technical skills, with the ability to translate business requirements, regulatory drivers and operational challenges into solution requirements
• The ability to work with a variety of stakeholders at all levels
• Experience working on transformation, technology implementation or change delivery programmes
• Strong academic background, ideally to a degree level or equivalent
• Flexibility to travel and work full-time on assignments, as necessary

Ideally, you'll also have

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