Senior Consultant, Digital Assets, Capital Markets

Location:

London

Other locations:
Primary Location Only

Date:
Oct 20, 2026

Requisition

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Digital assets in the UK are moving beyond pilots towards live products, operating models and market infrastructure. This shift is creating important strategic choices for financial institutions across banking, capital markets, payments, wealth and asset management, alongside significant transformation opportunities and new regulatory, operational and technology risks.

Within EY’s Financial Services Risk Consulting team, we are expanding our capability to help clients navigate this transition and turn market momentum into tangible outcomes. As a Manager, you will lead high-profile and complex engagements, take accountability for delivery quality and commercial performance, manage multidisciplinary teams and build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders.

The opportunity
We are seeking a high-performing Manager to join our Non-Financial Risk Consulting team, with a focus on digital assets within Capital Markets. You will shape and lead complex client engagements, helping financial institutions design and implement proportionate governance, risk and control frameworks across emerging digital asset products, services and operating models.

You will work at the intersection of innovation and risk, acting as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders on governance, regulatory compliance, operational resilience and non-financial risk across digital asset ecosystems. You will also play an active role in growing EY’s digital assets proposition through business development, market insight, thought leadership and the development of our people and capabilities.

Your key responsibilities
You will be accountable for leading high-quality risk and regulatory engagements, delivering practical outcomes for clients and supporting the continued growth of our business.

Key aspects of the role include:

• Lead complex digital asset risk and regulatory engagements from scoping through to delivery, managing quality, timelines, budgets, risks and client expectations.
• Act as a trusted adviser to senior client stakeholders on non-financial risk frameworks for digital assets, including governance, risk taxonomies, control environments and accountability models.
• Lead the design and implementation of risk and control frameworks across digital asset lifecycle processes, including issuance, trading, custody, settlement and reporting, with a particular focus on Capital Markets.
• Direct assessments of digital asset process flows and operating models, identifying key risks, control gaps and practical opportunities for enhancement.
• Oversee the evaluation and mapping of client journeys across digital asset use cases, including digital asset wallets, stablecoin issuance, integration into wealth management platforms and tokenisation of traditional assets.
• Advise clients on target operating models and proportionate control environments for digital asset businesses and capital markets activities.
• Lead risk assessments across trading, custody, issuance and other use cases, clearly articulating how risk exposures and control requirements vary.
• Help clients interpret and implement relevant global regulatory requirements, translating regulatory expectations into practical governance and control solutions.
• Mobilise and coordinate EY specialists across risk, technology, regulation and compliance to deliver integrated client solutions.
• Manage, coach and develop junior team members, setting…