Senior AVP, Finance & Risk Advisory

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Tthis is a hybrid role in London (3 days per week in the office.)

Summary of the role:

We are seeking a highly accomplished consulting leader to join our UK & EMEA Finance & Risk Advisory Consulting (FRAC) practice as a Senior Assistant Vice President. This is a market-facing leadership role responsible for driving growth across the UK and EMEA region. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to senior client executives, lead business development and strategic advisory engagements, and play a key role in shaping the future direction of the practice.

The individual will bring deep expertise across one or more FRAC domains, combined with strong commercial acumen, industry credibility, and a proven abilityto build high-performing teams and client relationships.

As part of your duties, you will be responsible for:

Business Development &Market Growth

• Build and maintain a strong networkof client executives, industry contacts, alliance partners, and influencers.
• Originate, qualify, and convert consulting opportunities across new and existing clients, developing account growth strategies in partnership with sector leaders and account teams.
• Contribute directly to annual revenue targets, pipeline generation, and practicegrowth objectives.
• Lead proposal development, client presentations, solution design workshops, and commercial negotiations.
• Represent the practice in industry events,round tables, webinars, and client forums.

Client Advisory & Consulting Leadership

• Actas a trusted advisor to C-suite and senior business stakeholders across Finance,Risk, Internal Audit, Compliance, Procurement, CISO, Data & AI, and other related domains.
• Lead client engagements spanning regulatory compliance, process transformation, controls assurance, risk management, and AI governance, leveraging thought leadership, data-driven insights, and AI-enabled solutions to deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Serve as a key member of the UK & EMEA FRAC leadership team, helping shape practice strategy, sector-focused propositions, go-to-market initiatives, growth plans, and AI-enabled consulting offerings.
• Drive practice growth and profitability through revenue generation, pipeline management, commercial oversight, resource planning, forecasting, and P&L accountability.
• Lead, mentor, and develop consulting teams across geographies, including management of 3-4 direct reports and broader project teams.
• Drive talent acquisition, workforce planning, staffing, succession planning, and team development to support practice growth.
• Foster a high-performance culture through coaching, collaboration, innovation, and continuous professional development.

Thought Leadership & Market Presence

• Create and promote thought leadership on emerging regulatory, risk, technology, and business trends through publications, webinars, executive briefings, and industry forums.
• Enhance the firm's market visibility, reputation, and credibility across key sectors and target markets.

Qualifications and experience we consider to be essential for the role:

• 10+years of consulting, advisory, risk, audit,compliance, finance, procurement, cyber security, or transformation experience.
• Proven experience withina Big Four firm, global consulting organisation, or similar professional services environment.
• Strong track record of business development, revenue generation, and management of senior client and executive stakeholder relationships.
• Demonstrated experience selling and leading consulting engagements, including proposal development, commercial negotiations, and executive-level stakeholder management.
• Demonstrated leadership of complex consulting engagements, multi-disciplinary teams, and geographically distributed delivery models.
• Commercially astute, with experience in budgeting, forecasting, pipeline management, and P&L accountability
• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or Master'sdegree in Finance,Business, Risk Management, Technology, or a related field preferred.
• Relevant professional certifications highly desirable, including CISA, CISM, CISSP, CRISC, CIA, IRMCert, AIGP, TAISE, CIPP/E, CIPT, CPSM, CPA, CA, ACCA, CFA, or equivalent.

Skills and Personal attributes we would like to have:

• Significant expertise across multiple FRAC domains, including Regulatory Compliance, Operational Risk &…