Senior Consultant, Financial Crime FTC)

Location:

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

Other locations:
Primary Location Only

Date: 22 Sept 2026

Requisition

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.

We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join EY and help to build a better working world.

Market-leading growth in our Consulting Service Delivery team has created exciting opportunities for talented individuals to join our team in Newcastle. We are recruiting for 6-month fixed-term and 3-month fixed-term positions.

CSD is about going beyond advice. We specialise in operational delivery, implementing solutions on behalf of clients across a range of service areas. Financial Crime remains a key focus within the financial services industry, with organisations facing increasing regulatory requirements and evolving criminal threats. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in helping our clients meet their regulatory obligations while gaining exposure to a variety of Financial Crime engagements.

We have excellent opportunities for experienced Financial Crime professionals to join our Newcastle team on either fixed-term contracts of 3 or 6 months. In this role, you will apply your experience and specialist knowledge to help clients meet their regulatory obligations across a range of compliance activities, including Transaction Monitoring, Alert Clearing, Customer Due Diligence (CDD), and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD).

Whether you are looking for a long-term career path or an opportunity to apply your expertise within a contract role, you will be joining a growing team that delivers high-quality solutions to leading financial services organisations. Our continued expansion means we are looking for individuals who thrive in fast-paced environments, can quickly adapt to new challenges, and enjoy working as part of diverse and collaborative teams.

As a Financial Crime Executive in our Consulting Service Delivery team, you will collaborate with global EY teams to deliver high-quality work to our clients, primarily from the financial sector. You will help our clients gain confidence by leveraging your technical knowledge of compliance matters. You will work with the leadership team to engage directly with clients, providing them with advice and recommendations.

You will have the opportunity to work on a range of Financial Crime projects, supporting management in leading teams on Financial Crime engagements.

• Work effectively as a team member, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication, and updating senior team members on progress
• Assist with the mobilisation of project teams and design of the processes to be followed
• Support engagement management activities such as finance tracking, billing, and resource management
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel while building strong internal relationships within Consulting and across other service lines
• Support bids and proposals for new projects and client opportunities
• Assist in preparing reports and outputs that will be delivered to clients and other parties
• Adhering to, and managing, productivity and quality expectations

• Contribute to people initiatives, including training and mentoring new joiners
• Maintain an educational program to continually develop personal skills
• Understand and follow workplace policies and procedures
• Support the development of junior colleagues
• Act as a workplace coach to junior staff

• History of working for large-scale organisations
• Experience in leading teams to carry out alert clearing, PEP/Sanctions screening,…