Project, Programme, Portfolio Manager – Risk & Regulatory Transformation; Financial Services

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

Our Delivery Team is PA’s Centre of Excellence for all project, programme and portfolio capability. The team has a great reputation for realising high value outcomes for our clients by supporting and leading delivery across the most critical projects, programmes and portfolios. Developing meaningful and long-standing partnerships with our clients, the team also has an extensive track record of providing crucial advisory services and building delivery capability and delivery excellence for client teams at all levels.

Our growing team covers the full spectrum of delivery expertise. Our experience ranges from supporting highly complex business transformations, to delivering infrastructure and engineering projects, through to providing deep technical expertise on IT and technology driven change. We are able to provide deep sector insight and bring fresh perspectives to delivery challenges.

Some example of our exciting assignments include:

• Leading implementation of major new regulatory requirements across banking and insurance clients
• Delivering operational resilience programmes spanning people, process, technology and third parties
• Supporting financial institutions with cyber risk and resilience transformation
• Leading controls, governance and compliance enhancement programmes
• Delivering regulatory remediation and assurance initiatives for major financial services organisations

We are looking for candidates with the potential to become future leaders within the firm. Our Delivery team goes beyond traditional programme management. We are seeking individuals who combine exceptional delivery capability with deep expertise across the financial services risk, regulatory and resilience landscape.

The strongest candidates will bring experience of helping financial institutions respond to regulatory change, strengthen resilience, manage risk and deliver complex compliance transformations whilst maintaining operational effectiveness and customer trust.

• Financial Services Regulation
• DORA
• Operational Resilience
• Financial Crime, AML and Economic Crime Prevention
• Data Privacy and Data Protection
• Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM)
• Cyber Security Transformation
• Risk and Controls Transformation
• Conduct and Consumer Duty
• Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)
• Solvency II
• Prudential Regulation
• Regulatory Reporting and Controls
• Regulatory Remediation Programmes

• Leading major regulatory change programmes from impact assessment through implementation and assurance
• Delivering operational resilience, cyber resilience or risk transformation initiatives
• Implementing new regulatory requirements and supervisory expectations across financial services institutions
• Managing large-scale compliance, controls or governance transformation programmes
• Leading remediation programmes following regulatory findings, audits or internal reviews
• Designing and implementing enhanced risk management, governance and control frameworks
• Managing complex stakeholder groups including risk, compliance, legal, operations and executive leadership teams
• Delivering regulatory change across banking, insurance, wealth management or market infrastructure organisations
• Implementing technology, data and Reg Tech solutions to improve compliance, monitoring and reporting
• Establishing sustainable operating models that embed regulatory compliance, resilience and risk management capability

• Strong programme, portfolio or project delivery expertise
• Deep understanding of the financial services…