Financial Crime Consultant – Change & Transformation job at London Full Time NEW

A boutique financial crime consultancy is looking for a Consultant to join its growing team, specifically focused on financial crime change and transformation.

This role is suited to someone coming from a consulting background, with experience delivering financial crime change programmes across regulated environments. The firm supports a diverse mix of financial services clients, delivering advisory-led transformation across AML, sanctions, fraud and wider financial crime frameworks.

You’ll be working alongside a group of highly experienced and technically strong financial crime professionals, with consistent exposure to live projects — no sitting on the bench.

The Role

As a Consultant, you’ll support and lead key workstreams across financial crime change initiatives, covering both regulatory-driven and efficiency-led transformation programmes.

You’ll be expected to operate in a client-facing consulting capacity, translating regulatory and commercial requirements into structured, pragmatic delivery plans.

You will:

• Lead workstreams across financial crime change and transformation programmes
• Translate regulatory requirements into practical delivery plans and solutions
• Work closely with stakeholders across Compliance, Operations, Technology and Data
• Support delivery of multi-workstream programmes, including risk, dependency and timeline management
• Contribute to governance, reporting and quality assurance of programme outputs
• Engage with clients directly, supporting delivery and building trusted relationships
• Contribute to solution design and continuous improvement initiatives

About You

This role requires prior consulting experience — candidates without consulting exposure are unlikely to be considered.

You’ll bring a combination of financial crime knowledge and change delivery experience, with a clear focus on transformation.

Key requirements:

• 3–5 years’ experience within a consulting environment, delivering financial crime change
• Strong exposure to transformation programmes across AML, sanctions, fraud or broader financial crime
• Experience working on multi-workstream change initiatives
• Ability to operate in complex, fast-paced client environments
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical, implementable solutions

Exposure to financial crime technology, data-led change or AI-driven solutions would be beneficial but is not essential.

Additional Information

This role offers genuine flexibility, with two days per week in the office (City of London) and the option to work a four-day week.

You’ll gain exposure to a wide range of clients, projects and regulatory challenges, making it a strong opportunity for someone looking to build out their consulting and transformation experience within financial crime.

You must be located and eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship.

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