Risk & Regulation – Consultant Analyst

Company Description

About us

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 diverse teams of 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.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

Job Description

• Flexible working - We are guided by our client work and needs; however, you have autonomy to manage your time and diary to suit your work/life balance.
• Flexible working - We operate in a hybrid working environment where we come into a client site or office, at least 2-3 days per week. This role will be aligned to our London Victoria office

Are you concerned that your career to date doesn’t equip you with the right skills to really accelerate how organisations deliver?

Our Risk & Regulation team are looking for an exceptional Consultant Analyst. You will be able to pursue your own area of interest through involvement in our strategy campaigns, including gaining insight into a specific risk type (such as climate risk, conduct risk, operational risk); a specific sub-sector (banking, asset management, insurance); or a specific area of regulatory focus (such as Consumer Duty, Anti-Money Laundering Directives).

You will develop you career as a consultant by collaborating with other like-minded colleagues in multi-functional teams, working on some of our most exciting projects.

You will have opportunity to contribute to:

• Enhancing the firm’s approach to risk management (in particular non-financial risks)
• Improving firm’s operating model across the three lines of defence
• Enhancing corporate governance and risk culture, and helping firm’s to embed good consumer and conduct outcomes
• Delivering effective regulatory change, including providing independent assurance and Skilled Person reviews

Qualifications

• A minimum of 2 years’ recent experience working at a management consultancy, or for a financial services firm (preferably in a risk, compliance or transformation role)
• A desire to become an expert in risk and regulation and enthusiasm to apply this to delivery and transformational projects
• Exceptional interpersonal skills to build strong relationships with top-level stakeholders 
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills 
• Excellent written skills
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills

You may also have:

• An understanding of how change is delivered in a regulatory context
• Experience of coordinating activities across multiple teams, including across the three lines of defence
• Knowledge of core transformation steps and tools used in transformation (risk logs, project status reports, project planning)

We know the skill-gap and ‘somewhat need to tick every box’ can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today by completing our online application

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Additional Information

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

We believe diversity fuels ingenuity. Diversity of thought brings exciting perspectives; diversity of experience brings a wealth of knowledge, and diversity of skills brings the tools we need. When we bring people together with diverse backgrounds, identities, and minds, embracing that difference through an inclusive culture where our people thrive; we unleash the power of diversity – bringing ingenuity to life.

Find out more about Life at PA here.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
• Annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief veteran status, or other by any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We are on a journey towards ensuring our workforce is diverse at all levels and that our firm is representative of the world around us. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.