AI Transformation Director - Financial Services

PA Consulting; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in the UK is looking for a Managing Consultant with expertise in AI to drive transformation in the Financial Services sector. You will leverage your experience to build AI practices and guide clients through their AI strategies. Essential qualifications include a deep understanding of AI trends, experience in management consulting, and proven track record in engaging with C-suite stakeholders. This role is key to expanding our presence in AI transformation, requiring strong business development skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in advising C-suite stakeholders and leading large-scale transformation programmes.
• Knowledge of financial principles and management consulting structures.
• Understanding of AI topics relevant to the Financial Services industry.

Responsibilities

• Drive AI transformation for Financial Services organisations.
• Build the AI practice leveraging industry knowledge.
• Manage AI engagements and deliver outstanding outcomes.

Skills

Management consulting knowledge

C-suite influencing ability

AI topics understanding

Business development skills

Job description

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.

Job Description

We are seeking an accomplished AI consulting expert to help drive our AI Agentic capabilities in the Financial Services sector. The Managing Consultant (equivalent to Director level) will focus on building the Artificial Intelligence (AI, Agentic) practice that will help us deliver AI-driven transformation for Financial Services organisations in the UK (ideally Banking but also Wealth & Asset Management and Insurance).

As part of our wider Financial Services team, the MC will leverage their knowledge and connections of the FS Industry, to guide clients through their AI strategies, from adoption through to value realisation.

Key objectives:

• Working closely with FS Partners and our AI Capability leads, help build an FS AI business for PA. This will be achieved by leveraging deep expertise in AI and combine this with the insight, knowledge and resources already available within PA Consulting.
• Be instrumental in the execution of a go-to-market strategy to expand the firm’s presence in AI transformation, capitalising on emerging Agentic trends such as:
• Compliance Automation (KYC/AML/Regulatory Reporting)
• Fraud Detection and Prevention
• Trading, Treasury Automation
• Real-time monitoring and Operational Risk Management
• Manage and oversee engagements, deliver outstanding outcomes that will lead to extensions and new opportunities for our AI capabilities
• Be a key player in the development of AI proposals, specific to individual client needs/situations
• PA is highly regarded as trusted advisors for successful end-to-end transformation and candidates will ideally have experience in numerous phases of an AI driven transformation lifecycle
• A proven track record of advising C-suite stakeholders, and leading large-scale transformation programmes is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience and skills required:
• An understanding of management consulting, how it is structured, the frameworks, financial principals etc.
• Ability to influence at the C-suite level and have a network of contacts that will help navigate the FS industry to achieve penetration within new buying centres in existing clients and open new business opportunities.
• A deep understanding of the AI topics and trends that affect the FS industry, these could include:
• Process Automation
• Regulatory Compliance
• Lending & Credit Decisioning
• Customer Insights & Marketing
• Operations & Treasury Optimization
• Payments Optimization
• An ability to contribute to the development of robust business development plans that can to help meet revenue and sales targets for AI in FS.
• A strong understanding of end-to-end transformation programmes and a track record of successfully managing delivery engagements, ideally with experience of:
• Scoping/pricing/planning commercially sound programmes
• Steering, managing and governance of programmes/teams
• High-quality delivery excellence
• Consistent in achieving follow-on business and extensions