Director, Regulatory Risk

Ashurst Perkins Coie; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Health and wellbeing benefits

Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

Ashurst Perkins Coie is seeking a Director to join our Regulatory Risk team in London. You will advise on regulatory risk and compliance matters, lead key engagements, and design effective risk programs for clients across financial services, telecoms, energy and government.

In this hybrid role you will oversee delivery, manage client relationships, contribute to business development, and mentor teams while upholding the firm’s standards and delivering practical risk solutions.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated capability advising clients on complex regulatory risk and compliance matters.
• Experience leading key engagements within a large consulting firm, with financial services clients essential.
• Strong written and verbal communication with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Advising clients on development and implementation of risk frameworks and controls.
• Designing and implementing regulatory engagement strategies and compliance programs.
• Overseeing delivery of engagements, onboarding teams, budgeting and client relationships.
• Leading business development activities such as campaigns, client plans, and bids/proposals.

Skills

Regulatory risk advisory

Client relationship management

Project lifecycle management

Proposal and bid leadership

Stakeholder workshops

Business development

Job description

At Ashurst Perkins Coie, we’re helping shape the future economy. With a global team of more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices, we partner with leading organisations to solve complex challenges across a diverse range of industries, with a distinct strength in technology, energy & infrastructure, and financial services. Our people work on market‑leading matters that drive innovation, growth, and transformation around the world. For Ashurst Perkins Coie, innovation is our tradition.

What makes Ashurst Perkins Coie a great place to work?

• Flexible work options - part‑time, working from home and additional leave
• Health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership, and discounted corporate health plans
• Career advancement - client secondment opportunities, global opportunities, and award‑winning Learning & Development programs

The Opportunity

We are looking to hire a Director to join our Regulatory Risk team in our London office. You will be an integral member of a team delivering regulatory, risk and compliance advice and solutions to clients across a variety of industries, including financial services, telecommunications, energy, retail, corporate and government.

• Advising clients on the development and implementation of risk frameworks, the assessment of risk programs, and the design of controls and controls testing and uplift
• Designing and implementing regulatory engagement strategies and regulatory change and compliance programs
• Overseeing the successful delivery of engagements, including onboarding teams, designing delivery and implementation strategies, managing client relationships, monitoring profitability and budgets, and supervising/coaching the team
• Taking a key role in business development activities, such as designing and running campaigns, developing client plans, developing and managing bids/proposals, conducting thought leadership, and building internal networks Contributing positively to the culture, growth and development of the Risk Advisory practice and Regulatory Risk team globally

This is a full‑time, permanent role based in our London office with hybrid working.

More information can be found in the job description attached to the role on our careers site.

About You

• Demonstrated capability and expertise advising clients on complex regulatory risk and compliance matters and leading key projects within a large consulting firm, with experience working with financial services clients being essential
• Proven experience building a profitable and successful business through creating, fostering and developing client relationships
• Experience managing multiple projects throughout their entire engagement lifecycle, including proposals, pre‑engagement activities, producing high quality deliverables, conducting stakeholder workshops, issuing final reports and billing
• Exceptional written and verbal communication with a focus on attention to detail, including deep experience writing business documents such as reports, letters and proposals
• A proactive approach to identifying and managing risk across your team and client engagements, setting the standard for compliance with the firm’s policies and procedures