Manager | Data & AI

Novatus; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Life Insurance

Holiday Entitlement

Flexible Hours

Office Snacks & Drinks

Job summary

Novatus Consulting seeks a Manager to lead data and AI transformation across financial services, shaping strategy and delivering measurable outcomes. You will guide clients in prioritising use cases, building business cases, and establishing governance models to ensure compliant adoption of data and AI capabilities.

Working with cross-functional teams, you will translate business needs into technical solutions, contribute to proposals, and help grow the data and AI practice.

Qualifications

• Significant consulting or industry experience delivering Data & AI, digital or business transformation initiatives within financial services.
• Strong understanding of business strategy, operating models, and transformation delivery, including how change is embedded and adopted within client teams.
• Solid understanding of data strategy, data governance, analytics-driven change, or AI adoption.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of data and AI transformation projects across financial services, from strategy through to implementation.
• Lead clients in identifying and prioritising Data & AI use cases, building business cases and defining measurable value outcomes.
• Design and implement target operating models, governance frameworks and responsible AI controls to support effective and compliant adoption.
• Assess data quality, architecture, and governance foundations to determine what clients need in place before data and AI initiatives can scale.
• Work with technical teams to translate business requirements into data and technology solutions.
• Collaborate with business development teams on proposals, presentations and client materials communicating insights and value propositions.
• Track emerging data and AI capabilities, including generative AI, and translate them into practical applications for financial services clients.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support delivery and continuous learning.
• Support change management and adoption planning so new data and AI capabilities become embedded in client ways of working.

Skills

Data & AI Transformation

Consulting Experience

Stakeholder Management

Analytical Thinking

Communication Skills

Tools

SQL

Python

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Novatus is a Series B scale-up RegTech SaaS provider and boutique consultancy practice, enabling financial services firms to solve complex challenges and redefine what’s possible through expert-led technology and consulting. Across both our technology and consulting services, Novatus delivers practical solutions to some of the most complex regulatory, data and operational challenges in financial services.

Our SaaS platform, En>ACT (short for ensuring more accurate, complete and timely reporting), is a market-leading solution for regulatory transaction reporting and reconciliation, providing real-time, independent oversight of transaction reporting across all global regulatory regimes. En>ACT is the only real-time assurance solution that tests 100% of transactions and 100% of fields, replacing sample-based reviews and static PDF reports delivered months after the event with live, actionable insights. This helps firms remediate quickly, reduce risk, and meet regulatory obligations with confidence. Already trusted by more than 45 firms worldwide, the platform is scalable, proven, and designed for both business and technical users.

Alongside our SaaS offering, our unique model delivers consulting services to solve complex challenges, combining deep expertise, ownership and delivery to create lasting change. Our expertise spans Strategy & Operations, Data & AI, Risk & Resilience, Compliance, Transaction Reporting, and ESG. We embed ourselves within client teams to deliver both insight and execution, taking ownership of outcomes and driving measurable impact.

Since our launch in 2019, we have scaled rapidly, creating space for our people to grow the business. Backed by North American private equity investment, and partnerships with the London Stock Exchange Group and Snowflake’s global data platform, we are shaping the future of financial services through innovation in both consulting and technology. Now a team of 120+ globally, our growth plans do not stop here: we are looking for top-tier talent to join us on our journey and enable our next phase of success.

Novatus Consulting | Manager | Data & AI

Novatus HQ: 2 London Wall Place, EC2Y 5AU

Hybrid working: 4 days in the office and 1 WFH.

Novatus partners with leading asset managers, banks, and insurers to deliver pragmatic, value-driven data and AI strategies that improve decision-making and drive commercial impact.

We are seeking a highly capable Manager to support the delivery of strategic transformation initiatives within our Financial Services clients, with a particular focus on data and AI-driven change. Working closely with other Managers and Directors, you will help shape, deliver, and embed solutions that enable clients to better harness data and AI for improved decision-making, operational efficiency, and innovation.

This role is ideal for someone with broad management consulting experience in financial services, covering areas such as data and business analysis, who also brings an emerging specialism or strong interest in data and AI. You will combine structured consulting skills with analytical thinking and an appreciation for how data, AI, and technology can drive business value.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the delivery of data and AI transformation projects across financial services, from strategy through to implementation.
• Lead clients in identifying and prioritising Data & AI use cases, building business cases and defining measurable value outcomes.
• Design and implement target operating models, governance frameworks and responsible AI controls to support effective and compliant adoption.
• Assess data quality, architecture, and governance foundations to determine what clients need in place before data and AI initiatives can scale.
• Work with technical teams to help translate business requirements into data and technology solutions.
• Collaborate closely with business development teams on developing proposals, presentations, and client materials that communicate insights, recommendations, and value propositions.
• Track emerging data and AI capabilities, including generative AI, and translate them into practical applications for financial services clients.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, supporting high-quality delivery and continuous learning.
• Support change management and adoption planning so that new data and AI capabilities become embedded in client ways of working, rather than one-off projects.

About You:

• Significant consulting or industry experience delivering Data & AI, digital or business transformation initiatives within financial services.
• Strong understanding of business strategy, operating models, and transformation delivery, including how change is embedded and adopted within client teams.
• Solid understanding of data strategy, data governance, analytics-driven change, or AI adoption.
• Experience delivering data platform modernisation or migration programmes involving Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric or Google BigQuery.
• Strong awareness of AI governance and responsible AI principles relevant to regulated financial services, or strong interest in developing this.
• Excellent problem-solving, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
• Proactive, analytical, and comfortable working in dynamic, fast-paced environments.
• Enthusiastic about expanding your expertise in data strategy, analytics, and AI, including generative AI, and applying these capabilities to solve real-world financial services challenges.

Nice to have:

• Hands‑on experience using data tools such as SQL, Python, Power BI, or Tableau to extract insights and support decision‑making.
• Exposure to AI or generative AI tools (e.g., Claude, Copilot, OpenAI, LangChain, Azure AI Studio) to prototype or support the delivery of client use cases.
• Experience contributing to business development activities, proposition development, proposals and client pitches.

Why Join Us?

Work Across Disciplines: You won't be confined to a single track; you will develop a broader skillset across our capabilities and offerings.

Solve Problems that Matter: Work on complex challenges, where your thinking, analysis, and execution have real impact.

Flat, Visible, Collaborative: We keep the structure flat, so you can collaborate directly with senior leaders and experienced specialists. Your work is visible, your perspectives are valued, and you will see the impact of your contributions every day.

A Place for Builders: This is a great place for people who enjoy driving results and taking ownership. If you are driven to add value and help grow our business, you will enjoy a rewarding experience that recognises your contributions.

• Private Medical Insurance (via AXA): includes mental health, dental, vision, and private GP access
• Life Insurance - 4× salary (via Unum)
• Unum’s Help@Hand: includes GP access, medical second opinions, physiotherapy, lifestyle coaching, savings and discounts, mental health support, bereavement counselling, and cancer support services for you, your partner, and your child(ren)
• Salary sacrifice childcare and nursery scheme (via YellowNest)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced parental leave (maternity & paternity)
• Accelerated career progression based on readiness and performance, not tenure or time spent in role
• Holiday entitlement increases with tenure
• Flexible hours with core collaboration time
• Gym & fitness discounts
• Bi-annual socials
• Office snacks and drinks
• Interest-based working groups to collaborate and innovate

Novatus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are based on business needs, role requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, age, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, socioeconomic background, disability, or any other characteristic protected under the Equality Act 2010.

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