Non Financial Risk Senior Manager

Be | Shaping the Future UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Be | Shaping the Future UK is seeking a senior leader to drive growth in non-financial risk across UK and European financial services clients. You’ll lead complex engagements, shape propositions, and raise the bar in the team while building lasting client relationships.

You’ll combine hands-on delivery with broader leadership, contributing to the practice's direction and growth, and mentoring consultants and managers in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in non-financial risk within financial services or consulting.
• Deep expertise in two of: operational risk, operational resilience, third-party risk, conduct, or governance.
• Solid knowledge of UK/EU regulatory landscape (PRA, FCA, EBA, DORA).
• Track record leading substantive risk transformation or regulatory change.

Responsibilities

• Lead client delivery of NFR engagements across risk, resilience, and governance.
• Advise on design and embedding of risk management frameworks for clients.
• Shape propositions, win work, and develop junior colleagues.

Skills

Non-financial risk

Leadership

Business development

Client relationships

Strategic thinking

Education

Relevant degree

Professional certifications in risk

Job description

Our Non-Financial Risk (NFR) practice is growing, and we are looking to strengthen our senior leadership team at the centre of that growth. We already have an established capability, a strong client base across UK and European financial services, and a clear mandate to scale.We are now looking for someone who can help us take that next step — winning new work, leading complex engagements, and raising the bar across the team.

The Role

This is a role for someone who wants to do more than deliver. You’ll be energised by building client relationships, shaping propositions, and developing people, while bringing a genuine interest in risk and regulatory advisory.

It’s an opportunity to combine hands‑on delivery with broader leadership — contributing not just to client work, but to the growth and direction of the practice itself.

Why Join Us

We’re at a pivotal stage in our journey: established enough to have credibility and a real client base, but with enough runway for the right person to make a meaningful impact.

You’ll work alongside experienced practitioners, have access to senior leadership, and be given the space to build something of your own — whether that’s client relationships, a team, or your profile in the market.

Who We’re Looking For

If you’re a strong NFR practitioner who is ready to step into a broader leadership and growth role, we’d love to hear from you.

What You'll Do

Client Delivery

• Lead the delivery of non-financial risk engagements spanning operational risk, third-party risk management, and operational resilience.
• Act as a senior advisor to clients on the design, enhancement, and embedding of risk management frameworks, governance arrangements, and regulatory compliance capabilities.
• Bring structured thinking and clear communication to complex, often ambiguous mandates — and ensure your teams do the same.

Business Development

• Identify and progress new business opportunities across existing and prospective clients in the financial services market.
• Shape compelling proposals and client solutions that draw on the breadth of the practice's capabilities.
• Represent the firm in the market — through client conversations, industry events, and thought leadership — building your own profile and ours.

Practice Building

• Contribute to the development of NFR propositions, methodologies, and go‑to‑market strategies.
• Work with leadership to sharpen our positioning in a competitive market and identify the next areas of growth.
• Provide coaching, feedback, and development support to consultants and managers across the team.
• Foster a culture of high performance, intellectual rigour, and genuine collaboration.
• Act as a visible role model for the standards and behaviours we want the practice to be known for.

What We're Looking For

Experience & Expertise

• Significant experience in non-financial risk, gained in financial services, management consulting, industry or specialist risk advisory — ideally a mix.
• Deep expertise in at least two of: operational risk frameworks, operational resilience, third-party and outsourcing risk, conduct and compliance, or enterprise risk governance.
• Solid understanding of the UK and European regulatory landscape — PRA, FCA, EBA, DORA, and their evolving expectations around NFR.
• A track record of leading substantive risk transformation, regulatory change, or control framework programmes — from shaping the approach through to delivery.

Consulting & Commercial Skills

• Strong consulting instincts: structured problem-solving, clear written and verbal communication, and the ability to hold your own with senior client stakeholders.
• Experience of business development — you should be comfortable in client conversations and have contributing to winning work.
• Commercially aware, with an understanding of how consulting engagements are scoped, priced, and run profitably.

Leadership

• Experience leading project teams and developing more junior colleagues — with genuine commitment to the people dimension of the role, not just the delivery one.
• Comfortable operating with a degree of autonomy in a growing, fast-moving environment where not everything is defined in advance.

Qualifications

A relevant degree or equivalent professional experience. Professional certifications in risk, audit, or compliance (e.g. IRM, CISA, CRISC, CF) are valued but not required — we care more about what you've done than what's on paper.