Senior Director, Business Transformation (Financial Services) Corporate Finance & Restructuring

FTI Consulting; Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Senior Director in Business Transformation for financial services. You'll lead teams, develop strategies, and drive client implementations while fostering junior consultants' growth. The ideal candidate has extensive consulting experience, strong leadership skills, and a background in financial analysis. This role offers competitive benefits and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Market-competitive benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development programs

Qualifications

• Extensive experience at a major consulting firm serving financial services clients.
• Ability and willingness to develop new client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead for developing recommendations based on financial and operational reviews.
• Track and analyze market trends and financials for insights.
• Identify how to improve operational performance.

Skills

Financial analysis

Problem solving

Communication skills

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Description

Senior Director, Business Transformation (Financial Services) Corporate Finance & Restructuring, In Business Transformation at FTI Consulting, we focus on our clients' strategic, operational, financial and capital needs by addressing the full spectrum of performance, financial and transactional challenges faced by corporations, boards, private equity sponsors, creditor constituencies and other stakeholders. Our services include strategic and business planning, profitability improvement, merger, integration and carve‑out and pre‑deal commercial and operational due diligence, including interim management. Our demanding customer base relies on small, experienced senior teams. Business Transformation sits with the FTI Corporate Finance practice and works alongside colleagues in the Restructuring, Transactions Services, Tax and Digital Science teams, providing a holistic offer for our clients and a rewarding experience for our staff. Senior Directors are key client facing members of project teams responsible for delivering high quality reports, recommendations and analyses. You will work alongside, and lead, other consultants, owning workstreams within the overall project, under the guidance of the senior team.

What You'll Do

• Lead for developing recommendations based on high quality and insightful financial and operational reviews and modelling
• Tracking and analysing market trends and company financials for new insights
• Identifying how to improve operational performance and create upside potential in complex situations
• Identifying risks, potential downsides and mitigating actions
• Building pragmatic and implementable strategies and business plans, underpinned by solid analyses
• Driving client implementation including programme management and issue resolution across multiple initiatives in multiple functions
• Writing reports for senior audiences and presenting our work to C‑suite clients
• Developing, coaching and mentoring junior consultants

How You'll Grow

We are committed to investing and supporting you in your professional development and we have developed a range of programs focused on fostering leadership, growth and development opportunities. We aim to promote continuous learning and individual skills development through on-the-job learning, self‑guided professional development courses and certifications. You'll be assigned a dedicated coach to mentor, guide and support you through regular coaching sessions and serve as an advocate for your professional growth. As you progress through your career at FTI Consulting, we offer tailored programs for critical professional milestones to ensure you are prepared and empowered to take on your next role.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience at a major consulting firm serving financial services clients
• Proven experience leading consulting teams on complex engagements for financial services clients, including managing timelines, coaching junior team members, coordinating internal experts, ensuring quality of analysis and deliverables, and developing trusted client relationships
• Comprehensive knowledge in areas such as rapid performance improvement, strategic plan review/development, due diligence, and implementation
• Excellent problem‑solving capabilities and strong knowledge of financial analysis
• Ability and willingness to develop new client relationships and support new business opportunities; self‑starter mindset
• Strong verbal and written communication skills (e.g., presentations, memos)
• Team‑oriented and collaborative approach; outstanding listening skills and ability to manage through influence
• Ability and curiosity to learn and adapt in an ever‑changing environment to meet client needs
• Team player and leader, open‑minded, with cultural awareness and sensitivity
• Willingness and ability to travel to clients and FTI offices both nationally and internationally

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Experience at a financial services institution and/or in private equity

Preferred Qualifications

• Additional qualifications such as CFA or MBA
• International exposure and experience

Company Overview

FTI Consulting is the leading global expert firm for organizations facing crisis and transformation. We work with many of the world's top multinational corporations, law firms, banks and private equity firms on their most important issues to deliver impact that makes a difference. From resolving disputes, navigating crises, managing risk and optimizing performance, our teams respond rapidly to dynamic and complex situations.

Benefits

Our goal is to support the wellbeing of you and your families – physically, emotionally, and financially. We offer market‑competitive benefits (including pension), supplemented by 15 flexible benefits, including health, lifestyle and family friendly options. We also offer professional development programmes, wellness, recognition, community volunteering initiatives, and flexible/hybrid working arrangements.