Senior Manager Non Financial Risk

Be | Shaping the Future UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Be | Shaping the Future UK is seeking a senior leader in Non-Financial Risk to drive engagement with clients and business development. This role is pivotal in guiding the practice's growth while managing complex client relationships and delivering essential advisory services.

The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in non-financial risk and a solid understanding of regulatory requirements. Join a dynamic environment where your expertise will help shape the future of risk management.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in non-financial risk in financial services or consulting.
• Deep expertise in operational risk, resilience, and compliance.
• Understanding of UK and European regulatory frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead non-financial risk engagements and act as a senior advisor to clients.
• Identify new business opportunities in financial services.
• Contribute to developing NFR propositions and methodologies.

Skills

Operational risk frameworks

Operational resilience

Third-party and outsourcing risk

Clear communication

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent professional experience

Tools

Risk management frameworks

Job description

The Opportunity

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 is 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.

People Leadership

• 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 contributed 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.