Strategic Risk Consultant (Regulatory & Growth)

St. James’s Place; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days' annual leave plus bank

Private Medical Insurance

Generous Pension Scheme

Enhanced Parental Leave

Protection Benefits

EV salary sacrifice scheme

Job summary

St. James’s Place is seeking a Risk Consultant to champion a forward-looking, data-led approach to risk management across Partner Practices and internal stakeholders. You will identify, assess, and mitigate risks while supporting regulatory requirements to safeguard growth and client outcomes.

The role combines risk expertise with stakeholder engagement, offering an influential position across our Partnership and a travel requirement to Partner Practices and locations in the UK.

Qualifications

• CII Level 4 Diploma in Financial Planning.
• Strong understanding of financial services regulation, risk frameworks and the ability to interpret and apply complex regulatory requirements.
• Proven experience analysing risk data, financial information and management reporting to identify trends, assess risks and drive appropriate actions.
• Demonstrable experience prioritising, influencing and working with multiple stakeholders within a risk, compliance or highly regulated environment.
• Knowledge and experience of Salesforce CRM.
• Coaching, mentoring or capability-building experience within a risk environment.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to balance effective risk oversight with business growth objectives.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Partner Engagement Programmes and Firm Reviews on both an annual and ad hoc basis.
• Support Partner Practices in understanding and implementing regulatory change, internal risk processes and governance requirements.
• Use your risk expertise to identify, assess and help resolve risks across Partner Practices and the wider business.
• Analyse available data to identify trends, emerging risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Escalate breaches requiring formal investigation to the Second Line Investigation team.
• Coordinate and monitor corrective actions to ensure identified issues are addressed and do not reoccur.
• Collaborate with First Line teams, including Supervision, Academy, Early Years and Business Partnering, to provide risk guidance and support.
• Contribute to internal audits, lessons learned exercises and oversight reviews to ensure robust risk management practices are maintained.

Skills

Regulatory knowledge

Risk analysis

Stakeholder management

Data-led insights

Coaching

Commercial awareness

Salesforce CRM

Education

CII Level 4 Diploma in Financial Planning

Tools

Salesforce CRM

Job description

St. James’s Place is seeking a Risk Consultant to champion a forward-looking, data-led approach to risk management across Partner Practices and internal stakeholders. You will identify, assess, and mitigate risks while supporting regulatory requirements to safeguard growth and client outcomes.

The role combines risk expertise with stakeholder engagement, offering an influential position across our Partnership and a travel requirement to Partner Practices and locations in the UK.