Principal - Managing Principal

BeyondFS is a rapidly growing UK-based consultancy, having grown fivefold in the past three years. We provide ‘expert-led change’ services to financial institutions, helping them shape, manage, and deliver their critical financial crime transformation programmes. Our consultants are passionate about delivering complex financial crime transformation programmes to help our clients succeed and to drive a better, safer, more robust financial sector. Our consultants combine deep transformation expertise with subject matter knowledge in financial crime and regulatory-driven operations, enabling us to help our clients succeed in their most important initiatives.

The Opportunity

Are you ready to join an ambitious consultancy where you will experience both autonomy and support from day one? Do you have an entrepreneurial mindset and are curious to learn and be part of the growth and success of a scaling consultancy? If so, we want to hear from you!

As a future leader of our business, you will have the opportunity to work on challenging and innovative projects and help shape and build our company as we grow. We are not for the faint-hearted, and you will need to be comfortable working in a fast-paced, customer and people-first environment. In return, you can expect to join a supportive team who genuinely care about each other and like to have fun along the way. You will be working alongside some of the best consultants in the industry, where everyone takes pride in celebrating both individual and collective success.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a Principal and Managing Principal to join our team. You will be actively involved in the development and growth of BeyondFS, deliver client engagements, and manage internal projects. Like all of our team, enhancing our company culture will be a core part of your role – we want all our consultants to be role models to others in the business regardless of grade. Being a consultant at BeyondFS isn't an easy option, but it's hugely rewarding and offers a massive opportunity for growth to those who work with us. Our core values honestly reflect who we are and how we deliver everything we do.

If you are excited by the opportunity to actively build your network, gain exposure to senior stakeholders, take on responsibility quickly, and help shape yours, and our future, we would love to hear from you.

Successful candidate must be able to evidence:

• Minimum of 5 + years’ experience at Principal grade  and 7+ years at Managing Principal grade with financial crime experience within a top-tier consulting firm or boutique consultancy
• Consulting experience that includes, but is not limited to, work within investment banking/capital markets, corporate banking, retail banking or Insurance.
• Leading and delivering large-scale complex transformation projects or workstreams within larger programmes as well as owning, creating high quality business analysis deliverables
• Experience of the full project lifecycle from project scoping requirements gathering and design, through to implementation, testing, training and transition to BAU
• Track record of managing strong client relationships, leading client engagement and accounts
• Identifying opportunities for account growth and sales and contributing to developing proposals
• Strong technical understanding with the ability to develop solutions and drive digital efficiencies
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Support the development of others within the team, training and coaching more junior colleagues, sharing your expertise and experience
• Proficient in MS office, carry the skills to handle large data sets, and be comfortable communicating complex ideas and proposals to clients.

Skillset/Desirable

• Has worked on multiple projects, and started to develop a specialism in delivering financial crime transformation projects for financial services organisations.
• Proven track record of delivering financial crime transformation programmes, with experience of delivering first or second line change
• Knowledge of KYC, AML and broader financial crime technology vendors and solutions
• Strong understanding of the financial crime regulatory requirements and experienced in dealing with regulators, regulatory responses, and remedial programmes?
• Knowledge of financial crime operating models and best practice
• Experienced in of conducting financial crime compliance related assessments/gap analysis, including enterprise risk assessment, compliance reviews, risk control assessments
• Is comfortable helping to support the definition, design and implementation of operating models associated with these areas, and is able to advise clients in by articulating the typical challenges experienced and how these can be managed.
• Is familiar with key industry vendors and technology capabilities able to support our clients in delivering their transformation objectives
• Has a working knowledge of the regulatory environment in which our clients operate and the typical requirements of a major financial institution

Remuneration and benefits

You will be recognised and rewarded with:

• Competitive renumeration:  This is made up of a base salary from £80,000 to £100,000 depending on experience and grade, plus 20% bonus based on company and personal performance.
• Leave: 25 days holiday increasing by a day for each year in service to a total of 29 days (plus we will give you your birthday off)
• Additional leave: you can buy extra days up to a maximum of 30 per year
• Flexible benefits: £3000 annual allowance from day one of employment for you to allocate as you wish. Choose from benefits such as private medical insurance, critical illness cover, buy additional holiday or take the amount as extra cash if you prefer and electric car and ride to work schemes available on successful completion of your probationary period.
• A structured training approach
• Pension scheme
• Family: enhanced pay for maternity, adoption, and paternity leave.

Where are we located?

Our culture and team spirit are a key part of who we are and the business we all want to be part of. We encourage all of our team to collaborate and share knowledge working from our office when not working on client site. We work in our serviced office space in London, with client-based working when needed. We ensure a well-stocked fridge (including non-alcoholic alternatives!), fruit, snacks and treats. Fortunately, we are also surrounded by quality coffee shops, lunch spots, and post-work options too. In addition, BeyondFS colleagues have access to all six One Avenue Group spaces across London.

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