Principal - Managing Principal - Advisory & Regulatory

Principal - Managing Principal - Advisory & Regulatory

Beyond FS is a rapidly growing UK-based consultancy, having grown fivefold in the past three years.

We provide ‘expert-led’ advisory and change services, helping 1st and 2nd line financial crime teams to tackle their biggest challenges, from compliance and risk management, to transforming their financial crime functions to better meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.

Our consultants are passionate about delivering complex financial crime transformation programmes to help our clients manage their risk more effectively, drive efficiency and reduce costs, and better serve their customers.

They combine deep transformation expertise with subject matter knowledge in the financial crime domain, 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 to develop client relationships, deliver high-quality work, and receive 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, collaborative team who genuinely care about each other and like to have fun along the way.

Who are we looking for?

• We are looking for a Principal/Managing Principal to join our team. You will:
• Contribute to the development and growth of Beyond FS financial crime propositions.
• Lead and deliver our complex transformation programmes.
• Contribute towards recruitment objectives, and other people-related activities.
• Manage internal projects.

Like every member of our team, enhancing our company culture will be a core part of your role, we want all our consultants to be a role model to others in the business regardless of grade.

Being a consultant at Beyond FS isn’t the easy option, you will be part of a growth journey and that takes commitment.

However, it is hugely rewarding and offers a massive opportunity for growth to those that join us.

Successful candidate must be able to evidence

• 6 - 8 years in financial services with industry and consulting experience, with exposure to a wide range of financial services products, with either disciplines and compliance systems in a number of geographies.
• Supporting EC 2LOD policy and/or compliance monitoring function or 1LOD EC risk management function.
• Working with senior leaders on regulatory audit engagements (e. g., Section 166/Skilled Person/Monitoring programmes).
• Working with and change programmes to deliver FC technology (a working understanding of FC Technology).
• Can demonstrate integration of new regulatory requirements and understanding their impact.
• Evidence of successfully owning / co-owning deliverables as workstream lead or project manager within enterprise transformation change initiatives
• Collaborating with senior leaders or their deputies to deliver risk outcomes/strategy.
• Developing practical solutions to regulatory issues with a focus on risk outcomes.
• Developing risk management frameworks (or parts of) and drafting supporting documentation.
• Identifying opportunities for account growth and sales and contributing to developing proposals and campaigns.
• Track record of supporting strong client relationships, playing a leading role in client engagements and accounts
• Confident to drive meetings and facilitated workshops
• Ability to organise, prioritise and manage multiple activities
• Proficient in creating and developing written and visual materials like Power Point presentation and reports, with an ability to understand and synthesise large or complex data
• Support the development of others within the team, training and coaching more junior colleagues, sharing your expertise and experience

Skillset

• Can demonstrate expertise in AML, CTF, Financial Sanctions, Anti-Bribery & Corruption, Facilitation of Tax Evasion, Fraud prevention.
• Deep understanding of FC risk management frameworks (e. g., risk assessment, including creating/executing risk assessment models (CRA/EWRA), Politically Exposed Persons, Adverse Media typology assessments, tuning and calibration exercises.
• Advisory experience across operational areas such as KYC, Screening, Transaction Monitoring, SARs, Court Orders, Exits etc.
• Operating/working in quality control and quality assurance frameworks.
• Good knowledge of global legislation and regulatory environments (particularly: UK, EU and US).
• Working towards or holding a recognised financial crime prevention qualification (ICA or ACAMs).
• A strong intellectual curiosity and a proactive approach to learning through independent research.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities through consultative questioning
• Effective communication, structuring insights into clear message, and engaging with stakeholders.
• Innovative thinking with a positive attitude to change, embracing new ideas to improve performance.
• Supporting with materials at industry events.
• 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, 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.
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