Director, Business Transformation (Financial Services) | Corporate Finance

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. At FTI Consulting, you’ll work side‑by‑side with leaders who have shaped history, helping solve the biggest challenges making headlines today. From day one, you’ll be an integral part of a focused team where you can make a real impact. You’ll be surrounded by an open, collaborative culture that embraces diversity, recognition, professional development and, most importantly, you. Are you ready to make your impact?

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.

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.

The successful candidate will participate in project teams, working with clients on the execution of various engagements. Key activities include:

• Developing recommendations based on high quality and insightful financial and operational reviews and modelling
• Analysing market trends and company financials for new insights
• Identifying how to improve operational performance and create upside potential
• 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 across multiple initiatives
• Writing client‑ready reports and presenting our work to clients
• Developing and coaching more junior consultants
• Working in the FTI London office, with frequent visits to FTI offices across EMEA and on client sites.

We are committed to investing and supporting you in your professional development and we have developed a range of programmes 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 programmes for critical professional milestones to ensure you are prepared and empowered to take on your next role.

What You Will Need to Succeed:

• Proven experience leading consulting teams on engagements for financial services clients, including managing timelines, coaching junior team members, coordinating internal experts, ensuring quality of analysis and deliverables, developing trusted client relationships
• Project experience in high‑paced environments focused on impact and rapid results (e.g. rapid performance improvement, revenue enhancement, turnaround, business plan review/development, due diligence, carve‑out, integration, implementation)
• Significant experience of short, high‑intensity projects with tight deadlines, as well as longer‑term engagements driving results through implementation
• Experience of supporting business development activities
• International exposure and experience
• Proven consulting skills with ability to go beyond the analysis to add value, influence change, innovate, visualise and create, while providing outstanding client service
• Team player, open‑minded, possesses cultural awareness and sensitivity
• Develop team management and coaching skills
• Highly organised and structured, with excellent problem‑solving skills
• Experience of managing client stakeholders
• Builds and maintains relationships beyond the engagement
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, builds good professional and personal relationships with client teams at all levels and across the firm
• Combines business sense and financial understanding with commercial capabilities
• Strong written communication skills, able to produce client‑ready PowerPoint documents
• Highly confident at dealing with uncertainty and problem solving with incomplete data
• Flexible to accommodate frequent travel

Basis Qualifications:

• Fluent English speaker and writer
• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Demonstrable post‑graduate experience at a major consulting firm serving financial services clients

Preferred Qualifications:

• Additional qualifications such as CFA or MBA an advantage
• Additional industry experience or private equity an advantage
• International exposure and experience

FTI Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.