Summary of the role:
We are seeking a highly accomplished consulting leader to join our UK & EMEA Finance & Risk Advisory Consulting (FRAC) practice as a Senior Assistant Vice President. This is a market-facing leadership role responsible for driving growth across the UK and EMEA region. The successful candidate will serve as a trustedadvisor to senior client executives, lead business development and strategic advisory engagements, and play a key role in shaping the future direction of the practice.
The individual will bring deep expertise across one or more FRAC domains, combined with strong commercial acumen, industrycredibility, and a proven abilityto build high-performing teams and client relationships.
As part of your duties, you will be responsible for:
Business Development &Market Growth
- Build and maintain a strong networkof client executives, industry contacts, alliancepartners, and influencers.
- Originate, qualify, and convert consulting opportunities across new and existing clients, developing accountgrowth strategies in partnership with sector leadersand account teams.
- Contribute directly to annualrevenue targets, pipelinegeneration, and practicegrowth objectives.
- Lead proposal development, client presentations, solutiondesign workshops, and commercial negotiations.
- Represent the practicein industry events,roundtables, webinars, and client forums.
Client Advisory & Consulting Leadership
- Actas a trusted advisor to C-suite and senior businessstakeholders across Finance,Risk, Internal Audit, Compliance, Procurement, CISO, Data & AI, and other related domains.
- Lead client engagements spanning regulatory compliance, process transformation, controls assurance, risk management, and AI governance, leveraging thought leadership, data-driven insights, and AI-enabled solutions to deliver measurable business outcomes.
- Serve as a key member of the UK & EMEA FRAC leadership team, helping shape practice strategy, sector-focused propositions, go-to-market initiatives, growth plans, and AI-enabled consulting offerings.
- Drive practice growth and profitability throughrevenue generation, pipelinemanagement, commercial oversight, resource planning, forecasting, and P&L accountability.
- Lead, mentor, and developconsulting teams acrossgeographies, including management of 3-4 direct reports and broader project teams.
- Drive talent acquisition, workforce planning, staffing, succession planning, and team development to support practice growth.
- Foster a high-performance culturethrough coaching, collaboration, innovation, and continuous professional development.
Thought Leadership & Market Presence
- Create and promote thought leadership on emerging regulatory, risk, technology, and business trends throughpublications, webinars, executivebriefings, and industryforums.
- Enhance the firm's marketvisibility, reputation, and credibility across key sectorsand target markets.
Qualifications and experience we consider to be essential for the role:
- 10+years of consulting, advisory, risk, audit,compliance, finance, procurement, cyber security, or transformation experience.
- Proven experience withina Big Four firm, globalconsulting organisation, or similar professional services environment.
- Strong track record of business development, revenue generation, and management of senior client and executive stakeholder relationships.
- Demonstrated experience selling and leading consulting engagements, including proposal development, commercial negotiations, and executive-level stakeholder management.
- Demonstrated leadership of complexconsulting engagements, multi-disciplinary teams, and geographically distributed delivery models.
- Commercially astute, with experience in budgeting, forecasting, pipeline management, and P&L accountability
- Bachelor's degree required; MBA or Master'sdegree in Finance,Business, Risk Management, Technology, or a related field preferred.
- Relevant professional certifications highlydesirable, including CISA, CISM, CISSP, CRISC, CIA, IRMCert, AIGP, TAISE, CIPP/E, CIPT, CPSM, CPA, CA, ACCA, CFA, or equivalent.
Skills and Personalattributes we would like to have:
- Significant expertise across multiple FRAC domains, including Regulatory Compliance, Operational Risk & Resilience, Internal Audit & Assurance, Finance Advisory & Transformation, Procurement & Third-Party Risk Management, Cyber Security & Technology Risk, and Data/AI Governance & Responsible AI.
- Strong understanding of accounting and finance principles, internal controls, audit methodologies, risk management frameworks, and corporate governance practices.
- Experience serving clients across multiple regulated industries is highly desirable. Strong knowledge of at least two of the following sectors is desired: Insurance, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Banking& Financial Services,Utilities, Energy & Infrastructure, Retail,and Travel, Transportation & Logistics.
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Senior AVP, Finance & Risk Advisory employer: Granard Consulting
As a Programme Manager at our leading digital acceleration consultancy, you will thrive in a dynamic and innovative work culture that prioritises agility and transformation. Located in London, this role offers a unique opportunity to engage with top-tier financial institutions while benefiting from a hybrid work model that promotes work-life balance. We are committed to your professional growth, providing access to cutting-edge technology and a collaborative environment where your expertise in wealth management and tech modernisation can truly shine.
