Principal – Financial Services in London

We are a dynamic consulting firm, focused on delivering sustainable change. We ensure our clients succeed in their long-term goals by helping them turn their strategy into action through exceptional delivery and a commitment to establishing a culture of change. Clients like what we do and how we work, and we are looking for people to join the Moorhouse team.

We pride ourselves on being proactive, collaborative, and straightforward team players. We work efficiently and collaboratively as a team and both honesty and integrity are key to this. In return you will be part of a supportive and high-performing team that shares the workload, looks after each other and celebrates success together. You can be assured of an exciting opportunity that will help you grow your skills through meaningful challenges and equip you with skills, experience and knowledge that can help organisations respond to the turbulence, change and opportunity that will define the future of work. We encourage behaviours that promote transparency, collaboration and achievement of shared goals.

In the Financial Services sector team, we partner with clients to navigate pressing challenges, while positioning their organisations for future success within a rapidly evolving digital, technological, regulatory, and competitive context. To support our next phase of growth, we are bringing together an exciting team of expert Financial Services consultants with depth of sector experience and subject matter leadership to help drive improved outcomes for our clients.

Responsibilities

Potential is what excites us so we are keen to hear from people who want to harness their experience within an organisation that will invest in their professional development from day one. This isn’t just about skills for the job but skills for life – learning agility, resilience, collaborative problem-solving, inclusive leadership, to name just a few. You will be a key member of the sector leadership team and involved in shaping how we run the business, so the ability to lead others using an inclusive leadership approach that values diverse perspectives, and to shape and influence our continued growth and success as a sector team, is key.

Moorhouse has grown and developed its Financial Services work into a multi-million-pound sector, working with an extensive range of Financial Services institutions, and gaining recognition through repeated awards from the Financial Times as a UK Leading Management Consultancy in Financial Services. This growth has been fuelled through a series of strong client relationships, great client work, and is a result of organisations wanting to look beyond the larger consultancy suppliers who have traditionally dominated the sector. Our clients are interested in learning from the experience we can bring from other sectors and they want to work with a consultancy that embeds itself in small integrated teams working in a truly collaborative fashion.

It is important that you can contribute to sales and business development as well as leading consultant and client delivery teams on key engagements and accounts. In addition, we will expect you to motivate, support, and develop junior members of the Moorhouse team and play an active role in supporting the career development of a small group of colleagues.

Moorhouse is looking for candidates with significant experience or evidenced ability to build strong relationships across all Financial Services sub-sectors to help drive our growth ambitions.

Experience

• 9+ years’ consulting experience, from a big consulting firm, boutique consultancy or experience gained in working directly with Financial Services institutions, including Insurance, Banking, Payments, Asset & Wealth Management or Fintech.
• Demonstrable track record of outstanding delivery and advisory in one or more of the following areas:

• Complex digital transformation, including AI and business change initiatives, and familiarity with large-scale delivery technologies (e.g., Salesforce, Guidewire, ServiceNow, workflow or prototyping tools).
• Assessing and designing target operating models across governance, people, process, and technology.
• Risk change programmes, including risk appetite, enterprise risk frameworks, taxonomies, and control libraries.
• Regulatory transformation, including but not limited to Section 166 interventions, consumer duty, and outcomes-based testing.

You will be expected to contribute to a culture of sustainability and embrace Moorhouse’s social responsibility by integrating responsible practices and upholding ethical standards and awareness in everyday work.

What we can offer you:

• Total cash package of up to £128,500 including a base salary of £105,000 and a combination of personal and company bonuses that are paid every six months.
• 25 days annual leave increasing by one day for every full year of service to a maximum of 30 days with the option to buy or sell up to five days of annual leave per year.
• Life Assurance, Private Medical Insurance, Group Personal Pension Scheme and a range of discounted lifestyle and well-being benefits through Perkbox.
• A culture where you will not need to compete with others because of promotion quotas or the typical distribution curves that govern performance management in other organisations. We recognise and reward performance consistently and transparently across the firm so that everyone knows where they stand.
• We offer flexible working arrangements with our offices near Liverpool Street although you can expect to spend some time as part of a team on UK client sites. We support flexibility wherever possible.
• Moorhouse is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, and our values underpin a working environment that is inclusive for all those who work for us. We encourage people to bring their whole selves to work, contribute ideas, take the initiative and be responsible for their impact on others internally and externally.