Executive, Regulatory Risk

Description At Ashurst Perkins Coie, we're helping shape the future economy. With a global team of more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices, we partner with leading organisations to solve complex challenges across a diverse range of industries, with a distinct strength in technology, energy & infrastructure, and financial services. Our people work on market-leading matters that drive innovation, growth, and transformation around the world. For Ashurst Perkins Coie, innovation is our tradition.

What makes Ashurst Perkins Coie a great place to work?

• Flexible work options - part-time, working from home and additional leave
• Health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership, and discounted corporate health plans
• Career advancement - client secondment opportunities, global opportunities, and award-winning Learning & Development programs

The Opportunity We are seeking an Executive to join our Regulatory Risk team within Risk Advisory. You will collaborate with clients across industries including financial services, energy, retail, corporate, and government to deliver regulatory, risk, and compliance advice and solutions.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Providing strategic and commercial advice to help clients plan, deliver, and operationalise programs and projects, including licensing and regulatory approvals, regulatory change, compliance management, control design and effectiveness, consumer remediation, and regulatory investigations and enforcement
• Partnering closely with clients to understand and address strategic and risk management gaps, uplift compliance capabilities, and design and implement regulatory engagement strategies and compliance programs
• Structuring and managing end-to-end project scope, budget, and administration, including developing project plans, identifying resourcing needs, delegating and reviewing work, and ensuring timely delivery
• Leading the creation of client artefacts such as agendas, check-in packs, reports, workshop materials, and presentations, revised with input from Directors and Partners
• Designing the proposed approach for delivering client solutions, including scope of work, cost estimates, and relevant expertise required to suit the client's needs

This is a full-time, permanent role based in our London office with hybrid working. More information can be found in the job description attached to the role on our careers site About You The successful candidate will have:

• 5-9 years of experience in regulatory, conduct, and compliance risk, ideally gained within a consulting environment
• Confidence advising clients on complex risk and compliance challenges, leading client meetings, and facilitating senior stakeholder discussions
• Recognised subject matter expertise in one or more areas, while being equally comfortable applying skills across a broad range of regulatory, risk, and compliance topics
• Proven experience delivering high-quality, thoughtful work for clients and stakeholders in line with expectations and deadlines
• Experience writing business documents, including reports, letters, and proposals for government or corporate audiences