Associate Strategy Consultant - Promontory

As an Associate Consultant in the Promontory practice, you'll support clients in understanding regulatory requirements, analysing risk, and improving their governance and compliance frameworks. You'll work with teams advising banks, insurers, and other regulated firms on topics such as financial crime, conduct, regulation, data privacy & security and operational resilience.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys research, critical thinking, problem solving, and understanding how regulation shapes financial markets.

What You'll Do
• Support client projects through research, analysis, and structured problem solving
• Analyse regulatory requirements from the FCA, PRA, or global regulators
• Review client policies, procedures, and governance documents
• Prepare clear, concise presentations, reports, and strategic recommendations
• Track regulatory developments and summarise key impacts for clients
• Assist with project planning, coordination, and delivery
• Participate in client workshops and internal strategy discussions
• Support business development activities where needed
• Work closely with experienced consultants, risk specialists, and subject matter experts

Why IBM Consulting?
You'll learn from experienced consultants, gain technical and industry training, and work on projects that shape how organisations operate. You'll join a community that values diverse perspectives, continuous learning, and real world impact.

Being You @ IBM
We're an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and identities.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

* Must be a UK citizen (due to financial sector clearance requirements)
* London base location
* Willingness to travel as required
* A final year student or recent graduate in Law, Economics, Finance, Politics, Business, International Relations, or any analytical or research focused degree
* Strong interest in financial services regulation, compliance, governance or risk management
* Analytical and detail oriented, able to handle complex information and draw clear conclusions
* Excellent written communicator, with the ability to produce concise, well structured analysis
* Confident collaborating with teams and engaging with clients
* Curious, proactive, and motivated by understanding how regulation shapes real world business decisions
* Comfortable researching, synthesising information, and forming evidence based recommendations using common desktop systems and AI-enabled tools

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment.

Client-provided location(s): London, United Kingdom

Job ID: IBM-85359

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-01-09T18:49:52