AI Consultant – Financial Services & Risk

ZandersUtrechtOn-siteFull-time9 Sept 2026

Zanders is hiring an AI Consultant for its Financial Services & Risk practice in Utrecht, delivering production-grade GenAI solutions for banks, insurers and financial institutions across Europe. The role spans building LLM systems, AI governance and client advisory, with openings at Senior Consultant and Manager level. Candidates need hands-on LLM delivery experience, strong Python skills, and cloud AI/ML infrastructure expertise, ideally in a regulated industry.

What you'll do

Design and implement GenAI solutions for clients — agent frameworks, RAG architectures, fine-tuned models and LLM tooling that has to hold up in production
Help clients manage the risks of the AI systems they are building or buying: writing AI risk policy, validating LLM-based systems, and translating the AI Act, Wwft and model risk requirements into practical guidance
Shape client strategy on where and how to deploy GenAI — assessing model landscapes, defining implementation roadmaps, and recommending architectures that are production-ready and defensible to a regulator
Take ownership of your workstream: plan the work, keep quality and timelines on track, and raise risks early
Balance concurrent engagements, planning ahead and adjusting when client priorities shift
Work directly with client stakeholders — explaining technical decisions to the people who will be accountable for them, and building trust as the work develops
Build relationships with the client teams you work alongside, and notice where Zanders could help them further
Help define the discipline publicly: write, present and speak
Share what you work out internally
Contribute to internal initiatives and to a team culture people want to be part of
At Manager level: lead engagements end to end, own the client relationship, and take accountability for commercial outcomes including origination
At Manager level: lead the consultants on your projects — set clear direction, delegate, support their development, and safeguard a healthy workload across the team

What you need

Must-have

LLM systemsFine-tuningRAG architecturesAgent frameworksPrompt engineeringLLM evaluationPythonAzure

Nice-to-have

MathematicsPhysicsComputer scienceEconometricsEngineeringAMLFraud detectionTransaction monitoringDutch

Soft skills

CommunicationStakeholder managementOwnershipPlanningTrust buildingRelationship buildingPublic speakingKnowledge sharing

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