Technology Consulting – Senior Consultant - Capital Markets

EY is the only professional services firm with a separate business unit (“FSO”) that is dedicated to the financial services marketplace. Our FSO teams have been at the forefront of every event that has reshaped and redefined the financial services industry.  If you have a passion for rallying together to solve the most complex challenges in the financial services industry, come join our dynamic FSO team!

Our Banking and Capital Markets practice focuses on improving the effectiveness of the IT organization, enabling technology to more efficiently and/or cost effectively support key business imperatives and strengthening the alignment between technology and business operations across the financial services industry. We deliver tailored solutions (vendor agnostic) based on the specific needs of our clients’ business requirements. Our people help our clients bridge the gap between business issues and technology solutions to address specific challenges.

The opportunity

You will have the chance to be part of a fast-moving, high-growth company.  We offer variety, challenge, responsibility, and the opportunity to realize your leadership potential.  If you are interested in being part of a dynamic team, serving clients and reaching your full potential, EY Advisory Services is for you!

Your key responsibilities

As a Senior in Capital Markets Technology group, your focus will be on solving technology problems of our clients in the Capital Markets Industry.

Specifically, this role will require you to assist with design of technical solutions, performing analysis of business requirements, translating requirements into functional specifications for implementation by development teams. Assisting with feature design, business process decomposition, supporting technical system integration, modernization, optimization, decommissioning, and analysis of underlying front to back data requirements.

Additionally, you may be supporting client technology organizations with front to back SDLC process, with ability to provide hands-on support across one or multiple phases of delivery.

Moreover, as a member of EY team, you will converse with Capital Markets buy side and sell side technology, operations and business clients on traded products and the end-to-end trade lifecycle. Your ability to understand business problems and advise on proposed technology solutions, summarize, and document technical discussions, translate technical decisions into business English language and communicate with client’s business stakeholders will be critical to success.

In this role you will be part of the engagement teams with diverse skills and backgrounds, fostering an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment and provide constructive on-the-job feedback/coaching to team members. You will be an active member providing counselling and mentoring to junior consultants within the organization.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• A bachelor's degree and approximately 5 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 4 years of related work experience
• A degree in finance, computer science, engineering or a related field; MS degree preferred
• Hands-on experience with delivering technology solutions in Capital Markets industry across any of the following processes:
  • Transaction processing from pre-trade to settlement
  • Transaction pricing
  • Position management
  • Collateral management
  • Client onboarding
  • Regulatory reporting
• Strong knowledge of transaction lifecycle
• Strong familiarity with financial instruments and asset classes (Commodities, Fixed Income, Derivatives, Equities, FX, etc.)
• Understanding of functions across front, middle, and back office
• Understanding of the front to back capital markets data supply chain
• Familiarity with key functions of financial industry utilities (Exchanges, Clearing Organizations, Data Providers, etc)
• Experience in supporting Technology Delivery Projects and Project Management with 3 years of experience in either role being a bonus
• Demonstrated hands-on experience across multiple facets of the software development life cycle in a range of methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, etc.), focused on either requirements definition, systems analysis or technical design, development through testing and implementation
• Background in Business systems analysis, requirements documentation, technical specification development and testing experience with various aspects of Business architecture domains
• Experience documenting system requirements and functional specifications in support of various integration architecture patterns
• Exceptional Core Consulting Skills

And your technical profile must show:

• Ability to read software code and understand logic of implementation
• Experience in documenting technical solutions, creating visual diagrams, process flows, systems flows, data flows
• Familiarity with Jira, VersionOne, Rally or similar technology productivity tools
• Experience with decomposition of business requirements into Epics, User Stories, Tasks for Agile Development
• Experience with decomposition of business requirements into technical specifications for Waterfall Development
• Development of use cases and test scripts to support Regression Testing, Stress Testing, QA testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) in manual and automated test environments
• Experience with Data analysis, Cataloguing and Linage
• Experience with Data modeling, creation of ER diagrams

Ideally, you will also have experience in:

• Leveraging AI technologies to accelerate requirements gathering, analysis, improving quality
• Supporting analysis and documentation of technology environment across Capital Markets; integration of key systems and platforms (trade capture, pricing, reference data, market data, etc.)
• Supporting Enterprise Technology Governance functions such as Architecture Review Process, Design Authority
• Analyzing software code to understand logic of implementation (e.g., Python, SQL, Java)
• Working with cross-language application environments, understanding strengths and weaknesses of solutions in place
• Advising on technical design decisions (batch vs real time, services vs file integration, relational database vs unstructured data, soap vs rest, json vs rdf, etc.)

What we look for:

We are interested in leaders with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. You can expect plenty of autonomy in this role, so you will also need the ability to take initiative and seek out opportunities to improve our current relationships and processes. If you are serious about auditing and ready to take on some of our clients’ most complex issues, this role is for you.

What working at EY offers:

We offer a competitive compensation package where you will be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, both pension and 401(k) plans, a minimum of 15 days of vacation plus ten observed holidays and three paid personal days, and a range of programs and benefits designed to support your physical, financial, and social well-being. Plus, we offer: 

• The opportunity to manage a portfolio of talent within a designated service line
• A collaborative environment where everyone works together to create a better working world
• Excellent training and development prospects, both through established programs and on-the-job training
• An excellent team of senior colleagues, dedicated to managing and varying your workload

What we offer you
At EY, we harness our collective strength to empower you to shape your future with confidence through professional growth, personal fulfillment and an inclusive culture. Learn more at ey.com/us/careers.

• The salary range for this job is:
  • New York City, Boston, and Washington DC Metro Areas, Washington State, and Southern California offices – $122,900 to $204,900
  • Bay Area California offices – $128,100 to $213,400
  • All other offices locations in the US, including Sacramento – $102,500 to $187,900
• Individual salaries within these ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography.  In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.                                          

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