Financial Services Manager

Job Description

As a Manager in the Wealth & Asset Management Practice, you will apply your prior consulting/industry experience to manage key projects and initiatives for our Financial Services clients. Successful candidates will have 8+ years of consulting experience in asset management: Strategy, Target Operating Model Design or Business Transformation, and Implementation (SDLC/Agile). Our consultants possess exceptional communication, interpersonal and organizational skills. We are seeking critical thinkers with proven writing and presentation skills. If you meet / exceed the requirements for this hiring profile, we’d love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

As a core member of the Wealth & Asset Management Practice, you will:

• Deliver on a range of client assignments, usually as part of an on-site project team (some travel may be required)
• Develop working group, senior stakeholder and senior level presentations for stakeholders
• Manage portfolio of work from small to large projects involving platform integration and data conversions
• Work closely with developers to bridge gap between business and technology
• Ability to create system flow charts, sequence diagrams, understand system architecture and translating business requirements to technology
• Assist in developing thought leadership and building solutions and methods
• Develop exceptional trusted advisor relationships with our clients
• Identify opportunities for new business and support bid teams with proposals
• Contribute to the development of high-quality technical offerings
• Support the Sia practice and our people development

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in business or related field
• 8+ years of Management Consulting experience in Asset Management
• Demonstrates strong Project Management skills, preferably Scrum Master with Agile experience 
• 1-3+ years in relevant management/leadership capabilities
• Demonstrates strong Business Analysis skills: define business requirements, translate requirements into system solution, reporting, creating detailed analysis, etc.
• Lead teams through daily execution of activities, deliverables, project plans, and client presentations, while championing recruiting efforts to grow the practice
• Provide demonstrations to clients throughout the entire project life-cycle; provide technical leadership on project related tasks leveraging tools, templates & methodologies and establishing delivery dates are met
• A high level of drive and commitment to deliver high quality work under pressure to meet tight deadlines
• Act as a supportive team player who actively develops relationships and is eager to share knowledge with colleagues and our clients
• The ability to learn new subject matter rapidly and a desire to develop a deep understanding of the trends and challenges shaping Wealth & Asset Management
• Flexibility in approach with a willingness to adapt quickly and take initiative when working in unstructured environments with limited supervision
• An entrepreneurial mindset, including an excellent ability to uncover new opportunities for account