Role Title: Securities Senior Consultant
Duration: contract to run until end of 2024
Location: London, hybrid 2-3 days per week
About the role
Our client is looking for a Senior Consultant with 3-7 years of experience in Securities Operations and Technology change.
The role will entail working closely with our clients to enhance their front-to-back securities processes, systems, and controls; optimise how they leverage market infrastructure solutions and address regulatory requirements and market change, such as CSDR, UST Clearing and accelerated settlement. You will be providing consulting, business analysis and project management services to clients, supported by early career analysts and leveraging experienced industry subject matter experts (“SMEs”). It will also involve contributing to the continued growth of the business and development of our Practice.
The role requires knowledge across the securities lifecycle from trade execution to settlement and understanding of the associated operating model, processes, systems, controls, infrastructure and typical challenges. Experience of project management and/or business analysis of securities change initiatives is also critical.
What you’ll do
Delivery – Support client engagements
- Support the delivery of client projects, actively contributing to projects/solutions as required
- Engage with the client, as necessary, during the solution development and proposal finalisation periods
- Be able to communicate issues, problems, and concerns faced by clients, and their solutions, in a manner that is representative of a thought-leading consultancy
- Recognise requirement to escalate any relevant risks or concerns related to the implementation of a client proposal for timely resolution, and take action as necessary
New Business Development – Support marketing and business development efforts
- Assist the sales team by crafting, developing and advising on solution approaches for Practice campaigns and/or campaigns that require Practice expertise and input
- Contribute to the Practice sales campaign pipeline in relation to upcoming regulatory and market driven change
- Assist with Horizon scanning, contributing to identification of firm wide opportunities (the campaign pipeline)
Partnership & Teamwork – Contribute to the development of the Practice and the company
- Work collaboratively with other staff members to ensure consistent and effective use of internal capabilities, and support cross-Practice cooperation and education
- Participating in internal efforts around continuous learning, personal and professional development and team building, including knowledge sharing and mentoring
- Development and oversight of more junior team members and any direct reports
- Support company growth by building and maintaining a strong professional network, including developing and maintaining relationships with clients and partners alike
- Contribute to thought leadership around campaigns targeted at areas within the Practice
- Identifying and supporting internal initiatives in order to drive success
About you
Experience
Either financial services consulting or change experience within a financial services organisation (e.g. investment bank, asset manager, market infrastructure or service provider)
Knowledge of several of the following topics:
- Project management (waterfall and agile)
- Business analysis
- Trade and transaction reporting
- Regulatory change
- Operations transformation
- Process reengineering
- Technology transformation
- Data and analytics
- Controls
- Good understanding of capital markets, related trends and regulatory landscape
- Detailed knowledge of at least one asset class or functional area
Skills
Strong consulting skills:
- High quality verbal and written communication
- Critical thinking, innovation and problem solving
- Effective stakeholder management and influencing (internal and client facing)
- Effective team working, collaboration and maintaining an inclusive culture
- Demonstrated resilience under pressure, ability to deal with ambiguity and adaptability to change
- Self-starter, able to work and deliver autonomously and demonstrate initiative, whilst maintaining openness to direction
- Desire for continuous learning and growth mindset
- Capable with Microsoft tools (Powerpoint, Word and Excel)