About NextWave
NextWave is an award-winning Digital Acceleration Consultancy for Financial Services with a particular focus on rapidly driving business outcomes and modernizing Financial Institutions through technology. Clients come to NextWave because they have key integration, business growth, efficiency and control objectives and seek a more future-focused alternative to the big-name consultancies. Strategy, Innovation, Complex Transformation, FinTech Solutioning and Social Enterprise are at the heart of what we do.
By combining deep industry expertise with the innovative deployment of business solutions built on market-leading technology, we enable clients to realize business outcomes better, faster and safer. We help our clients to define their strategies and partner with them to execute, often deploying fintech and low-code solutions which can typically be delivered 5x faster than traditional approaches, resulting in processes automated from weeks to minutes and data decision accuracy improvements of up to 90%.
The NextWave team comprises high-calibre Financial Services industry change leaders, including ex-MDs from top-tier firms and new talent. We are the consulting partner of choice for leading FinTechs, Banking, Asset & Wealth Management, Insurance, and Market Infrastructure clients.
Responsibilities
- Go-to-market and business development activity as a leader in your chosen Practice area(s) and at your chosen target clients / sectors, in close coordination with the existing NextWave leadership and commercial team (see: https://www.nxwave.com/services and https://www.nxwave.com/sectors)
- Work with our clients to understand their business challenges and problems
- Client advisory on strategy, solutions, delivery structures and approach
- Writing and executing client engagement proposals and assembling and managing delivery teams
- Building and executing project plans co-ordinating status, issues, risks and providing clarity to everyone involved of their responsibilities to effectively deliver successful business outcomes under an Agile framework
- Implementation and post-go live support to ensure success of the developed solutions
- Contribute to our internally built offerings as we build a collection of best-in-class solutions
- Work effectively in diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution
- Actively get involved in the new consulting community
Candidate Profile
- Domain expertise, gained at MD-level or equivalent in one or more major Financial Institutions
- Proven consulting sales and delivery expertise at scale (in one or more of Strategy / Transformation / Solution space)
- Strong technology, analytical and communication skills and the ability to work with people at all levels of an organization
- Excellent Stakeholder management
- Excellent problem-solving skills and evidenced ability to break problems down into logical steps
- Organized and evidenced ability to co-ordinate and deliver complex outcomes.
- Exemplary communication skills, both written and oral, to clearly communicate status, problems and requirements.
- Ability to deliver projects using Agile delivery methods
- Ability to work effectively and dynamically on multiple projects
Benefits
- Entrepreneurial with Equity opportunity
- Individual stock options
- Agile/ Flexible working
- Professional training and accreditation
- Central New York Location
All of our opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location, unless otherwise stated in the job description.
Team:
Our leadership has a unique blend of big-brand consultancy, start-up and enterprise delivery and commercial experience (including 2 successful boutique firm growth & exits and a major technology consulting scale-up), across the business and technology sectors at some of the world’s largest banks, asset managers and fintechs. We are experienced consultants and technologists who have grown up with the FS industry from the pre-internet era into the digital and data driven revolution.
We are next generation technologists and engineers who are passionate about working with the leading platforms in the new stack. We are all about delivery - for our clients, our partners and our people.
What To Expect from Our Recruitment Process:
We believe in putting in the effort to find the people who will share our success. We strive to select the right people for each role based on evidence. If you think you have what it takes to help us remain at the top of our game, then apply now by clicking on apply! Additionally, we’re proud of our diverse community and are committed to ensuring equality of opportunity for all, fostered in an environment of mutual respect and dignity. We strongly encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply for this role