Consultant - Asset Management - 12/23

Job Title: Consultant – Asset Management

Skills: Business Analysis and/or Project Management 

Level: Consultant, Senior Consultant, Manager & Senior Manager 

Company: NextWave Consulting Ltd 

Years of experience: 4 – 10yrs

Salary / Benefits: Competitive 

Hours of Work: 40hrs / week 

Vacancy Type: Permanent 

Location: London 

Reporting to: Partner

NextWave is an award-winning Digital Acceleration Consultancy for Financial Services with a particular focus on rapidly driving business outcomes and modernising 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 realise 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.

We are looking to hire exceptional people to be part of our exciting journey and bring excellence to our clients. You will ideally have experience working as a Business Analyst, Project Manager or Consultant with an Asset Manager, Consultancy Firm or Solutions Vendor in the Asset Management Sector.

Responsibilities

• Engage with senior stakeholders from Front Office, Operations and Technology to ensure buy-in, accountability and strategic alignment
• Work with our clients to understand their business challenges and problems - undertaking requirements gathering, client interviewing, documentation of processes and process assessment, and effectively communicating these to various audiences
• Work on a large, mission-critical client delivery integrating technology, data and processes from two firms into one harmonised unit
• Design and propose potential solutions identifying various pros, cons and risks
• Build and execute project plans, coordinate status, issues, and risks, and provide clarity to everyone involved regarding their responsibilities to deliver successful business outcomes effectively under an Agile framework
• Construct and define test scenarios and test data to ensure requirements are thoroughly and accurately implemented
• Implementation and post-go-live support to ensure the success of the developed solutions
• Contribute to our internally built IP and propositions as we create 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

• Demonstrable experience in Asset Management as a Business Analyst and/or Project Manager
• Experience of operating model design, systems selection and implementation, post-merger integration and digitalisation
• Delivery of complex change involving systems such as Bloomberg AIM, BlackRock Aladdin, Charles River and ThinkFolio
• Ability to deliver projects using Agile delivery methods
• Ability to work effectively and dynamically on multiple projects
• Robust technology, analytical and communication skills and the ability to work with people at all levels of an organisation
• Excellent Stakeholder management
• Excellent problem-solving skills and evidenced ability to break problems down into logical steps
• Organised and evidenced ability to co-ordinate and deliver complex outcomes
• Exemplary communication skills, both written and oral, to communicate status, problems and requirements

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Agile/ Flexible working
• Professional training and accreditation
• Central London location

All of our opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location unless otherwise stated in the job description.

Our commitment to you:

We will provide mentoring, training and guidance (technical skills, soft skills and Finance business skills) from our leadership team, who have many years of practical experience delivering business outcomes in the Finance arena.

Work pattern:

This is a permanent role with a potential for flexibility for agile ways of working, both formal and informal, that allow for the best outcomes for our people and our clients.

What we do:

We provide consulting expertise and delivery services focusing on a select group of progressive technology platforms that are helping to change the FS industry.

The evolution of today’s digital business landscape requires firms to reinvent to stay relevant and succeed in the new market at a pace not seen before. Opportunities and threats are emerging from traditional and non-traditional sectors, driving new strategies across the dimensions of clients, competition, data, innovation and value. A new stack of FinTech platform technologies is enabling firms to reinvent their value proposition to collaborate and compete on customer experience, data insights, operational resilience and time to market.

Team:

Our leadership has a unique blend of big-brand consultancy, start-up and enterprise delivery and commercial experience (including successful boutique firm growth & exits and a significant technology consulting scale-up) across the business and technology sectors at some of the world’s largest Banks, Asset & Wealth 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, partners and 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 have what it takes to help us remain at the top of our game, 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.

Location:

You will be based in the NextWave London office, 100 Bishopsgate; however, travel may be required for client-based projects, and some projects will be located wholly at client office locations - usually in the City of London or Canary Wharf.