Consultant – Financial Services Industry

Company Description

Sia Partners is a next-generation consulting firm dedicated to creating state-of-the-art narratives for transformation and innovation and deploying them at scale. Our goal is to deliver superior value and tangible results to our clients as they navigate the digital revolution and achieve transformations which generate a positive impact. Our global footprint and expertise in more than 40 sectors and services allow us to enhance our clients’ businesses worldwide. We guide their projects and initiatives in strategy, business transformation, IT & digital strategy, and Data Science.

Why join the Sia Village? 

Excellence | Entrepreneurship | Innovation | Teamwork | Care & Support | Employee Wellbeing

These are the six core values that guide all our actions. As an expression of our values, our Sia Village concept describes our commitment to fostering a sense of community within and among our offices. We believe that knowledge sharing is the key, not only to innovation, but to the growth and development of our people.

Your experience at Sia Partners will be enriched by a(n):  

• Entrepreneurial journey
• Career advocacy program that supports achieving professional development goals through guidance, and real-time feedback
• Continuous learning & development opportunities
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs with an ever-growing list of global affinity initiatives

Job Description

Our talented consultants enable our Financial Services Industry (FSI) Business Unit to deliver a myriad of business transformation solutions to our clients. The FSI Business Unit has led and managed projects for top-tier, global clients ranging from strategy, target operating model design, regulatory governance and remediation to technology transformation, program & project management, and business analysis. We have experience providing these solutions to clients within their Sales & Trading, Risk Management, Finance, Treasury, and Operations & Technology functions. 

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required preferably in Business, MIS, Computer Science or related field
• 3+ years of recent client facing management consulting experience
• Experience with delivery on client projects during all Software Development Life Cycle
• Preferred experience with Client IT implementations / Integration project work
• Strong documentation skills and software / UI testing experience 

Consulting Skills 

• Client delivery as part of an on-site or remote project team  
• Demonstrate the capacity to plan assigned work and identify priorities/interesting parties of the project/assignment 
• Present to team members and client contacts the main ideas, critical points and decisions required to be made, demonstrating a capacity to lead within teams 
• Manage, organize and prioritize work activities & assignments to achieve deadlines while communicating effectively with clients, internal stakeholders and leadership  
• Perform research and business analysis to solve for customer business challenges/issues to present unique, tailored solutions utilizing both quantitative and qualitative data   
• Utilize intermediate methodological concepts to prepare client deliverables utilizing tools like PowerPoint, Excel, Access, MS Project and Visio  
• Collaborate with internal and client project team members, and contribute to internal communications and readiness activity within the program team and with client groups 
• Provide status reporting of progress, dependencies, issues, risks and overall program health  
• Participate in the work of one of the functions tracks of a project or in a PMO  
• Maintain program sites as a repository for all project information 

Business Expertise Skills 

• Support practice, thought leadership, and people development activities firmwide 
• Demonstrate a deep knowledge of the issues related to the business unit/line, including a knowledge of recent topics/industry trends  
• Participates in the sharing of knowledge and experiences within the firm, acting as an active member with internal knowledge-share oriented activities and organizations   
• Share experiences related to business issues and demonstrate a capacity for knowledge transfer amongst peers and junior staff  

Business Development Skills 

• Relay information relevant to new business activities and prospects to manager, team, and business unit/line leaders  
• Participate in business development activities such as identifying and qualifying business oppo