Senior Manager Strategy & Transformation – Banking

BDO Belgium co; Zaventem; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO Belgium is seeking a Senior Manager Strategy & Transformation – Banking to advise financial institutions on complex challenges and guide them from strategy through to implementation. You will lead multidisciplinary teams, build strong client relationships and shape BDO’s banking transformation offering in a warm, hands-on environment.

You will help clients respond to customer and regulatory changes, drive efficiency, and translate strategic objectives into practical roadmaps across

Qualifications

• Substantial banking transformation experience in financial services or consulting.
• Able to advise senior stakeholders on strategic and digital transformation.
• Experience leading complex projects with multidisciplinary teams.
• Develop client relationships and contribute to proposals and commercial discussions.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with proactive, can-do attitude.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex banking transformation programmes from strategy to implementation.
• Advise senior stakeholders on strategic, operational and organisational challenges.
• Identify opportunities to improve operating models, processes and digital capabilities.
• Translate business ambitions into concrete initiatives across business, technology and regulatory areas.
• Build trusted client relationships and identify opportunities for additional support.
• Contribute to proposals, client presentations and development of the offering.
• Manage multidisciplinary project teams with scope, quality, planning and budget oversight.
• Coach colleagues and support their professional development.

Skills

Banking transformation

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Client relationships

Strategic thinking

Tools

Core banking systems

Fronteo

ServiceNow

MS Dynamics

Safer Payments

FeedzAI

Job description

Want to help banks turn strategic ambitions into concrete transformation programmes? As a Senior Manager Strategy & Transformation – Banking, you advisefinancial institutionson complexbusiness challengesand guide them from strategy through to implementation.

Use your banking expertise to build strong client relationships, lead multidisciplinary teams and further develop BDO’s banking transformation offering. Make your career count in a warm, personal and hands-on environment!

What will you be doing?

As a Senior Manager Strategy & Transformation – Banking, you help financial institutions respond to changingcustomer expectations, regulatory developments, cost pressures and technological innovation.

You act as atrusted advisorto senior stakeholders and translate their strategic objectives into practical transformation roadmaps. Depending on the client’s needs, your projects may coverbanking operations, customer and commercial transformation, digitalisation, process optimisation, lending, payments or other strategic banking topics.You are aleaderwithin your practice and are able to think strategically about the value propositions of your team. You translate ambitions in concrete initiatives to reach our collective goals and targets.

Some responsibilities we trust you with:

• Leadingcomplex banking transformation programmes, from defining the strategy and roadmap to implementation and follow-up.
• Advisingsenior stakeholders on strategic, operational and organisational challenges within banking.
• Identifyingopportunities to improve operating models, processes, customer journeys and digital capabilities.
• Translatingbusiness ambitions into concrete initiatives, ensuring alignment between business, technology and regulatory stakeholders.
• Buildingtrusted client relationships and identifying opportunities where BDO can provide additional support.
• Contributingto proposals, client presentations and the further development of BDO’s banking transformation offering.
• Managingmultidisciplinary project teams while monitoring scope, quality, planning and budget.
• Coachingcolleagues, sharing your expertise and supporting their professional development.

What do you bring to the table?

• You have substantial experience inbankingtransformation, financial services consulting or a strategic transformation role within a bank.
• You understand the challenges financial institutions face and canadvisesenior stakeholders on strategic, operational and digital transformation.
• You have experienceleading complex projects, managing multidisciplinary teams and taking responsibility for successful delivery.
• You can developclient relationships, identify business opportunities and contribute to proposals and commercial discussions.
• You have anentrepreneurial mindset, you see opportunities, are proactive and have a can do attitude. You inspire your colleagues to the extra mile and give their best.
• You are familiar with process automation, AI and are familiar with applications used in banking such core banking systems, fronteo, service now, Ms Dynamics, Safer Payments, FeedzAI,
• You communicate professionally in English and have a strong command ofDutch and French,with the ability to work in Belgium’s multilingual business environment.

What do we bring to the table?

According to our own colleagues, it’s got something to do with the great team spirit and atmosphere within our organisation and the focus on their wellbeing But hey, just take a look for yourself at what we got to offer

• Culture: you will join a team of experts who encourage respect, diversity and teamwork
• Development: you decide the direction of your career, and we support you where necessary.
• Impact: from day 1 you can the lead to help your team grow with the support of your colleagues
• Growth: you get access to a whole range of training courses through our BDO Academy.
• Network: you can work on different projects and clients, across business practices.
• Flexibility: you choose where you work with flexible working hours.
• Wellbeing: your physical and mental health is important to us.
• Proximity: you work in an open culture, so feel free to speak to anyone, at any level.
• Salary: you receive a competitive salary package with interesting benefits.
• Sustainability: you work within a company with an integrated sustainability policy.

Make it strategic

Make it transformative

Make it count