Senior Manager Strategy & Transformation – Banking

BDO Belgium; Zaventem; Remote; EUR 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO Belgium is seeking a Senior Manager Strategy & Transformation – Banking to advise financial institutions on complex business challenges and guide them from strategy to implementation.

You will lead multidisciplinary teams, develop client relationships and drive the bank’s transformation offerings, with a focus on operations, digitalisation, processes and regulatory topics in a multilingual Belgian context.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in banking transformation or financial services consulting.
• Proven ability to lead complex, multidisciplinary projects.
• Strong track record advising senior stakeholders on strategic topics.
• Experience translating ambitions into concrete transformation roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Leading complex banking transformation programmes from strategy to implementation.
• Advising senior stakeholders on strategic, operational and organizational challenges.
• Identifying opportunities to improve operating models, processes and digital capabilities.
• Translating business ambitions into concrete initiatives and ensuring alignment.
• Building trusted client relationships and contributing to proposals and commercial discussions.
• Managing multidisciplinary project teams with scope, quality, planning and budget.
• Coaching colleagues and supporting their professional development.

Skills

Banking transformation

Leadership

Client relationship management

Strategic advisory

Multilingual: English, Dutch, French

Tools

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 advise financial institutions on complex business challenges and 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!

How you make it count

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

You act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders and translate their strategic objectives into practical transformation roadmaps. Depending on the client’s needs, your projects may cover banking operations, customer and commercial transformation, digitalisation, process optimisation, lending, payments or other strategic banking topics. You are a leader within 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:

• Leading complex banking transformation programmes, from defining the strategy and roadmap to implementation and follow-up.


• Advising senior stakeholders on strategic, operational and organisational challenges within banking.


• Identifying opportunities to improve operating models, processes, customer journeys and digital capabilities.


• Translating business ambitions into concrete initiatives, ensuring alignment between business, technology and regulatory stakeholders.


• Building trusted client relationships and identifying opportunities where BDO can provide additional support.


• Contributing to proposals, client presentations and the further development of BDO’s banking transformation offering.


• Managing multidisciplinary project teams while monitoring scope, quality, planning and budget.


• Coaching colleagues, sharing your expertise and supporting their professional development.

What do you bring to the table?

• You have substantial experience in banking transformation, financial services consulting or a strategic transformation role within a bank.


• You understand the challenges financial institutions face and can advise senior stakeholders on strategic, operational and digital transformation.


• You have experience leading complex projects, managing multidisciplinary teams and taking responsibility for successful delivery.


• You can develop client relationships, identify business opportunities and contribute to proposals and commercial discussions.


• You have an entrepreneurial 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 of Dutch and French, with the ability to work in Belgium’s multilingual business environment.

What do we bring to the table?

• 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

Let’s grow together

Welcome to BDO, a worldwide consulting firm where you can bring your own personality to your job! We help organisations grow sustainably with our expertise in audit & assurance, tax & legal, advisory and accountancy.

At BDO, you are not just a number. Your wellbeing and development are just as important to us as the personal, hands‑on advice and pragmatic solutions we offer our clients. Because as you grow, so do we and so do our clients. That is why our slogan is ‘Let’s Grow Together’!