Senior Consultant Financial Services

SIA Group; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative consulting firm is seeking a Senior Consultant in Financial Services to join their dynamic team in London. This role offers the chance to work closely with Tier 1 clients on transformative projects while developing your skills across various sectors. You will lead work streams, manage project charters, and support business development efforts, all within a supportive and inclusive environment. The firm promotes diversity and encourages employees to drive positive change, making it an exciting place to grow your career. If you're passionate about consulting and eager to make an impact, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Health and Life Insurance

Employer-matched Pension Scheme

27 Days Holiday

Performance-related Bonus

Flexible Working Arrangements

Personal Development Plan

Qualifications

• Experience delivering projects in Financial Services is mandatory.
• Consulting and audit experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple work streams and manage project charters.
• Support business development and client relationship management.

Skills

Data Analysis

Project Management

Client-facing Management Consulting

Flexible Mindset

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Sia is a specialist Management Consulting firm which was initially established in Paris, France in 1999 and has grown into a global firm with over 3,000 employees and annual revenue exceeding $500m. Our culture is strongly orientated towards high-quality expertise and delivering excellent results and outcomes for our clients, which include a wide range of multinational companies. Testament to its success, Sia has shown double-digit growth every year since inception.

Sia is a pioneer of Consulting 4.0, putting us at the forefront of the technology revolution, deploying augmented Consultants capable of leveraging emerging digital technology to enhance and improve their cognitive reasoning, analysis and planning. Supported by Augmented & Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Data Science we empower our clients to make the right decisions at the right time for the right reasons.

With our consultants representing 41 different nationalities, we are a highly diverse team spread across 48 offices in 19 countries. However, using innovative technologies such as our own in-house apps, social networks, and digital tools, we provide a truly integrated global service.

Sia is an equal opportunities employer, committed to diversity, inclusion and employee well-being. Our diversity and inclusion networks (local and global) contribute to a pipeline of initiatives to enhance employee quality of life and foster a caring environment to work in.

Employees are encouraged to contribute to these initiatives and drive positive change in the organisation across 5 pillars: Women@Sia, LGBTQ+, Multi-Ethnic, Well-being and Environment.

Job Description

Sia is looking for a talented Senior consultant in financial services to support our FS practice in London serving mainly Tier 1 companies. The consultant will work closely with our clients teams, leading cross-functional initiatives around large transformation, and high-stakes projects.

The role offers the opportunity to develop experience and skills across our wider group of clients supporting a range of projects in other sectors; business development being closely involved in commercial activity; and Sia’s next generation consulting practices, pushing the boundaries on what consulting is.

As part of the client engagements, the senior consultant will be expected to:

1. Lead multiple work streams to execute against project plans
2. Generate, manage and deliver program/project charters including vision, governance model, high-level scope, goals, benefits, risk/issue management and success metrics
3. Identify and manage program dependencies between projects and milestones
4. Demonstrate ability to communicate directly with leadership
5. Facilitate requirements gathering and drive creation of integrated project plans and timelines
6. Manage client expectations and communications throughout the delivery of the project
7. Integrate and synthesize information from multiple teams in order to analyze complex issues, mitigate risks and solve problems

The consultant will also be expected to support business development activity by:

1. Supporting proposals and business development activities by identifying new target clients, along with building and sustaining trust-based relationships with key executives
2. Support teams through daily execution of activities, deliverables, project plans, and client presentations, while championing recruiting efforts to grow the practice
3. Assist in developing thought leadership and building solutions and methods with global teams
4. Support the Sia FS practice

Qualifications

1. Mandatory experience delivering projects within Financial Services
2. Mandatory experience in Asset Management and/or Finance Transformation and/or Performance Management
3. Data Analysis skills
4. Candidates must have a flexible mindset and be open to learning and continuing to develop their skills across a variety of clients and projects
5. Consulting and audit experience preferred

Skills & Attributes for success:

1. Bachelor's degree required
2. Client-facing Management Consulting experience
3. 3+ years of program/project management experience
4. Demonstrated knowledge of project management principles and methodologies

Additional Information

You can expect…

• A supportive atmosphere, where innovation and initiative are encouraged.
• A commitment to diversity, inclusion and employee well-being.
• Opportunities to flex your intellectual and creative muscles.
• Welcoming, friendly and professional colleagues.
• A personal development plan with clear goals for advancement.
• A meritocratic approach to promotion that rewards those who exceed expectations.
• A competitive salary, in line with the market and your peers.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• A performance-related bonus.
• Health and Life insurance.
• An employer-matched contribution pension scheme.
• 27 days holiday per year, plus Bank Holidays

Sia is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, remuneration, or discipline, are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs.