Wealth and Asset Management Technology Principal Consultant

PA Consulting; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in the UK is seeking a Principal Consultant to join their Wealth and Asset Management team. This role involves delivering high-impact consulting projects and driving transformation across client engagements. Candidates should have a strong management consulting background and extensive experience in wealth management. The position offers a hybrid work environment, combining office and client site work.

Benefits

Health and lifestyle perks

25 days annual leave plus additional days

Generous pension scheme

Community and charity initiatives

Annual performance-based bonus

PA share ownership

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Wealth and/or Asset Management.
• Broad knowledge of the Wealth and Asset Management marketplace.
• Proven track record of delivering transformation.
• Strong leadership and IT services management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver large-scale IT transformation programmes.
• Develop new business opportunities and contribute to practice growth.
• Engage with senior stakeholders to understand strategic objectives.

Skills

Management consulting background

Wealth and/or Asset Management experience

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management skills

Job description

Company Description

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

Job Description

Do you want to be part of an explosive growth journey?

Would you like to work in a high performing team where your role involves combining strategy, change, implementation, and technical skills?

We are looking for an exceptional Principal Consultant to join our IT Sourcing & Corporate Services capability. You will be instrumental in supporting the continued growth our Wealth and Asset Management business, delivering high-impact consulting projects, and shaping the future of our practice. You will work closely with clients across the WAM sector to understand their needs and challenges, develop innovative strategies, and implement solutions that drive real business value. You’ll work across a variety of transformation focused engagements, from taking new products and propositions to market, optimising operating models and technology platforms, and leveraging data to create impactful solutions.

Reports to: Head of Wealth and Asset Management

Opportunities

You will have opportunity to:

• Lead and deliver large-scale (IT) transformation programmes within the Wealth and Asset Management sector.
• Collaborate with a high-performing team to create and implement innovative solutions.
• Develop new business opportunities and contribute to the growth of our WAM practice.
• Engage with senior stakeholders to understand their strategic objectives and provide expert advice.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and continuously develop your own expertise.

Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week. However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on a client site.

Qualifications

• Strong management consulting background
• Extensive experience and comprehensive knowledge in Wealth and/or Asset Management
• Broad knowledge of the Wealth and Asset Management third‑party and technology services marketplace and experience across the outsourcing lifecycle, including business cases and cost models (strategy, delivery, transition, service optimisation and remediation)
• Expertise in technology delivery disciplines (e.g. IT strategy, IT service management, agile delivery, IT project management)
• Ability to lead definition business and IT services, requirements and SLAs
• Proven track record of delivering transformation in areas such as new products and propositions, operating models, sourcing, platform and data modernisation, post‑merger integration.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to develop creative solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast‑paced and dynamic environment.

Life at PA

Life At PA encompasses our peoples’ experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams, and support our communities, to deliver insight and impact, solving the world’s most complex challenges. We're focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets, and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self.

Find out more about Life at PA here.

Benefits

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity‑based initiatives
• Annual performance‑based bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

Equality and Inclusion

We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.

Application

Apply today by completing our online application

Please be aware that some of our UK roles at PA Consulting require a UK security clearance.

All PA people are required to undergo background checks and to achieve the Baseline Personnel Security Standard however, some UK roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting, where applicants must have at least 5 years of continuous residency in the UK.

We therefore ask that you only apply if you meet the residency requirements (i.e. you are a British citizen or have been resident in the UK for the past 5 years), as this is the prerequisite for a security clearance. If you’re unsure about your eligibility, we encourage you to review the UK Government’s guidance on security vetting before applying.