Manager - Wealth and Asset Management -Tech Transformation

Manager - Wealth and Asset Management - Tech Transformation

Base Location: London (Hybrid)

The Wealth and Asset Management industry is growing strongly and is facing high levels of change driven by themes such as regulation, cost optimisation and differentiation.

Our team works closely to link WAM client needs to capabilities from across technology. We are keen to recruit talented people who have the energy and drive to succeed in a dynamic and challenging environment and who have a passion for delivering excellent service and building strong relationships. Business-wide transformation, specifically operations and technology driven change is a key growth area.

We believe we are market leaders in promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace and want to encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures.

What will you be doing?

You will be a Manager within our Tech Transformation Practice (aligned to WAM Consulting) and will be helping both grow our business and ensure our teams deliver high quality advice to clients. You should expect to be involved in a wide range of challenging client engagements across the WAM value chain for clients from across the ecosystem.

As a manager you will be expected to oversee on the delivery of key client work items such as leading projects or workstreams as well as owning key deliverables. The role involves management and delivery of challenging, complex client engagements to ensure quality and value to our clients by:

• Understanding their business challenges and the threats they face
• Helping them navigate the increasingly regulatory environment
• Application of governance, delivery frameworks and operating models
• Developing team members through sharing of experience and knowledge, as well as managing the performance and development of other team members
• Upholding company values by acting with integrity
• Building and managing stakeholder relationships
• Project managing engagements to deliver high quality work in a timely manner to include: scoping/financial management (budgeting)/engagement and risk management/production and review of deliverables.
• Supporting sales activities such as proposal development and client presentations.
• Contributing to practice management, eg knowledge sharing, training, proposition development, and knowledge management.

What will you need to do it?

• Experience of delivering large multi-disciplinary technology enabled programmes within the Wealth and Asset Management Sector, working with platforms such as State Street Alpha, Charles River, Blackrock Aladdin, eFront, ALTO, Finbourne, FNZ, SEI, or Avaloq
• Good understanding of the full WAM value chain as well as traditional asset classes - either from within a fund manager, a fund administrator or another management consultancy
• Good understanding of the operational and technological challenges associated with WAM businesses
• A track record within the Wealth & Asset Management industry with a sound understanding of the industry trends, key themes and challenges
• Ability to lead workstreams within large scale technology transformation programmes
• Proven expertise in Project Management and delivery of projects on time, within scope and of high quality
• Understanding of a wide range of information security and IT methodologies, principles, technologies and techniques.
• Ability to develop excellent relationships both internally and with clients at a senior level.
• Proven ability to analyse problems, identify core issues and recommend appropriate solutions
• Proven ability to lead work at sustained levels of high intensity and inspire drive and confidence in others.
• Excellent communication skills (both written and oral), negotiation and project management skills
• A genuine interest and desire to work in the WAM technology sector and a strong desire to develop knowledge and skill sets
• An ability to contribute to a positive, inclusive and supportive working environment which respects and recognises all members of the team
• Experience in Business Architecture, vendor selections or implementations

Qualifications/Certifications:

• University Degree
• Industry qualifications preferred (eg CFA, IMC, CAIA)

Lorien Internal is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.