Job description
The world is getting smarter, triggering unprecedented change. IBM's unparalleled ability to bring together deep business insight, advanced research, analytics, and technology enables IBM Global Business Services to help position its clients for the future. We leverage the proven roadmaps and frameworks that have been developed across 17 industries and the unique combination of skills and experiences of our teams in over 170 countries - unmatched capabilities. When you join IBM, you'll partner with our clients and unharness all of these capabilities to deliver real business value.
Strategy and Transformation Consultants routinely provide innovative business process design, systems integration, and business model transformation services to help clients optimize their organizations. These activities include (but are not limited to):
- Business case development
- Business process design and re-engineering
- Systems integration
- Streamlining operations
- Facilitating the evaluation, selection, and implementation of supporting systems
- Managing all aspects of testing
- Financial analysis
A Managing Consultant (MC) on the Financial Markets team will support and lead teams working with leading firms in the Wealth Management, Private Banking, Asset Management, Capital Markets and Securities Services fields. Focus areas include: - Back Office
- Middle Office
- Trading and Securities processing
- Corporate Actions processing
- Client Reporting
- Data Management
This role may take either a strategic or tactical view of a company's total business. The MC will work proactively with clients to refine current business strategy or develop a new strategy in line with competitive and market forces, and identify strategic capabilities needed to create and sustain one or more sources of competitive advantage. These capabilities may come in the form of process, information technology, organization enablement, or knowledge. Tools are employed to identify, align, and change the factors that affect performance, stability, and teaming. The Consultant must identify best practices and client performance gaps, if any, and will develop comprehensive transformation recommendations.
The key distinction for a Managing Consultant role is that the person has demonstrated successes in directly leading project teams and the ability to negotiate scope, develop a project plan from scratch, develop the analysis framework for an engagement, and/or be a "Go To" Manager for on site client work.
Familiarity with the following business applications and technical solutions is a positive: Broadridge (BPS, Impact, Gloss), and Securities Lending (Loannet).
It is also expected that newly hired resources into the Financial Markets team will live or self-relocate within a reasonable commuting distance (generally 50 miles) of the following cities: Boston, MA or New York, NY and surrounding areas.
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Required
- High School Diploma/GED
- At least 3 years experience in a Consultant or Business Analyst role on medium to large scale system implementations, process re-engineering or other project-oriented work or comparable exp in the Financial/Capital Markets Industry
- At least 3 years experience in serving clients in any of the following areas: Financial/Capital Markets and/or Securities Services.
- At least 3 years experience in managing and improving the performance of Back Office, Trading and Securities processing, Corporate Actions processing, Client Reporting, Data Management and/or other core business processes.
- At least 3 years experience in the documentation of functional requirements, technical design, testing management and project management.
- At least 2 years experience in core Java and/or Oracle (preferably Linux) environments.
- At least 1 year experience in managing offshore resources.
- Readiness to travel Up to 4 days a week (home on weekends-based on project requirements)
- English: Fluent
Preferred
- Master's Degree
- At least 7 years experience in a Consultant or Business Analyst role on medium to large scale system implementations, process re-engineering or other project-oriented work or comparable exp in the Financial/Capital Markets Industry
- At least 7 years experience in serving clients in any of the following areas: Financial/Capital Markets and/or Securities Services.
- At least 6 years experience in managing and improving the performance of Back Office, Trading and Securities processing, Corporate Actions processing, Client Reporting, Data Management and/or other core business processes.
- At least 6 years experience in the documentation of functional requirements, technical design, testing management and project management.
- At least 2 years experience in professional services consulting at a national or global management consulting firm.
- At least 3 years experience in leading third party vendor applications that support key Wealth Management, Asset Management, Financial/Capital Markets and/or Securities Servicing processes.
- At least 3 years experience in managing and improving the performance of clearance/settlement, stock record reporting, and/or other core middle or back office business process.
- At least 6 years experience in core Java and/or Oracle (preferably Linux) environments.
- At least 1 year experience in Broadridge BPS/Impact.
- At least 3 years experience in managing offshore resources.
Additional information
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