Hybrid Associate Director – Business Transformation, Banking & Capital Markets

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About the role

  • Associate Director at CrossCountry Consulting responsible for client delivery and developing junior team members. Leading teams in the Business Transformation – Banking and Capital Markets practice to deliver integrated solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Working with high-performing teams to analyze, evaluate and enhance our clients’ capital markets businesses, including processes, governance, data and technologies
  • Interface with clients at all levels of an organization to help them solve their most challenging questions and support the Capital Markets practice in developing new offerings and thought leadership to take to market, enhancing our capabilities and services
  • Strong understanding of how capital markets firms operate across the trade life cycle (e.g., derivatives, securities) and corporate functions (e.g., product control, finance & regulator reporting, market/credit risk, compliance, etc.); and tools that are used across front, middle and back office such as Murex. Understanding of risk models and model validation process is a plus
  • Conduct current state/future state gap analysis for individual business areas
  • Develop business process flows using standard flowcharting methodology in tools such as Microsoft Visio
  • Conduct requirements gathering/scoping sessions with clients, and provide all necessary documents (e.g. Meeting notes, Business Requirements Documentation, Functional Specifications, etc.)
  • Develop report specifications showing data fields required, where sourced and any formulas or algorithms required to produce report
  • Drive project management activities including status reporting or maintain RAID logs, and able to conduct scrum meetings for defect / development management
  • Create system test plans and perform testing, being familiar with testing tools such as JIRA
  • Assist clients in defining and performing user acceptance tests and ensure functionality matches user requirements
  • Provide insight to clients’ teams in industry leading practices
  • Assist with training and other change management activities, including development of materials/communications
  • Support CrossCountry leadership team on internal projects, including but not limited to the following: sales/marketing initiatives, recruiting, and organizational development

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Accounting, Business, Finance, Information Systems, Information Technology, or other technical discipline
  • 9+ years in Big Four or equivalent background working at a financial services company or comparable experience working as an advisor to a financial services organization
  • Strong strategic planning skills with past experience working with C-Suites executives to build out Organizational Level Strategic Roadmaps
  • Strong knowledge with a range of financial products, including derivatives, equities, and fixed income; foreign exchange; and commodities
  • Knowledge of industries, including investment banking, broker-dealers, custody, fund administration and investment management
  • Strong understanding of capital markets across the trade and client life cycle, and typical systems and downstream processes (Risk, Finance, Compliance)
  • Background in either finance optimization, operations improvement, business process improvement, change management, program/project management, acquisition and divestiture implementation and/or regulatory compliance
  • Business acumen with a strong understanding of business processes, as well as information systems
  • Professionalism and discretion in interacting with executives and clients
  • Proven track record of showing initiative
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
  • Creativity, confidence, and flexibility
  • High energy, enthusiasm, and an entrepreneurial spirit!

Benefits

  • comprehensive healthcare options, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • flexible spending accounts
  • 401(k) with company matching
  • generous parental and maternity leave policies
  • technology stipends
  • wellness reimbursement programs

Job title

Associate Director – Business Transformation, Banking & Capital Markets

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$120,000 - $254,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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