Senior Consultant / Manager - Banking (Asset Management)

About the role

Sia Partners, a global management consulting firm founded in Paris in 1999, is recruiting a Senior Consultant/Manager for its Banking practice, focusing on Asset Management. The Banking practice works with investment banks, corporate banks, retail banks and asset managers on solutions covering commercial and investment banking, consumer banking, finance and risk management, regulation and compliance, payments, sustainable finance / ESG, wealth and asset management, and large-scale programmes and strategic initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality work with limited oversight and lead work streams or small projects across Asset Management and Banking.
• Define the practice governance structure and the required reports and dashboards.
• Support project delivery, potentially across several clients in Asia and, if required, overseas engagements.
• Help develop content and pitches for practice-related opportunities and proposals, especially in Asset Management.
• Contribute to Sia Partners' assets and IP, including methodology, tools, templates, guidelines and lead initiatives.
• Act as BA/PM depending on need, review and manage client plans and governance, and engage stakeholders across business, legal and compliance.
• Manage vendors and technology partners, assist in marketing campaigns and external positioning, and build external professional peer networks.

Required profile

• 3-5 years of management consulting experience, ideally from a top-tier consulting firm in financial services, with previous asset management project experience.
• Solid understanding of the Asset Management industry, including key processes, risks and challenges.
• Proven experience in one or more of: change management, capital markets ecosystem, capital management, operations, middle office, operational risk, liquidity management or asset allocation.
• Experience drafting policies and procedures, complaints and conduct of business, compliance monitoring plans or regulatory business plans.

Required skills

• Knowledge of asset allocation, fund operations and/or investment management, and multi-asset class products.
• Project management using both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, and interpersonal and teamwork skills.