Senior Consultant

Top Skills

Understanding of Agile

Examples of work in financial services / asset management, having worked with financial advisors

Experience with heavy data visualization

Experience with client research

Working cross functionally in a large organization

Experience working with Sr. UX designers to complete digital product design

The Solutions Manager is responsible for working skillfully across the organization and managing stakeholders to produce

Solution Vision, which entails defining :

What we are solving for

end-to-end user / customer journey or lifecycle personas, their skills and needs

high level outline of a solution that addresses their needs

Solution Intent (architecture), which entails defining :

nomenclature for data and capabilities required to meet business objectives, this is critical to establish common language across business and technology

overall non-functional requirements that are key metrics required for new system to capture and track

target operating model (business, operations) that complement evolution in systems

Defining requirements for API and data flow

Program Increment planning and leadership

Roadmap

Efficient implementation

Feature planning

Dependency planning

Metrics definition

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Communicate effectively both verbally and written with technology and business partners to include strong discussion, debate and listening skills and the ability to look beyond obvious answers to understand impacts.

Creatively design workshops and user sessions by identifying suitable participants, being clear about outcomes and approach (interviews, online whiteboarding, surveys, card sorting, etc.)

Ability to empathically understand and articulate user needs

Analyze data gathered through user / stakeholder interactions and apply design thinking to draw out goals / business needs / problem statement / opportunity to be addressed, workflows / user journeys, personas and high level solution outline

Work collaboratively with product and development team to draw out solution intent with capability roadmap and milestones

Clearly understand and articulate dependencies that will influence sequencing of development

Work collaboratively with business and operations stakeholders to draw out target operating model as systems evolve

Effectively manage stakeholder relationships through polished communication and follow-through

Effective written communication through solution inception, vision and intent documents

Lead and influence cross-functional teams.

Provide consultation and ensure continuity with product and development teams on solution.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Master's degree required

A minimum of 15 years of experience in Finance / Asset Management, Strategy, Business Analysis or System analysis

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Experience leading and directing others to achieve measurable results.

Demonstrated ability to articulate customized solutions to meet business requirements

Advanced experience working with Scaled Agile / Agile / Lean / Kanban software development processes

Advanced skills using a variety of tools to document workflows and data mapping including but not limited to Excel, SQL and Visio

Understanding of analysis and artifact goals throughout the solution lifecycle

Ability to learn quickly and work in a changing environment and under tight deadlines

Ability to independently manage personal timelines and meet tight deadlines

Ability to successfully manage and coordinate simultaneous project deliverables across groups and teams

Strong experience with SQL, Excel, Visio, Balsamiq, Jira, Tableau, Confluence

Strong experience in financial industry

Education : Masters Degree