Manager

Job Description

Title : Manager (Asset & Wealth Management)

Expertise : Investment

Location : France

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (Alpha FMC) is the leading global consultancy to the asset and wealth management industry. We are a boutique management consulting firm that offers the world’s top asset and wealth managers a competitive edge through our expertise and industry insight. Our team is of a uniquely high calibre and by focusing on asset and wealth management alone we build deep knowledge and experience within our industry. We work with a blue-chip client base, including 95% of the top 20 global asset management firms, and work with over 660 clients across the globe. We have our headquarters located in the United Kingdom and offices in France as well as other major European financial centres (Luxembourg, Switzerland, Netherlands, Germany) and globally across United States, Canada and Asia-Pacific.

Following a successful London Stock Exchange (AIM) admission in 2017, we are now at a critical turning point in our growth. We are looking to grow the company across all levels. Pivotal to our success in this, we will be assembling the next generation of leaders, responsible for growing, elevating our market position further and nurturing the junior talent through the business. At Alpha, we pride ourselves in fostering a meritocratic environment perfect for building a career and meeting great people, as well as a rewarding place to work.

Role Responsibilities:

Based in France, you will carry out consulting engagements or manage projects for prestigious clients, leaders in Asset Management (Asset Managers, Private Banks, Asset Owners, Investor Services Providers) in areas including:

Post Merger Integration

Operating Models Review & Design

Solutions Selection and Implementation

Digital Transformation

Operational Benchmarking

Change Management

We offer you the opportunity to embark on an exciting career:

Work environment

Delivering interesting assignments in an international environment (international assignments and teams, possibility of exchanges with other offices of the group). You will be working with high potential employees in a dynamic and diverse environment.

You will benefit from the Alpha FMC solid knowledge on Asset Management and Wealth Management, thanks to a long experience with many clients and vendors in the past. We have references with the top 100 leaders of the industry!

You will significantly develop your industry knowledge and best practices by leveraging on our Alpha’s Investments Business Practices

Type of projects

By covering this position, you will become a Investments Practice expert, ensuring the execution and delivery of transformation projects related to the Investments Management Value Chain: Front Office, Middle Office, Performance and Risk.

You would work on projects such as:

Defining client strategy, value proposition and roadmap by sharing industry key trends and best practices (both at technology and services level), assessing maturity and identifying the ‘hot topics’.

Reviewing or designing the Target Operating Model.

Assessing target solutions: driving the RFP process and support functional and non-functional assessment with vendors to select the best solution

Supporting the implementation (project/programme management, design, requirements engineering, training, migration, change management, ...)

• Type of responsibility
• As a manager, you will be responsible of:

Developing strategies and driving high-quality work products within expected timeframes on budget

Developing and enforcing project approach and methodologies in alignment with assignment director

Managing Project, monitoring progress, managing risks and ensuring key stakeholders are kept informed about progress of project and expected outcomes to ensure client efficiency

Develop and maintain long-term client relationships and networks

Developing know-how recognised by the major players in the financial industry and participation in the growth of the leader in Asset Management consulting

Staying abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the client's business

Specifics to the investment practice

You will join a highly qualified team with strong expertise on Front Office, Middle Office, Performance and Risk processes. The team is spread across Europe, offering a good opportunity to work in an international context and learn about the country specifics

You will work on multiple types of projects linked to the Investments Value chain transformation listed in the above section

You will support the Investment practice growth by:

organizing events with clients such as peer groups or conferences

Producing thoughts leadership contents (AI, impact investments, evolution of operating models) or benchmarks of vendors solutions, data providers, or investment products.

Producing marketing packs to support our growth and develop our client network

Share expertise within the practice by organizing knowledge sharing session and learning tracks

Role Requirements (Skills, Experience and Qualifications):

A minimum of 5 years proven experience in consulting or projects, gained within a leading financial institution or consulting firm

Experience of projects engaged on Target Operating Model review and definition, business processes and/or IT solutions in some of the following areas: Portfolio management, Trading, Risk and Performance management, Middle-Office (trade support and positions keeping, collateral and OTC derivatives administration, corporate actions)

Strong knowledge of the financial instruments (vanilla, OTC, alternatives) and key Investments workflows

Demonstrating a strong curiosity and self-learning abilities to become an expert on market trends, drivers and outlook of the Asset and Wealth Management market.

Bonus if the candidate has worked with some market leading solution providers to the like of (Bloomberg AIM, Blackrock Aladdin, Amundi Alto, Charles River IMS, Simcorp Dimension, & many others …), covering both technological and business services offering

First-class communication, presentation and problem-solving skills with an excellent command of Microsoft Office

Proven track record in client relationship development. This should include examples of client account support/management and preferably geared towards supporting business development/sales initiatives

Stakeholder management and influencing skills – with both clients, colleagues and junior team members

Focus on team achievement, not just individual goals

Strong academic background from a top-ranking business school or engineering school

Fluency in French and English is required

Eligible to work in France

Sharing Success:

Allowing our people to share in our growth journey is a highly valued component of the business and here are a few ways that we do this:

Competitive base salary

Share of the profits of the business as a % of base salary: Each year the company distributes among its staff up to 30% of the profits measured through EBITDA.

25 working days of paid leave + 2 days off, 27 days in total

Lunch vouchers (10€)

Life insurance and travel insurance

Laptop and mobile phone

Supportive, social and collaborative environment

Comprehensive training and development programmes (CAPM, Prince 2, CFA…)

Fantastic opportunity to be more entrepreneurial in a growing market with a reputable company brand

An opportunity to make a significant contribution to Alpha value propositions, and to build and grow your own network within the Asset and Wealth Management industry

We are a highly collaborative and supportive team and enjoy socialising together. At Alpha we are committed to employing individuals from all backgrounds, that reflects the multi-cultural society we live in. We pride ourselves on operating an inclusive