Banking & Markets Consultant

Our Banking & Markets practice are looking for an experienced Consultant to join the team.

As part of an industry leading consulting organisation our Banking and Markets team partner with leading financial institutions to create and execute sustainable strategies across their businesses. We work across corporate retail and private and investment banking to deliver long lasting change. Our clients include global investment banks global transaction banks leading high-street banks mid-market players growing digital banking providers a range of private banking firms and other financial institutions such as global financial markets infrastructure companies.

What you will be doing

• Shaping and delivering large scale technology and digital transformation programmes supporting our clients on their transformation journeys.

• Maximising business value for our clients through the definition and delivery of effective digital technology and data projects. We see strong demand in the market for pragmatic delivery focussed consultants who are capable of leading teams and have the ability to adapt to hybrid delivery models (e.g. waterfall and agile).

• Alongside client delivery you will develop our thinking through industry horizon scanning and research and helping us grow our business and Banking and Markets practice.

• Supporting our clients and the growth of our Banking and Markets sector.

Your skills and experience

• Experience working within the digital and technology functions of Banking and Markets organisations with demonstrable experience of developing and executing bank-wide digital strategies understanding of different technologies and wider market digital ecosystem.

• Experience across one of the following domain areas: Retail Commercial and Corporate banking product knowledge (propositions channels operations and technologies) and/or Capital Markets product knowledge (across asset classes trade lifecycle and booking systems/models).

• Proven track record of working across one of several of the following areas:

  • Defining and shaping CIO operating models.

  • Shaping technology strategies or building enterprise architecture capabilities including solution architecture system design and cloud and infrastructure integration.

  • Extensive involvement across the complete technology delivery lifecycle preferably in senior delivery management architecture or design roles.

  • Delivering technology programs with a focus on integrating third-party products or cloud technologies (e.g. AWS/GCP/Azure).

  • Experience in delivering complex technology solutions using hybrid delivery models particularly Agile methodologies while adeptly adapting Agile practices in traditional Waterfall organisations.

  • Expertise in process optimisation through the implementation of digital technology or data solutions.

  • Conducting regulatory impact assessments for data and technology functions and helping to address challenges emerging from the evolving regulatory landscape including third-party risk management.

What a career at Baringa will give you

PuttingPeopleFirst.

Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:

• Generous Annual Leave Policy:We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave fully available at the start of each addition to this we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.

• Flexible Working:We know that the ideal work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.

• Corporate Responsibility Days:Our world is important to us so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.

• Wellbeing Fund:We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. Weve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.

• Profit Share Scheme:All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the companys success.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity innovation and value for our clients and for our people.

An award-winning workplace

You can be a part of our Great Place to Work with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all.Click hereto see some of our recent awards and how weve achieved this.

Using business as a force for good.

We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve.

We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work and offer a variety of ways to contribute by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills talent and essence we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about and support registered charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have.