Director – Operating Model Design, Asset & Wealth Management

Role Overview

• Support the CEO and COO of a global Asset Manager to achieve 20% cost reduction across their global operations
• Review of current and design of future operating model to support the ambitions of the business strategy of a large pension fund manager
• Scaling-for-growth review of the current state operating model and design of the future state of a large US-based asset manager
• Design of an operating model for a new Fund Services business, bringing together a leading UK Depositary and Luxembourg-based ManCo business
• Design of the operating model to support the launch of a new sovereign wealth fund targeted to replace fossil fuel incomes
• Design and implementation of an operating model to support the pan-european legal entity structure of one of Italy’s biggest asset managers
• Design of the operating model of a new Southeast Asian state investment fund targeted to provide capital for future infrastructure investment

Requirements

• Strong experience of operating model design and large change projects preferably within a consulting environment or leading asset management focused business.
• Track record of high-quality design and delivery success in the work you have undertaken to date
• In depth experience with asset servicing solutions and services provided incl. State Street, BNY, NT and BNP Securities Services.
• Understanding of the core investment management platforms and solutions incl. BRS Aladdin, SimCorp Dimension, CRD/State Street Alpha
• Excellent business knowledge within the whole Asset Management value chain
• Front Office, Middle Office as well as Back Office.
• Experience as a solutions architect and is able to ‘own’ the new business architecture vision on behalf of stakeholders
• Experience designing future state asset management operating models resulting from a variety of change catalysts such as: core platform change, new product, merger/acquisition, start up, cost reduction, outsourcing, globalisation
• Excellent track record in the field of the Asset Management value chain, from both internal and outsourced perspective.
• Excellent track record of Target Operating Model Design and Implementation, including structured business analysis, functional decomposition, sourcing model, data model, organisational model as well as high level technical architecture.
• Excellent track record of Programme/Project Manager for large complex asset management projects as well as Stakeholder Management.
• Very strong knowledge of the PMO function, for example, planning, status reporting, SteerCo reporting.

Benefits

• empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site
• private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP
• six volunteering days a year and much more