Manager --- Retail Banking

Our client is one of the most respected brands in the financial services industry, globally. They advise the top financial institutions and technology vendors on their strategies and operations.
They assist financial institutions in discovering ways to create profitable growth, and integrate new ideas and technologies into their businesses. They help vendors selling into the financial services industry analyze and refine their strategic investments, their market entry strategies and their understanding of trends and needs in the financial services industry. Much of their work for financial institutions is centered on business design and best practice identification, functional requirements gathering, and application selection.
Our client has brought together some of the best talent in banking and consulting. From companies like Fleet, Chase, Commerce Bank, IBM/PwC, BCG, and American Management Systems. They pride themselves on the value they bring to clients through their qualitative and quantitative analysis and problem solving, and through their ability to integrate the Subject Matter Experts from their Research group – who have on average 17 years financial services experience.To a consulting leader, our client offers a unique opportunity to grow professionally – in developing innovative client solutions, in developing the intellectual capital of their business, and in realizing the value of the financial services industry knowledge.Position Overview:
§Identifying client needs in order to develop solutions that meet those needs.
§Managing integrated research and consulting engagements on time and on-budget – projects may span from short-term, rapid results to longer-term engagements.
§Ability to provide business insight, and financial services insight, into multiple concurrent engagements.
§Ability to provide quality control to engagement teams, around their analytic and problem-solving processes, and around how they are introducing their conclusions and solutions to client sponsors.
§Ability to develop and capitalize on new Intellectual Capital for the business through reviewing the work of engagement teams, and through personal industry observations.
§Contribute to building relationships that generate reliable annual revenues, and can provide references for new consulting clients.The successful candidate will be joining a company that is proud of its entrepreneurial environment, encouraging new ideas and approaches, and the freedom to be creative. They are a market leader, and a growing company with opportunities for personal and professional growth, that prides itself on developing, and rewarding, its employees. So if you have the requisite background and the right attitude, and desire to make a rewarding career move, we’d like to hear from you.
Base salaries will depend on the level of your experience, ranging between $100,000 and $130,000, with performance bonuses and an awesome benefits package.In addition, our client offers:·Supportive, down to earth, informal, yet highly professional environment.·Collaborative, positive, place to work.·Large corporation support, with small company environment.·Team approach to winning and maintaining clients.
·Freedom to “make a difference”, individual autonomy to become a recognized industry expert.
·Market leader, known for “independent” thinking and analysis.
·Focus on not just implementing technology, but using technology to solve business problems.
·Take ownership of, and be closely involved in building, a practice within the leading brand name in financial services.
·Ability to utilize the best resources in the industry for collaboration and assistance.
Please reply with your resume in MS Word format. No Zip files please! Thank you for your interest but only fully qualified candidates will be contacted. Our client is an equal opportunity employer.
REQUIREMENTS
Requirements/Skills:§Strong and broad experience in retail banking
§Proven track record in developing creative and fact-based solutions to complex strategic questions, especially in the field of retail banking§Preferred candidates will have experience with branch and network issues, delivery and service issues, products, metrics, segmentation, emerging affluent and other important consumer segments
§Adaptable, “roll-up-your-sleeves”, hands-on consultant with high intelligence
§Must possess strong quantitative analytic skills, including dynamic model building in excel, statistics and a good understanding of sources
§Desire to build a practice and to be recognized as “the industry expert” in your field
§A self-starter able to create revenue independently and in a team environment.
§Problem solving skills
§Very strong oral and written communication skills
§Bachelors degree in related field plus extensive industry experience (business or technology)§Experience in a top consulting company preferred
§Willingness to travel