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About the Role
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (Alpha) is a leading global consultancy to the financial services industry, providing specialist strategy, management consulting, and technology expertise. We support clients across the entire transformation lifecycle, partnering with over 1,200 clients worldwide in asset and wealth management, alternatives, and insurance.
Responsibilities
- Take a leading role in reshaping and redefining the industry through projects in growth strategy, capability assessment and roadmapping, business process transformation, and technology enablement.
- Lead a workstream within a larger program or drive projects and produce deliverables for smaller projects.
- Identify and implement solutions for a range of issues facing insurance companies.
- Collect and analyze data, prepare and test hypotheses, and present recommendations to clients.
- Play a proactive, leadership role in driving programs and engaging directly with senior client stakeholders.
- Understand complex insurance issues and their potential impact on client businesses.
- Engage with stakeholders to drive execution against project plans, anticipate issues, and provide structured solutions.
- Create client deliverables by facilitating client interviews and workshops, performing analysis, synthesizing insights, and developing content with clear recommendations.
- Develop meaningful relationships with clients and vendors by understanding stakeholder needs and establishing credibility.
- Support Alpha FMC’s broader business evolution and business development activities, including co-authoring white papers and performing market research.
- Contribute to the wider Alpha community through innovative and proactive contributions to business management or practice areas.
- Maintain a broad understanding of challenges facing the Insurance Industry and knowledge of relevant issues and trends.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Risk Management, Business Analytics, Economics, Engineering, or related disciplines.
- 2-4 years of experience, with at least 1 year of proven consulting experience at a recognized consulting firm or an equivalent in-house role.
- Experience within financial services, preferably within the insurance industry.
- Excellent consulting and problem-solving skills, familiarity with recognized project and consulting frameworks, and business process mapping.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex problems and solutions clearly and concisely.
- Executive presentation skills.
- Proven track record of building and sustaining lasting relationships with team members.
- An entrepreneurial mindset to support business development activities and help grow the Insurance practice.
- Appetite to support clients across practice areas.
- Intellectual capacity to understand complex issues and develop creative solutions.
- Ability to multi-task and engage in multiple initiatives concurrently.
- Ability to travel to the United States.
- Must currently possess a valid passport and all necessary documentation for entry into the United States at the time of hire.
Skills
- Consulting
- Problem-solving
- Business process mapping
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Executive presentation
- Relationship building
- Entrepreneurial mindset
- Market research
- Data analysis
- Hypothesis testing
Location
- Toronto
- Ability to travel to the United States
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 2-4 years of experience
- At least 1 year of proven consulting experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $89,000 to $125,000 CAD
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Annual profit-sharing opportunity
- RRSP matching
- 25 days of annual paid time off (accrued)
- Supplemented medical, dental and vision coverage
- Reimbursement for commuting, mobile phone, and home internet expenses
- North America team-wide training and retreats
- Sponsorship towards professional certifications / training supported with 5 days of paid training time
About the Company
- Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (Alpha) is a leading global consultancy to the financial services industry, founded in 2003.
- We bring together specialist, sector-focused strategy, management consulting and technology expertise to support the entire client transformation lifecycle.
- We have partnered with more than 1,200 clients worldwide across the asset and wealth management, alternatives and insurance industries.
- Alpha was acquired by Bridgepoint, one of the world’s leading quoted private asset growth investors.
- Our people are at the heart of everything we do, offering a genuinely rewarding place to work: a meritocratic environment and a welcoming culture.
- We are looking for individuals who are collaborative, innovative and ambitious to help shape the next chapter of our growth journey.
- Established yet entrepreneurial – with over 20 years of success and a proven record on the London Stock Exchange, Alpha offers the stability of an established consultancy with the energy of a fast-growth business.
- Backed by Bridgepoint – benefiting from strategic investment that fuels innovation, expansion and new offerings.
- Exposure to senior leadership – opportunities to work with and learn from high performers.
- Learning and growth opportunities – tailored training, excellent mentorship, and up to 5 days paid training time per year.
- Performance-driven culture with real impact – advancement based on impact and capability, with autonomy and tangible results.
Equal Opportunity
- At Alpha, diversity, equity and inclusion are critical to our success.
- Our priorities show a focus on fostering an inclusive, equitable workplace where individuals are treated fairly regardless of gender or background.
- We welcome applications from disabled people and are committed to making our recruitment process and workplace accessible and inclusive for everyone.