About the Role
The Senior Consultant is a leadership-track delivery professional within Electric Mind's Capital & Private Markets practice. You will lead transformation workstreams independently, design target-state operating models and business architectures, and serve as the primary client-facing expert on your engagement. You bring deep capital and/or private markets domain expertise, mentor junior team members, contribute to business development, and operate as a visible, credible voice of Electric Mind in client organizations.
Responsibilities
- Leads transformation workstreams independently
- Designs and owns operating model and TOM artefacts end-to-end
- Designs complete business architecture frameworks
- Leads and designs workshops with 20+ senior stakeholders
- Recognised domain expert; mentors Consultants
- Trusted advisor relationship with Director/VP-level clients
- Lead complex, multi-stakeholder transformation workstreams from inception through delivery, maintaining full accountability for scope, quality, and timeline
- Design target-state operating models (TOMs) for capital markets operations or private markets fund servicing, covering people, process, data, and technology dimensions
- Conduct business architecture assessments: current-state analysis, capability mapping, and gap identification across front-to-back operational value chains
- Own the production of senior-level deliverables: operating model blueprints, business architecture artefacts, transformation roadmaps, and executive briefing papers
- Act as the primary day-to-day client contact on engagements; build trusted advisor relationships with Directors, VPs, and Heads of Operations
- Facilitate complex, multi-disciplinary workshops (design thinking, future state definition, vendor selection) with 20+ participants across client functions
- Present findings and recommendations at senior client forums, steering committees, and board-level briefings when required
- Contribute substantively to proposal development: scoping, solution design, pricing assumptions, and writing of proposal sections
- Identify and qualify organic growth opportunities within existing client accounts; introduce additional Electric Mind capabilities where appropriate
- Represent Electric Mind externally at industry events, roundtables, and client networking forums to build the practice's market profile
- Mentor and quality-review the work of Consultants and Associates on the engagement team
- Set the quality standard for workstream deliverables and hold junior team members accountable to it
- Contribute to Electric Mind's methodology and intellectual capital through playbooks, reusable frameworks, and published thought leadership
Requirements
- Candidates should possess strong domain expertise in capital markets and/or private markets gained through direct industry experience, consulting engagements, or transformation programs.
- At the Senior Consultant level, individuals are expected to move beyond understanding concepts and demonstrate the ability to apply industry knowledge to client challenges, evaluate solution options, and provide informed recommendations.
- Deep understanding of capital markets and/or private markets operating models, including trade lifecycle processes, post-trade operations, fund structures, investor servicing, fund administration, risk management, and regulatory reporting.
- Experience supporting or delivering business, operational, regulatory, data, or technology transformation initiatives within financial services organizations.
- Ability to assess and design target operating models, business processes, controls, governance frameworks, and service delivery models, including outsourced and third-party provider arrangements.
- Familiarity with industry technology ecosystems and platforms, including trading, portfolio management, post-trade, fund administration, investor servicing, workflow, and data management solutions, with the ability to evaluate solution options and implementation trade-offs.
- Strong understanding of data management, reference data, governance, operational risk, and reporting requirements, and the role these capabilities play in supporting scalable business operations.
- Awareness of key industry regulations, market structure changes, and emerging trends—including automation, AI, digital assets, and distributed ledger technologies—and their impact on business and operating models.
- Ability to lead client discussions, challenge assumptions, evaluate alternatives, and translate domain expertise into practical recommendations and delivery outcomes.
- Candidates should be capable of operating as trusted advisors within their workstreams, bringing industry context, structured thinking, and practical experience to client engagements.
- Domain expertise will be assessed through scenario-based discussions, problem-solving exercises, and examples from prior experience.
- Demonstrable track record of leading transformation workstreams end-to-end, not just contributing to them
- At least one engagement where they designed a target-state operating model or business architecture — with a client artefact to evidence it
- Client-facing experience at Director, VP, or Head-of-Operations level, including presentations and advisory relationships
- Strong domain expertise in capital markets operations and/or private markets fund servicing — assessable through technical interview
Skills
- TOM Design
- Business Architecture
- Operating Model Design
- Regulatory Analysis
- Vendor Selection
- Executive Communication
- Team Leadership
- Workshop Design and Facilitation
- Stakeholder Management
- Proposal Writing
- Visio/EA Tools
- PowerPoint
- Excel (Financial Modeling)
- Jira/Confluence
- Azure
Experience Level
- 5–8 years in consulting, advisory, or senior change delivery within financial services
About the Company
- Electric Mind is a fast-growing, AI-native advisory and digital engineering firm built for those who want to shape the future, not just watch it happen.
- We blend premium strategy expertise with cutting-edge AI-centric engineering to solve complex, meaningful problems for industry-leading clients.
- We pride ourselves on a high-touch delivery model and a culture that values diverse talent, innovation, and true client partnership — creating an environment where your ideas matter and your impact is visible.
- If you’re looking for a place where you can grow fast, collaborate with exceptional teammates, and help build a company scaling its capabilities and global footprint at speed — Electric Mind is the place to ignite your career. The future is bright!
