About the Role
Alpha FMC is seeking to assemble the next generation of leaders responsible for growing the company, elevating its market position, and nurturing junior talent. This role is pivotal to the company's success during a critical growth phase.
Responsibilities
- Manage highly successful client engagements to achieve strong client satisfaction ratings, including managing Alpha teams and potentially contractors.
- Develop strategies and drive high-quality work products within expected timeframes and on budget.
- Deliver strategies by bringing together diverse stakeholders to work effectively in partnership.
- Analyze the client's current state, develop proposals, and assist in implementing recommendations or solutions to ensure the best use of clients’ resources.
- Conduct research, surveys, and interviews, and discuss organizational problems with clients.
- Monitor progress, manage risks, and ensure key stakeholders are kept informed about project progress and expected outcomes to ensure client efficiency.
- Review current processes, analyze client organizational reports and other documentation, research new methods and procedures, and flag deviations from standard procedures.
- Stay abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the client's business.
- Identify and execute appropriate client/vendor entertainment opportunities.
- Develop and maintain long-term client relationships and networks.
- Make a strong contribution towards business development.
- Undertake effective account management, including financial management.
- Work with clients to quickly understand their current technology estate, then recommend improvements, upgrades, or whole new architectures.
Requirements
- A strong end-to-end understanding of the asset management value chain.
- Demonstrate an ability to work across asset classes and support clients developing active and passive solutions across a multi-asset portfolio.
- Strong understanding of the technology, data, and AI solutions that clients can deploy, with the ability to convey solutions in business-friendly language.
- Ability to lead engagements and teams of 3-10 colleagues.
- Excellent delivery track record, embodying Alpha's culture of client-first delivery excellence.
- Demonstrable proficiency in relationship development and client account management.
- Senior stakeholder management and influencing skills, demonstrated with clients and colleagues.
- Ability to show initiative when dealing with clients, form strong relationships with new clients, and maintain existing relationships.
- Superb interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and lead.
- The ability to proffer good mentorship and coaching skills towards other team members.
- An in-depth understanding of market trends, drivers, and outlook of the Asset and Wealth Management market.
- First-class communication, presentation, and problem-solving skills.
- Business language fluency in English.
- Willingness to travel.
Skills
- Blackrock Aladdin
- Charles River
- Simcorp
- Bloomberg
- Technology
- Data
- AI solutions
- Communication
- Presentation
- Problem-solving
- Mentorship
- Coaching
- Relationship development
- Client account management
- Stakeholder management
- Influencing
Location
- United Kingdom
- Luxembourg
- France
- Switzerland
- Netherlands
- Germany
- North America
- MENA
- Asia-Pacific
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- Management
Education Level
- Minimum of a 2:1 degree from a leading institution
About the Company
- Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (Alpha FMC) is the leading global consultancy to the asset and wealth management industry.
- We are a boutique management consulting firm that offers the world’s top asset and wealth managers a competitive edge through our expertise and industry insight.
- Our team is of a uniquely high calibre and by focusing on asset and wealth management alone we build deep knowledge and experience within our industry.
- We work with a blue-chip client base, including 80% of the top 50 global asset management firms, and work with over 660 clients across the globe.
- Alpha listed with a market cap of £160m in 2017 and was sold to Bridgepoint for £626m in August 2024.
- We pride ourselves in fostering a meritocratic environment perfect for building a career and meeting great people, as well as a rewarding place to work.
