Your key responsibilities

As a valued leader you will be:

• Leading the delivery of a range of client assignments, often managing diverse, multi-disciplined EY project teams or workstreams
• Driving the build of EY solutions and methods
• Identifying opportunities for new business and owning the submission of client proposals for support
• Developing strong trusted advisor relationships with EY clients
• Developing thought leadership
• Viewed as a team leader across EY practice and people development through activities such as recruitment, mentoring and counsellor programmes

Skills and attributes for success

• Bring Wealth and Asset Management industry knowledge and experience to the client which they may not have access to internally
• Proven delivery leadership and people leadership roles in Wealth and Asset Managers
• Team player with exceptional interpersonal skills who can build rapport with the client and prove credibility
• Highly flexible with a willingness to ‘get their hands dirty’ as well as strategic thinking and leadership
• A structured approach to critical problem solving
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills
• The ability to learn new subject matter rapidly
• Motivated and shows willingness to move career forward quickly through a variety of client interactions and assignments that will push and challenge you on a daily basis

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A successful track record leading project work in the Wealth, Asset or Investment Management industry, gained through experience working at a Wealth/Asset Manager, a top tier consultancy, a professional financial services consultancy, or a Wealth/Asset Management technology or service provider
• Experience of leading sales collateral such as proposal responses
• Strong business writing, presentations and stakeholder management skills
• People coaching and mentoring experience
• A minimum of 9 years of project and programme delivery
• Deep understanding of current market trends in the Wealth & Asset Management industry and subject matter expertise in one of EY required segments – e.g.: Asset Management, Wealth Management

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Industry recognised business, finance, IT or project management qualifications such as PMP, PRINCE 2, Agile, Lean Six Sigma, BPR, CIMA or CFA
• A good understanding of one or more of the following: Buy-Side front and middle office, risk, compliance, advice and financial planning, Operations, Alternatives or Asset Servicing
• A good understanding of the broad process flows and functional areas of Wealth & Asset Management participants