Wealth Management Technology Consultant

Accenture Wealth Platforms Services delivers industry-leading solutions to help wealth managers modernise their technology estate, innovate, and unlock future growth. With rising client expectations, fee compression, and accelerating platform consolidation, our clients need trusted advisors who understand both the business and technology – and can deliver transformation.

At Accenture, we leverage our deep industry experience, broad range of capabilities and synergies across our entire business to help clients reinvent, delivering end-to-end solutions for leading wealth management firms – from core banking and portfolio management systems through to digital onboarding, data analytics, and AI-enabled solutions.

The opportunity:

Are you looking for a rewarding career working in an exciting, fast paced environment? Would you enjoy access to world-class training, working with a global network of industry experts, and helping our market-leading clients reinvent and transform their businesses? This could be the role for you!

As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job, including receiving comprehensive training in software and AI related solutions.

As a team:

You’ll join a specialist team delivering a range of complex transformation programmes across wealth managers and private banks. You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative and collaborative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting the design and delivery of wealth management platform implementations, including business and functional analysis, capturing business requirements, and solution design.
• Design and develop solutions, including integration with ecosystem partner solutions.
• Solution design and implementation, including configuration and customisation of various core platforms, including Avaloq, Temenos, BlackRock Aladdin Wealth or other leading technology platforms.
• Assess business, technology and change impact, supporting target operating model design and delivery.
• Support with test management including strategy and planning, SIT/UAT coordination and execution, data migration and cutover activities.
• Engage with a variety of client stakeholders ranging from Front Office to Operations and Technology, to translate business needs into technical requirements, and delivering on business outcomes.

Qualifications:

• A Strong academic background, to Bachelor’s degree level or higher, or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 3-5 years of relevant work experience, ideally in financial services consulting or industry.
• Knowledge and/or hands-on experience in various ecosystem technologies/technology platforms within Wealth Management/Private Banking, e.g. Avaloq, Temenos, BlackRock Aladdin Wealth or similar.
• Technology/platform qualifications would be useful, but not essential e.g. Avaloq ACCP certification.
• Solid understanding of Wealth Management/Investment Management front-to-back processes and operating model, including client and advisor journey.
• Understanding of the Wealth Management ecosystem, key industry trends, and emerging technologies – having your own perspectives on this and ability to contribute to our industry Thought Leadership.
• A solid understanding of agile delivery methodologies or a certification in project management methodology is a plus.
• A practical knowledge of data, relational databases and/or programming languages would be an asset.
• Willingness to work remotely or at client premises, both locally and abroad, on medium to long-term projects.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a very good command of written and spoken English.

What’s In It For You

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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