Management Consultant - London, United Kingdom - CAPCO

CAPCO
CAPCO
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London, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Joining Capco means joining an organisation that is committed to an inclusive working environment where you are encouraged to #BeYourselfAtWork.

We celebrate individuality and recognize that diversity and inclusion, in all forms, is critical to success. It is important to us that we recruit and develop as diverse a range of talent as we can.

We believe that everyone brings something different to the table - so we would love to know what makes you different.

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About Capco
Capco is a global technology and business consultancy, focused on the financial services sector. We are passionate about helping our clients succeed in an ever-changing industry.


We are:


  • Experts in capital markets, banking and payments, wealth and asset management, and insurance.
  • Deep in our knowledge of financial services offerings, including finance, risk and compliance, financial crime, capital markets, and core banking.
  • Committed to growing our business and hiring the best talent to help us get there.
  • Focused on maintaining our nimble, agile and entrepreneurial culture.

Role Description


You will work in teams on engaging projects that are based in the UK, delivering transformation across the Finance and Treasury functions of our clients, in support of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Treasurer and other members of the C suite to optimise the value delivered by their finance and broader business functions.

The type of work you will get involved in includes Finance and Treasury implementation of strategic changes (e.g. ledger transformation and process excellence for controls, analytics and reporting), regulatory changes (e.g. Basel, IFRS, PRA, EBA) and delivery of BAU reporting. (e.g. ICAAP, ILAAP and RRP).


You will work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, spending time with clients and gaining valuable experience and exposure to how the projects and client organisations work across the financial services industry.

Our client projects are resourced from different locations, so you can, on occasion, be expected to work away from your home office.


The type of projects we cover are:

  • Finance strategy and operating models.
  • Finance and shared services / outsourcing.
  • Finance organisation design.
  • Financial regulatory reporting and change
  • Finance function process improvement including digital process modelling, automation and RPA.
  • Cost reduction exercises, with effective benefit realisation plan.
  • Benchmarking the finance function.
  • Performance management including budgeting and forecasting.
  • Finance IT strategy including embedding applicable digital technologies (i.e Gen AI, Machine learning, cloud adaption)
In your role as a Finance Transformation Consultant, your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Delivering on client assignments. Ownership and delivery of projects ensuring client satisfaction by providing timely, value-added services that meet or exceed expectations.
  • Ensuring management information is provided to, and easily understood by, programme leads, senior management and committees.
  • Defining and managing monitoring processes.
  • Building assurance and control capabilities in line with regulatory expectations and risk appetite.
  • Liaising with internal control and risk functions across three lines of defence.
  • Managing stakeholder expectations spanning global business areas with conflicting priorities.
  • Ensuring timely escalation and control of risks, issues, dependencies and timelines.
  • Developing longterm trusted advisor relationships with external clients and industry contacts.
  • Understanding business models and helping translate them into business requirements and test scenarios for handover to IT partners.
  • Working collaboratively with relevant Capco teams in identifying opportunities for and securing new business.
  • Supporting the sharing of knowledge and experience with the team to help develop your colleagues and the capability of the firm.

Skills and Expertise
Finance / Accounting

  • Demonstrate understanding and experience of advising on and implementing regulations such as Basel, Solvency II, IFRS, SOX, GDPR, PRA, EBA) and delivery of BAU reporting (e.g. ICAAP, ILAAP and RRP).
  • Accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) (desirable)
  • Demonstrate strong understanding of accounting fundamentals and processes, for example: profit & loss, balance sheet, capital allocation, cost allocation.
  • Good understanding of the role of the Finance function within financial services organisations, including all aspects of the finance operating model (people, data, technology).Experience of delivering transformation projects within finance functions, either as a consultant or as part of an inhouse changedelivery team. This could be finance technology projects (e.g., ERP, Accounting Engines/Subledger/Finance Reporting implementations), rightshoring or other operating model transformations or finance pr
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