Programme Delivery Consultant (Project Manager)
Who are Altus Consulting?
Our business was founded in 2005 with the belief that Financial Services should be faster and more efficient and has subsequently grown to become a leader in strategic consulting and technology across UK Life & Pensions, Investments, Wealth, Insurance and Banking. Now part of a 1,000 people strong Financial Services solutions business, Equisoft, that works with over 250 firms around the globe, Altus Consulting today has a team of around 100 consultants working on some of the industry’s most complex problems and largest transformations. For the last three years Altus Consulting has been recognised in the Financial Times list of top UK Management Consulting firms.
Headquartered in the lovely city of Bath and with offices in central London and Leeds, Altus Consulting’s mission is to drive positive transformation in Financial Services for the benefit of our clients and their customers. Whether that’s through bold strategy, robust designs, innovative technology or reliable delivery, our people are passionate about the work they undertake in partnership with our clients, and about improving the industry they work in.
Why choose Altus Consulting?
We are a fast-growing, ambitious organisation that offers genuine career advancement whilst working in a collaborative and highly stimulating environment. We are not your typical management consultancy: if you are passionate about Financial Services and delivering business or technology solutions that make a genuine difference to clients and to society, then Altus is the place for you – for most roles, you don’t even need to have prior Consulting experience. We provide an inclusive, positive, safe business for all of our team to work in.
In return you can expect:
The opportunity to work on some of the most interesting projects in Financial Services, around the globe. Supported by a close-knit team of industry and technology experts and using our tried and tested consulting toolkit, you’ll be given full training and support as you progress through your career as a consultant and participate in growing the business. Additionally we provide:
* Hybrid and flexible working
* Highly competitive salary + performance bonuses
* Sales and Profit bonus schemes
* Private medical insurance, life insurance, dental insurance, childcare vouchers, cycle-to-work scheme, pension matched contribution and a range of other benefits
* Charitable/volunteering days, including participating in our children’s Financial Literacy programme
* Discounted sports membership and a broad range of social events
The Role: The Programme Delivery consultant (Project Manager) will provide project management expertise to our clients and Consulting project teams, manage active engagements and client accounts, and help to develop new business. As well as having excellent delivery skills, this role requires someone ambitious, innovative, hard working and commercially minded. They will play a key role in the delivery of significant growth plans for Programme Delivery as a core area of Altus Consulting over the next few years.
Responsibilities:
* To deliver client engagements:
o Deliver consultancy engagements for Altus’s top-tier FS customers, providing project management / PMO expertise
o Work as part of a team or independently engaging with senior clients
o Utilisation expectation is >75%
* To own and manage client accounts where associates are deployed
o Undertake regular service reviews and production of dashboards to the client
o Manage and support deployed associates, using Altus’s APEX Programme Delivery framework
* To develop Programme Delivery strategy, proposition and service offerings
o To be part of a collaborative Programme Delivery team, innovating and supporting the delivery of strategic objectives
o To contribute to the development and continuous improvement of the APEX delivery methodology and artefacts
o Contribute to marketing activity generating thought leadership and propositional collateral
* To support the development of new business
o Identify business development opportunities through existing accounts, consulting engagements and own network
o Shape proposals and bids based upon Altus’s Programme Delivery Services and Consulting industry models / toolkit
o Produce thought leadership and appear in the press
* To develop the Altus Associate network
o Identify, validate credibility, build relationships with, and refer potential associates
o Contribute to and maintain the associate register
Requirements:
* Circa 5-10 years hands-on and proven experience of delivering change in Financial Services.
* A solid understanding of, and track-record in, the financial services industry
* Proficiency in change delivery methodology and practice
* Experience and solid understanding of Financial Services business & IT operations and change delivery
* Extremely thorough, inquisitive and hard working behaviours
* Excellent people and communication skills, able to confidently converse at Board level, with a track record of building strong business relationships
* Innovative and with a strong ability to articulate ideas, bringing them to life visually and presenting them formally to clients
* Understanding of IT fundamentals and different categories of FS systems
* Genuine passion and enthusiasm to make a difference for Altus, and to grow and develop Programme Delivery
* A history of building strong relationships with senior stakeholders
* A willingness to travel and undertake varying roles
* If you don't meet all the requirements, we still want to hear from you!
Altus Consulting is wholly owned by Equisoft Inc. Equisoft is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, or age.
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