Technical/Digital Consultant
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 the Investment and Insurance sectors. 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 recognized in the Financial Times list of top UK Management Consulting firms.
Headquartered in the beautiful city of Bath, with offices in central London, 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 organization 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 - whilst most of our clients are UK-based and work flexibly, you should be prepared to travel to client sites.
* You will also be required to work from the Bath office a minimum of one day per month.
* 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.
* 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 Technical/Digital Consultant role at Altus is a key position in the Consulting division, and reports to the Principal Consultant. You will be responsible for client delivery across a wide spectrum of digital and technical engagements for our Financial Services clients. This position would suit a proactive, inquisitive self-starter who feels comfortable in solution design, data & database design or software development and implementation, and who is looking for more variety, interesting challenges and the chance to develop themselves as an architect and consultant. This role will play a key part in the ambitious growth of the Digital Team and the wider Consulting business over the next few years.
Responsibilities:
* Deliver client engagements
o Work as part of a team to deliver the technical aspects of Altus Business consulting client engagements, for our top tier Financial Services clients.
o Operate independently or as part of a team to deliver high-level enterprise, solution & data architecture assignments to clients.
o Work independently within our clients’ architecture & design functions to deliver solution / data architecture services.
o Contribute as a solution architect within our programme delivery function to deliver longer running transformation for our clients.
o Collaborate with Altus Consultants and client change teams to deliver exceptional outcomes for our clients.
o Work on various internal projects when not deployed on client engagements.
* Strategy and proposition
o Help to shape technical consultancy assignments using Altus’s IT models and toolkit.
o Help to shape consultancy proposals for prospective clients.
o Create IT thought leadership content, grow and nurture your network.
o Refine and create technical IT models and technical consultancy propositions.
* Business development
o Promote Altus Consulting services drawing from your own established and Altus’ existing network to generate new opportunities.
o Foster and grow relationships with clients, generating follow on sales and new business opportunities.
o Build long-term relationships with current and potential clients to build advocacy and potential business opportunities for the whole Altus business.
Requirements:
* Experience with a broad range of technologies, with a passion for either Data or Solution Architecture.
* Innovative and with a strong ability to articulate ideas, bringing them to life visually and presenting them to clients and stakeholders.
* A skilled written, spoken and visual communicator who can communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
* The ability to act as an inquisitive self-starter/finisher, with an eye for detail, who builds trust and confidence by delivering on their engagements.
* A logical thinker with an ability and aptitude for problem solving using a structured approach.
* Excellent people and communication skills, able to confidently converse with clients and stakeholders.
* An effective stakeholder manager who can communicate and influence across all levels of an organisation.
* Proven track record of building strong business relationships.
* Genuine passion and enthusiasm to make a difference for Altus and its clients.
* Financial Services & technical / data architecture experience desirable but not essential.
* A willingness to travel and undertake varying roles.
The ideal candidate will be expected to demonstrate some or most of these skills. Training, support & mentoring is a significant part of becoming an Altus consultant, so if you think you tick some of these boxes and have the drive to learn and grow then please apply!
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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