Who we are looking for

This role will require the individual to drive the Enlighten Program to improve productivity across the firm and embed the mindset of continuous improvement into our culture. The Enlighten Program instills in our employee's active management habits, transparent and comparable metrics and reporting, improved staff engagement, and increased capacity. Through the Enlighten Program, we will gain insight into individual and group productivity and will be able to use the data to make more informed decisions about workload balancing, performance, employee engagement, and training opportunities.

This role will require the individual to partner with different business units and corporate stakeholders within EMEA and across the globe, to carry out process optimization activities, using levers such as simplification/elimination of non-value added activities, automation and optimizing the location strategy

Why this role is important to us

The team you will be joining plays an important role in the overall success of the organization. Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. To make that happen we need teams like yours to help navigate employees and the organization as a whole. In your role you will strive for cutting-edge solutions, that are straightforward and scalable. You will help us build resilience and execute day to day deliverables at our best.

Join us if making your mark in the financial services industry from day one is a challenge you are up for.

What you will be responsible for

As Project Consultant you will

• Work with the business leads to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of business processes

• Redesign/re-engineer end-to-end business processes by breaking down business issues and translating them into manageable project activities

• Understand finer aspects in operations and break down functions to identify areas of improvement and productivity gains

• Partner with the business leads and operational managers to identify redundancies through Data transparency.

• Develop a balanced score card for functions in review to measure productivity and improve customer service

• Identify poor process design, and suggest improvements with the help of inhouse team members

• Lead & facilitate the implementation of Enlighten and Identify redundancies whilst partnering with the business teams.

• Work closely with the business unit and corporate stakeholders to carry out process optimization activities, using levers such as simplification/elimination if non-value added activities, automation and location strategy

• Redesign/re-engineer end-to-end business processes, by breaking down business issues and translating them into manageable project activities

What we value

These skills will help you succeed in this role

• Strong analytical and presentation skills

• Ability to clearly communicate in both verbal and in written format

• Ability to present to all levels of executive management

• Ability to translate technical concepts into business language

• Strong oversight, consensus building and project management skills

• Experience in working on process improvement initiatives

• Experience developing and producing metrics-driven management reporting

• Ability to build stakeholder connect, effective collaboration and partnership capabilities and ability to influence at all levels of the organization

• Strong organizational skills, negotiation and stake holder management skills.

• Ability to meet deadlines and proven experience in working with large cross functional teams

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• 7 + years of experience in financial services is required with at least 1 years of experience related to process transformation, in leading and implementing large scale BPM & operational excellence programs

• Expertise in Lean & certifications like LSSBB and/or a master’s degree in business management will be an added advantage

• Prior experience in relevant operational functions such as Fund accounting, Financial reporting, Middle office, (e.g. Trading & Corporate Actions) will be an advantage)

• Prior working experience on process improvement initiatives

• Prior implementation experience

• Good understanding of State Street application knowledge (upstream and downstream) will be an added advantage.

We offer

• Flexible working hours (subject to the existing business needs)

• Interesting, non-repetitive process

• Possibility to Work From Home (subject to existing business needs)

• Employee savings plan

• Premium life insurance package

• VIP medical package

• International operating environment

• Language classes

• Soft skills trainings

• Technical workshops